Media Advisory: National television correspondent Joy-Ann Reid to speak at Wake Forest
September 30, 2015 | Media Advisory
Author and MSNBC national correspondent Joy-Ann Reid will deliver the 2015 Ida B. Wells lecture on Oct. 14 at 6 p.m. in the Porter B. Byrum Welcome Center at Wake Forest University. Reid will discuss bias and objectivity in journalism, media coverage of police-involved violence […]
Media Advisory: WFU Awards and Recognitions Briefs
September 24, 2015 | Media Advisory
Barbee Oakes named University’s first chief diversity officer Barbee Oakes, a recognized leader in diversity and inclusion initiatives, was appointed as Wake Forest’s first chief diversity officer. She retains her assistant provost title and responsibilities, developed over her six years in that role. […]
Media Advisory: Wake Forest offers experts to discuss Pope’s U.S. visit
September 23, 2015 | Media Advisory
Wake Forest University has several experts available who can speak to different topics related to Pope Francis’ upcoming three-day visit to the United States, Sept. 23-25. Lucas Johnston, PhD, Media Contact: Bonnie Davis, davislbl@wfu.edu, 336-758-5390 Johnston, author of Religion and Sustainability: Social Movements and the Politics of […]
Media Advisory: WFU’s President to Attend Pope Francis’ Arrival Ceremony in D.C.
September 22, 2015 | Media Advisory
Wake Forest University President Nathan O. Hatch and his wife, Julie, will attend the welcome reception in honor of Pope Francis at the White House tomorrow morning. Dr. and Mrs. Hatch are among an estimated 15,000 who received invitations to the event on the South […]
Media Advisory: ‘Hit the Bricks’ marks 35 years of student-funded cancer research
September 21, 2015 | Media Advisory
“Hit the Bricks,” an eight-hour relay race along the brick pathway of Hearn Plaza to raise money for cancer research in honor of Brian Piccolo, will be held on Oct. 1 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. A final remembrance lap for cancer victims and survivors culminates with a luminary […]
Media Advisory: Sure as the wind blows, Midwest wind energy to get projected lift from climate change, study says
September 17, 2015 | Faculty, Media Advisory, Research
Mother Nature will be delivering a future gift of 2 percent more wind energy in the Midwest if regional climate models are correct, according to research from Wake Forest University. In a study recently published online by the journal Renewable Energy, Robert Erhardt, assistant professor […]
Media Advisory: Wake Forest University confirms plans for undergraduate classes in Wake Forest Innovation Quarter
September 16, 2015 | Media Advisory
Wake Forest Innovation Quarter in downtown Winston-Salem is nationally recognized as a burgeoning hub of innovation in biomedical science and information technology. Wake Forest University has confirmed plans to offer undergraduate academic programs in Wake Forest Innovation Quarter, a division of Wake Forest Baptist Medical […]
Media Advisory: Republican presidential debate: Wake Forest experts available
September 15, 2015 | Media Advisory
The Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Library on Wednesday, Sept. 16 will give the field of GOP candidates another chance to distinguish themselves. The GOP pack has been reshuffled some and Carly Fiorina has a spot in the 8 p.m. debate. Wake Forest University faculty experts […]
Media Advisory: WFU researcher receives $6 million grant, largest in university history
September 15, 2015 | Faculty, Media Advisory, Research
A $6 million federal grant, the largest ever awarded to Wake Forest University, will enable health and exercise science researchers to further study knee osteoarthritis and successful treatment measures in community-based settings. Health and exercise professor Steve Messier and colleagues have spent 26 of the […]
Media Advisory: Wake Forest named one of ‘50 Colleges That Create Futures’
September 9, 2015 | Media Advisory
Wake Forest University is featured in “Colleges That Create Futures: 50 Schools That Launch Careers by Going Beyond the Classroom” — a new Princeton Review book highlighting the nation’s best institutions at offering undergraduates both outstanding academics and outstanding experiential learning opportunities. Each college profile […]
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