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Flexible electronics hold promise
August 29, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Scholars and Scientists, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
“Electronics everywhere” is the trend of the future, says physics professor Oana Jurchescu. And new research into organic semiconductors means artificial skin, smart bandages and wearable electronics are one step closer.
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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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Angelou leads poetry performance
August 10, 2011 | Arts & Culture, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Directed by Maya Angelou, a Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree, twelve students recently shared 44 poems in a dramatic performance at Brendle Recital Hall. The poems were selected as favorites from their summer course with Angelou. (includes video)
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Dads and daughters
June 16, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
What is the key to raising healthy and independent daughters? Linda Nielsen, professor of adolescent and educational psychology at Wake Forest and author of the book “Between Fathers & Daughters: Enriching and Rebuilding your Adult Relationship” offers ideas to help dads focus on the “M&Ms” of raising daughters.
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Digital ants protect computer networks
May 27, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Scholars and Scientists, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
As the nation’s electrical power grid becomes more interconnected through the Internet, the chances of cyber attacks increase as well. Professor of Computer Science Errin Fulp is training an army of “digital ants” to turn loose into the power grid to seek out computer viruses.
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Class of the finest: Retiring faculty
May 16, 2011 | Commencement, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Life on Campus, Recognition, School of Divinity, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Nine professors — in art, counseling, divinity, economics, history, religion, journalism, classical languages and East Asian languages — are retiring this year, after leaving an indelible mark on generations of students dating back to the 1970s.
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The value of mentorship
May 3, 2011 | Alumni, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Wake Forest College, Working Together
For nearly 20 years, Professor of Political Science Helga Welsh has been reaching out to students as a partner in education — embracing a concept of learning that pairs classroom work with mentoring relationships.
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Learning: No longer a textbook case
April 29, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Scholars and Scientists, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
Switching from rigid, linear textbooks to technology such as iPads alone won’t boost student performance – so a team of researchers at Wake Forest has turned the classroom upside down, allowing students to tailor each course to their own learning style.
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The lessons of Vietnam literature
April 26, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, Research, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Students in Kathleen McClancy’s seminar class are completing their semester-long study of how books and films depicting the Vietnam War created the Vietnam mystique and the sway the war still holds over Americans, 36 years after the war ended.
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Mathematics’ Kirkman wins award
April 20, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Recognition, Scholars and Scientists, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
Longtime mathematics professor Ellen Kirkman has received an award for outstanding service from the Mathematical Association of America. She received the MAA’s Southeastern Section Distinguished Service Award for her long service to Wake Forest and to the MAA.
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