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Faculty assume new leadership roles

September 2, 2010  |   Faculty, Graduate School, Provost, Top Stories

A new associate provost and a number of academic deans in the College, Graduate School, School of Law and Schools of Business were appointed over the summer.

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Embodying Pro Humanitate

June 1, 2010  |   Admissions, Community, Graduate School, Pro Humanitate, Student, Wake Forest College

Wake Forest students have long been known for their commitment to the University’s motto, Pro Humanitate, and now an awards program has been established to formally recognize exemplary community service, whether it’s close to home or around the world.

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Rewarding research: Student’s chemistry work helps advance solar-cell technology

May 24, 2010  |   Graduate School, Research, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Wake Forest College, Working Together

The quest to develop technologies to replace coal and oil as energy sources is underway in many venues, including a laboratory at Wake Forest.

Chemistry professor Ronald Noftle and his student lab assistants have been experimenting with new thiophene molecules and polymers, hoping to develop a thin, flexible, inexpensive and efficient method for storing energy.

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Teaching middle-schoolers to love cell science

May 11, 2010  |   Graduate School, Humanities, Research, Student

If the nation’s ability to remain an economic power rests in the hands of today’s middle-school students, then the future looks bright.

A new tool developed at Wake Forest — a video game called CellCraft — will be featured May 12 at the White House in the inaugural celebration of National Lab Day.

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‘America’s Best’: Professional schools recognized among top 50 in country

April 15, 2010  |   Graduate School, School of Business, School of Law, School of Medicine

Wake Forest’s law, business and medical schools all ranked in the top 50 in the 2011 issue of “America’s Best Graduate Schools,” published by U.S. News & World Report.

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A unique program: Wake Forest’s entrepreneurship program wins a national award as a model program

March 23, 2010  |   Graduate School, Student, Wake Forest College

The threads that led to a profitable business tie Laura Bullins Lough (’07) to Wake Forest.

She credits the launch of her business, Unique Sheep, to help she received from the Office of Entrepreneurship and Liberal Arts.

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‘Following Your Dreams’

March 10, 2010  |   Arts & Culture, Community, Graduate School, Wake Forest College

The third annual Reynolda Film Festival on March 24 – 27 will feature film screenings, a world premiere, a film competition, and talks by scriptwriters, animators and film-industry insiders.

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Back to school: Connecting with your child’s teacher

September 21, 2009  |   Graduate School, Student

During the first few weeks of school, parents often wonder how best to approach their child’s new teacher. Professor of Counseling Donna Henderson, a former school teacher and counselor who now prepares graduate students to become counselors, offers tips on how to get off on […]

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Dean Emeritus Henry Stroupe dies

August 21, 2009  |   Faculty, Graduate School

Henry Stroupe (’35, MA ‘37), the founding dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and one of the last surviving faculty members to have taught on the Old Campus, died on Aug. 20 in Winston-Salem.

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Equipped for discovery

June 20, 2009  |   Graduate School, Research, Student, Teacher-Scholar

Not all species would survive spending 40 hours a week in a lab, but senior Kevin Cooper, one of only 15 students nationwide to receive a prestigious summer research fellowship, is thriving there.

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