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Citizen science project tracks blue-footed boobies on social media
May 8, 2020 | Faculty, Research, Top Stories
Wake Forest biology researcher Jenny Howard is using the sixth annual World Seabird Twitter Conference (#WSTC6) to spread the word about her effort to track the declining population of blue-footed boobies via social media.
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Birds of a feather learn together
May 7, 2020 | Faculty, Student, Top Stories
When first-graders at Brunson Elementary were learning about birds, 17 Wake Forest students visited their classrooms to connect the biology lessons with the arts by exploring how birds move and leading bird-themed creative projects.
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When dance goes digital at WFU
May 7, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Faculty, Student, Top Stories
In mid-January, a 3-hour dance audition was held in studio D101. 50 Wake Forest students were selected by 12 student choreographers to perform in the Spring Dance Concert – a usually sold-out event held on the University’s Tedford Stage in Scales Fine Arts Center.
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Drumming class finds a new rhythm with creative connections
May 5, 2020 | Faculty, Student, Top Stories
When music professor John Beck’s Afro-Cuban drumming class moved online, his students didn’t miss a beat – even though only one of the 17 seniors in his class had access to a drum.
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Pink Floyd vs. Pink: Modern music class bridges generations
May 1, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Faculty, Student, Top Stories
For an assignment from Elizabeth Clendinning’s modern popular music class, students were tasked with listening to Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon.” The goal: to experience a concept album. The result: their families engaged, too.
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Addressing black students’ concerns about belonging in college has benefits in adulthood
April 29, 2020 | Faculty, Research, Top Stories
The benefits of a brief “social belonging” exercise completed by black students in their first year of college followed them into adulthood, with participants reporting greater career satisfaction, well-being and community involvement almost a decade later.
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English professor’s poems weave couplets with quantum physics
April 29, 2020 | Faculty, Top Stories
“To think like a poet, you have to follow your curiosities,” Wake Forest English professor and poet-in-residence Amy Catanzano tells her students.
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From economic theory to a living case study of coronavirus
April 28, 2020 | Faculty, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Economics professor Megan Regan revised her syllabus to focus on a living case study of the coronavirus. Most of the assigned readings “went in the dumpster fire,” she said, as current events aligned with the broader topics she planned to teach.
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Coping with Corona: WFU professor creates video series to help
April 23, 2020 | Faculty, Research, Top Stories
Christian Waugh, associate professor of psychology and expert in stress and coping, has created a video series discussing the science behind coping with the coronavirus pandemic.
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$3 million NSF grant supports search for heat-tolerant tomatoes
April 20, 2020 | Faculty, Research, Top Stories
When your tomato plants won’t bear fruit during the dog days of summer, a team of Wake Forest researchers led by Gloria Muday will be in the lab, trying to find a plant that thrives despite the heat.
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