News
Oct 20, 2009 - Kevin Howell Named Interim Head of Alumni Relations
Submitted by CHASS
Kevin Howell has been named interim associate vice chancellor for alumni relations and executive director of the NC State University Alumni Association.In addition to maintaining current alumni outreach and service initiatives and objectives, Howell will work with the Alumni Association Board of Directors and leadership of the university to consider long-term strategies, including the fiscal planning needed to support the growth of the association.
Howell currently serves as assistant to the chancellor for external affairs. He is a member of the Alumni Association Board of Directors and the North Carolina State Board of Education.
A former NC State student body president -- and member of the Board of Trustees -- Howell earned his B.A. in political science in 1988 and his law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He and
his wife Aleta, also an NC State alumnus, live in Raleigh with their two daughters.
Oct 08, 2009 - CSI in a Virtual World
Submitted by Caroline Barnhill
Imagine using the same process that goes into building video games to help investigators solve real-world crimes. Through a new grant, that's what researchers at North Carolina State University plan to do. Their work will lay the framework for multi-agency collaboration in crime scene investigations (CSI) by creating an unprecedented cyber infrastructure -- a virtual environment that provides data resources, simulation tools, expert access and unique collaboration capabilities. CHASS Anthropologist Ann Ross co-directs the Program for Forensic Science. Related Links:
