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Wednesday May 16, 2012

A Passion for Caring

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After Kristin Replogle began serving on the college's Institute for Nonprofits advisory board, she decided to make a gift to support nonprofit studies minors participate in internships. "Once I met the students in the program, I knew this was the perfect place for me to give back," she says.

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Students in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences have earned prestigious national and international scholarships and fellowships to pursue their academic passions. Read about a few of them here and take pride in how NC State is preparing the next generation of big thinkers.

Sophomore Josephine Yurcaba hasn't had it easy this semester. The Philosophy and English double major learned over the Easter break that her terminally ill mom likely has only a few months left to live. [...]

5/3/12

Study Shows that in Restaurants, Race Matters

A new study from NC State University shows that more than one-third of restaurant servers discriminate against African-American customers. Sarah Rusche, a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at NC State, co-authored a paper describing the study with CHASS alum Dr. Zachary Brewster of Wayne State University, who earned his doctoral degree in sociology in 2009. [...]

5/1/12

Winning Student Filmmakers Head to Hollywood

Creative Writing student Tim Reavis teamed up with two other students to create "The Strong One," a short film about a young boy and his buddy -- a brontosaurus. [...]

4/25/12

It's All in Your Head: Tracing Skull Differences

Anthropologist Ann Ross, who is receiving an Outstanding Research Award from the NC State University Alumni Association this spring, has co-authored a paper with her former grad student Ashley Humphries that sheds new light on the characteristics of male and female skulls. [...]