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Vanessa Merritt Named Fall 2021 Patterson Fellow

Interdisciplinary Studies

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Jun 23, 2025

A New Test to Help Driverless Cars Make ‘Moral’ Decisions? Philosophers Approve.

Researchers have validated a technique for studying how people make “moral” decisions when driving, with the goal of using the findings to train the AI used in driverless cars. Professor of Science, Technology and Society Veljko Dubljvić explains.

Feb 17, 2025

Soils, Climate Change, & Inclusive Excellence in STEM

The soil system stores twice as much carbon as the atmosphere and all the world’s vegetation combined. The exchange of greenhouse gases between the soil and the atmosphere controls the composition of the earth’s climate. Over the last two centuries, human actions have increased the flux of greenhouse gases from soil to the atmosphere. Recent…

Jun 5, 2024

NC State Faculty Authors Explore School Diversity and Democracy in New Books

New books by faculty members Karey Alison Harwood and Khodr M. Zaarour focus on diversity in a local school system and democracy in the eyes of Iraqi citizens.

Jun 5, 2024

Amanda Edwards Accepted into Duke University’s Prestigious Summer Seminar on Teaching Civil Discourse

Associate teaching professor and director of the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program Amanda Edwards has been accepted a prestigious summer seminar hosted by Duke University.

Jun 5, 2024

NC State Students and Alumni Achieve Prestigious Awards and Fellowships

Three students and new alumni are recipients of prestigious awards and fellowships.
Patterson Fellows Spring 23

Jun 5, 2023

Ariana Frazier and Alisa Andrews Named Spring 2023 Patterson Fellows

Our Spring 2023 Bob Patterson Interdisciplinary Studies Fellows, Ariana Frazier and Alisa Andrews, graduated as a double major in Africana Studies and Self-Design with a concentration in “Public Health: Health Equity Promotion” and as a double major with a bachelor of arts in Science, Technology, and Society and a bachelor of science in Agricultural Science respectively.

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Feb 6, 2023

Abdlh Antabli Named Spring 2022 Patterson Fellow

Our Spring 2022 Bob Patterson Interdisciplinary Studies Fellow, Abdullah Antabli, graduated with a B.A. in Foreign Languages and Literature, with a concentration in Arabic Studies.

Jan 31, 2023

Are innovation systems stacked against equity?

There is growing awareness that our innovation system reflects and sometimes even reinforces social inequity and injustice. Marginalized communities rarely experience direct benefits from innovation investment. Structural biases are built into devices like facial recognition and the pulse oximeter, while many life-saving technologies are inaccessible to those who need them most. In response, governments, philanthropic…
Sabrina Hurtado

Jan 10, 2023

Sabrina Hurtado Named Fall 2022 Patterson Fellow

Our Fall 2022 Bob Patterson Interdisciplinary Studies Fellow, Sabrina Hurtado, graduated in summer 2022 with a bachelor’s in Arts Studies, with a concentration in Visual Arts, and also earned a minor in Arts Entrepreneurship.
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Dec 14, 2021

Vanessa Merritt Named Fall 2021 Patterson Fellow

Our Fall 2021 Bob Patterson Interdisciplinary Studies Fellow, Vanessa Merritt, demonstrated that humility is at the core of greatness during her time at NC State.