Beyond the Field: Wake Forest and UVA Work Together
When Wake Forest hosts the University of Virginia on Saturday, Oct. 31, thousands of fans will watch the ACC football matchup.
Here is a look at three off-the-field areas where Wake Forest and UVA focus on collaboration instead of competition.
Fitness trackers + human coaching = winning strategy for weight management
When it comes to successful weight loss, daily tracking of diet, exercise and weight is one of the strongest predictors of long-term success. However, staying motivated through continuous self-monitoring can be a grind, and receiving regular, personalized feedback from a professional often makes all the difference. Researchers from the Wake Forest School of Medicine and the University of Virginia are co-leading a national effort to find a “sweet spot” that combines automated, data-driven insights with human expertise to improve weight-management programs. Supported by a five-year, $3.4 million grant from the NIH’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, University of Virginia School of Medicine Professor Rebecca Krukowski is leading the research with Kathryn M. Ross, PhD, MPH, a professor at Wake Forest.
Building engineers with strong character
The University of Virginia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science received a $900,000 grant from Wake Forest’s Educating Character Initiative (ECI) to fund the creation of the University of Virginia Engineering Character Strength Initiative (ECSI). The innovative initiative is designed to holistically integrate character education into UVA’s undergraduate engineering curriculum and experiences to build more ethical engineers, computer scientists and STEM leaders. Wake Engineering has partnered with the Program for Leadership and Character to intentionally bring character development into its engineering curriculum and is now supporting other institutions in their efforts to do the same.
Tackling the legacy of slavery
Wake Forest is attempting to recover, understand and more fully reckon with its past through the Slavery, Race, and Memory Project. This effort extends across and beyond our Winston-Salem and original Wake Forest, N.C., campuses and includes active membership in the UVA-founded Universities Studying Slavery consortium.
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