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WFU awards and recognitions briefs
September 20, 2019 | Faculty, Recognition, Top Stories
The WFU Awards and Recognitions briefs celebrate milestones of faculty, staff and students at Wake Forest.
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Wake Forest to hold 9/11 remembrance events
September 5, 2019 | Events, Faculty, Staff, Student, Top Stories
Wake Forest University will hold two events on Wednesday, Sept. 11 to remember the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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WFU celebrates 5-year anniversary of THRIVE initiative on Sept. 4
August 30, 2019 | Faculty, Staff, Student, Thrive / Wellbeing, Top Stories
Wake Forest students, faculty and staff will come together Sept. 4 on Manchester Plaza to celebrate the 5-year anniversary of Thrive, a comprehensive wellbeing initiative that covers everything from financial to physical to emotional health and has become a model for other college campuses.
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Biochar: A better start to rain forest restoration
August 29, 2019 | Faculty, Research, Top Stories
An indigenous farming technique that’s been around for thousands of years provides the basis for restoring rain forests stripped clear of trees by gold mining and other threats.
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One-size-fits-all weight loss doesn’t benefit all older adults
August 23, 2019 | Faculty, Research, Top Stories
New research explores why some older adults may not see improvements in physical function, despite achieving clinically meaningful weight loss.
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WFU student-athletes ‘suit up’ for career success
August 16, 2019 | Athletics, Faculty, Staff, Student, Top Stories
At 6 a.m. the alarm rings. Mornings are for workouts followed by classes and tutoring. Afternoons include additional activities that all Division I level student-athletes take on to compete at the highest level of their sport such as attending film sessions, rehab and therapy, sports performance training and nutrition counseling. A student-athlete’s summer schedule is full but familiar.
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WFU awards and recognitions briefs
July 24, 2019 | Faculty, Recognition, Staff, Student, Top Stories
The WFU Awards and Recognitions briefs celebrate milestones of faculty, staff and students at Wake Forest.
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Wake Forest’s engineering program builds upon a culture of inclusivity
June 18, 2019 | Community in Progress, Faculty, Top Stories, Valuing Diversity
As its first group of engineering students declared their major this year, Wake Forest University achieved something that few, if any, programs have anywhere – a student body that more accurately represents the U.S. population.
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WFU anthropologist featured in new PBS/Smithsonian Channel film
June 13, 2019 | Faculty, Research, Top Stories
In the new film “When Whales Walked: Journeys in Deep Time,” Wake Forest University anthropology professor Ellen Miller stands on a rocky hillside in northern Kenya carefully uncovering 16 million-year-old fossil elephant teeth.
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WFU digital health researcher named Wells Fargo Faculty Scholar
June 11, 2019 | Faculty, Research, Top Stories
Wake Forest University has announced that digital health researcher Jason Fanning is its newest Wells Fargo Faculty Scholar, an honor that includes $120,000 in funding annually for three years.
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