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Students support Missions of Mercy
November 17, 2014 | Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories
Helping patients deal with the pain associated with rising health and dental care costs is a lesson pre-health students won’t soon forget. More than 100 provided hands-on support for a free and portable dental clinic set up by N.C Missions of Mercy.
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Project Pumpkin: Carrying on tradition
October 30, 2014 | Alumni, Campus Life, Community, Philanthropy, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories, Uncategorized
More than 450 student volunteers welcomed children from nearly 25 local agencies to campus Wednesday afternoon for Project Pumpkin, Wake Forest’s annual student-run Halloween festival.
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Beating bad bacteria
July 31, 2014 | Faculty, Mentoring, Personal and Career Development, Pro Humanitate, Research, Scholars and Scientists, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Working Together
Sophomore Hannah Martin and Patricia Dos Santos, an associate professor of chemistry, are tackling the problem of how to target harmful bacteria while sparing beneficial bacteria that make it possible for humans to live healthy lives.
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WFU launches Pro Humanitate Institute
July 25, 2014 | Pro Humanitate, Provost, Top Stories, University Announcement
The new Pro Humanitate Institute will energize and expand on a host of relevant activities already underway, while inspiring new ideas for connecting a Wake Forest education with a deep and abiding commitment to improving lives.
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Gold is the new green
June 23, 2014 | Personal and Career Development, Pro Humanitate, Research, Scholars and Scientists, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
Wake Forest Chemist Amanda Jones is the recipient of the National Science Foundation’s prestigious Career Award. Jones will use the $390,000 in award funding to study powerful and environmentally friendly gold catalysts for use in the pharmaceutical industry.
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Desk decorating for kids
April 17, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Campus Life Highlights, Community, Events, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories
Students from across campus teamed up with 47 children from Old Town Elementary to paint desks designed for each individual child. Flowers and movie characters were popular decorations.
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Melissa Harris-Perry to join faculty
April 11, 2014 | Alumni, Campus Life, Community, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, Humanities Highlights 2013-2014, International, National, Online, Pro Humanitate, Recognition, Scholars and Scientists, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Valuing Diversity, Working Together
MSNBC television host, political thought leader and Wake Forest University alumna Melissa Harris-Perry (‘94) will return this summer to her alma mater as a chaired professor.
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A programmer’s approach to problem solving
April 9, 2014 | Faculty, Mentoring, Online, Personal and Career Development, Pro Humanitate, Research, Scholars and Scientists, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Working Together
An iPhone app developed by a team of Wake Forest freshmen could one day enable patrons at campus restaurants to vote for what songs play over the speakers.
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Diving into biodiversity
March 26, 2014 | 2014 Highlights: Research, Faculty, International, Mentoring, National, Online, Pro Humanitate, Research, Scholars and Scientists, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Working Together
Lighthouse Reef Atoll is one of the most pristine marine environments in the Caribbean Sea due to its remote location. Students taking an Ecology and Conservation of Coral Reefs class spent their spring break exploring the Atoll’s startling array of biodiversity.
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From bench to bedside
March 24, 2014 | Campus Life, Life on Campus, National, Online, Personal and Career Development, Pro Humanitate, Research, Scholars and Scientists, School of Business, Schools, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Top Stories, Working Together
Move over, pink. The fight against breast cancer now wears Old Gold and Black as a team of graduate students from Wake Forest Schools of Business, Law and Medicine work together to take a promising, but underfunded, cancer therapy to market.
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