Unit 2: Basic Needs

The field of bioinformatics can be instrumental in addressing health inequities.

Sara Queen and Tania Allen discuss how they use maps in their work to "make the abstract concrete and to connect meanings and concepts."

Biological and agricultural engineer Daniela Sofia Jones discusses how she and her colleagues use data analytics, and the growing potential of data analytics to help solve agricultural challenges.

Dr. Mary Haskett discusses the food insecurity some NC State students face, and ways to both offer and get help.

What some people tell us about what we should eat and cook collides with the realities of food insecurity and systemic inequities.

Dr. de los Reyes discusses in depth the wicked problem of human waste, how systems thinking is essential to understanding and addressing this problem, and how other disciplines and perspectives are also necessary to fully tackle it.

Parks and greenspaces are key to supporting a happier and healthier population, yet many people don't realize the unique health benefits that nature can provide.

Kofi Boone explains how the design of landscapes has the ability to harm, or to heal. He reflects on the environment in which he grew up in Detroit, and shares the work he and his students have done in Ghana.

Dr. Paige argues that "music can help us imagine distant futures" and that "soundscapes invite us to attend to both who and what is creating certain sounds ... as well as how our reactions to environmental sounds can drive us toward certain kinds of behaviors."

Sara Queen and Tania Allen use maps to examine and visualize patterns of confederate memorialization - an aspect of the built environment that can give rise to strong emotions.

La ingeniera biológica y agrícola Daniela Sofia Jones analiza cómo ella y sus colegas utilizan el análisis de datos y el creciente potencial del análisis de datos para ayudar a resolver los desafíos agrícolas.