The National Science Foundation has awarded physics graduate student Katelyn Goetz (’11) one of its prestigious summer travel fellowships. Goetz studies organic semiconductors and plastic-based flexible electronics in the Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials with assistant professor of physics Oana Jurchescu.
Several hundred Wake Forest students welcomed about 50 elementary school students to campus earlier this month to paint their very own desk. WFU students started D.E.S.K. (Discovering Education through Student Knowledge) 12 years ago to provide desks to underprivileged children.Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate
Earlier this month, Lauren Gunderson’s play, "Emilie: The Marquise Du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight," served as the center of gravity for a bright constellation of interdisciplinary campus events illuminating dynamic relationships between the arts and sciences.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Research & Discovery
On April 20, the Arbor Day Foundation honored Wake Forest’s commitment to the care and preservation of its trees with a Tree Campus USA designation. To earn the honor, WFU achieved five core standards for sustainable campus forestry. Read more from Wake Forest Magazine.
Categories: Awards & Recognition, Environment & Sustainability
For choreographer and visiting artist Liz Lerman, questions drive her way of thinking. “If you ask a big enough question, you have to engage more than one discipline to answer it,” Lerman told a Wake Forest audience in a talk about how creativity can function as a bridge between art and science.Categories: Arts & Culture, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
The Department of Romance Languages is hosting a three-day Hispanic Transatlantic Studies symposium that will bring scholars from a variety of countries to campus to present cutting-edge research in history and the humanities.Categories: Global Wake Forest, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
From a cardboard boat race to a panel discussion on fracking to a food activism workshop, Wake Forest’s 10 days of celebrating the earth will engage the campus in thinking about sustainability issues April 19 through April 28. Read more from the Office of Sustainability.Categories: Environment & Sustainability, Happening at Wake
Wake Forest's emergency website, Wake Alert, has a new look as the University takes steps intended to bolster the site’s ability to withstand heavy traffic in the event of an emergency. Emergency preparedness information is now available on a new site, Wake Ready.
Categories: University Announcements
Physics major Claire McLellan ('12) understands her course of study can seem impractical and hard to connect to the outside world. On April 20, Nobel Laureate William Phillips will underscore the importance of connecting the classroom to the community in event that is free and open to the public.
Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Categories: University Announcements