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Class writes version of Obama’s speech
September 9, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Even before President Obama addressed Congress on Thursday, students at Wake Forest were planning his speech, or at least what they thought he should say. Read about Professor Allan Louden’s class and see video from News 14.
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Little to celebrate this Labor Day?
August 26, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
“As Labor Day approaches, there is little to celebrate about the state of American labor,” writes David Coates, Worrell Chair of Anglo-American Studies in the political science department, in an op-ed that appeared in Friday’s Charlotte Observer.
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Need for police reforms
August 15, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, National, School of Law, Top Stories
Jurors recently convicted five police officers accused of civil rights violations and obstruction of justice in New Orleans. Law professor Kami Simmons writes in the Huffington Post that the situation exposed institutional deficiencies that encourage police misconduct and corruption.
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Tracing the roots of ‘The Dream’
August 11, 2011 | Faculty, National, Research, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Wake Forest student William Murphy (’13) and Associate Professor of Communication John Llewellyn recently discovered that the most significant American speech in recent history was based on a teenage dream – one Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. first envisioned and articulated as a 15-year-old schoolboy in the Jim Crow South.
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Pursuing the American dream
August 9, 2011 | Alumni, Arts & Culture, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Top Stories
Steve Dixon (’82) and his wife have spent much of the last year telling the story of one family caught up in the U.S. immigration process. On Monday, he witnessed the reunion of the Wasilewski family, the subject of the documentary “Tony and Janina’s American Wedding.”
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Crystals detect security threats
August 5, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Research, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Using a crystal ball to protect homeland security might seem far-fetched, but researchers at Wake Forest University and Fisk University have partnered to develop crystals that can be used to detect nuclear threats, radioactive material or chemical bombs more accurately and affordably.
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Contributing to the debate
August 3, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
With an esteemed group of faculty, Wake Forest often is a source for the media on important news topics. Recently, professors David Coates and John Llewellyn spoke with the media about the U.S. debt ceiling debate.
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Accelerating computer networks
July 27, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, National, Top Stories, University Announcement
Wake Forest University and Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have joined 29 other universities in an initiative called Gig.U, the University Community Next Generation Innovation Project, which aims to accelerate the deployment of ultra-high-speed computer networks.
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The Washingtonians
July 13, 2011 | Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
WAKE Washington offers students a chance to live, learn and work in the nation’s capital. The rigorous program offers students across every major a real-world taste of government, politics, think tanks and nonprofits, and a chance to hobnob with high-profile powerbrokers.
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Pfizer drug linked to heart problems
July 5, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Research, School of Medicine, Top Stories
A new study by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center shows that the use of Pfizer’s ChantixTM, a smoking cessation drug, is associated with a 72 percent increased risk of a serious adverse cardiovascular event, such as heart attack or arrhythmia.
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