College of Humanities and Social Sciences

A collection of plant and flower specimens from Henry David Thoreau's collection at the Harvard University Herbaria.

Sep 9, 2025

Walden’s Way South

In Search of Thoreau’s Flowers, a new exhibit designed by an interdisciplinary team of Wolfpackers, opens at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design this week.

Cory Blankenship sits inside of his office in Cherokee, N.C.

Sep 3, 2025

A Financial Statement

Cory Blankenship ’06 commits to making Native American tribes economically self-sustaining.

Aug 18, 2025

First Edition

NC State senior among inaugural class of Folger Shakespeare Library’s new undergraduate program.

Emily Cataneo, left, and Arshia Simkin, right, use writing to keep a good balance with their workshops at the Redbud Writing Project.

Apr 8, 2025

Writing a New Chapter

Arshia Simkin ’19 MFA and Emily Cataneo ’19 MFA help Triangle residents tell their own stories.

Feb 18, 2025

Food for Thought

Laura Green Brown ’90 studies how human behavior affects public health.

NC State professor Anna Gibson presents her research on Charles Dickens.

Oct 28, 2024

Some Novel Research

An interactive website uses Charles Dickens’ working notes to explore his creative process.

Doors shut on potential college student.

Jul 29, 2024

A Closed System?

A new study challenges the notion that higher education is open to everyone.

Jan 30, 2024

Enough is Enough

Dr. Ashley Hink ’05 takes on gun violence in Charleston, S.C., by treating it as a public health crisis.

Dec 7, 2023

“Volya”

In Ukrainian, the word means “will.” Darya Levchenko ’19 MA and her fight to preserve the arts embody that spirit of Ukraine’s people.

May 1, 2023

Practical Politics

Students get lessons from the back room and the classroom in long-running legislative internship program.