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Celebrating 20 years of undergraduate research and discovery

For two decades, Wake Forest students have had opportunities to work with faculty on mentored undergraduate research, scholarship and creative projects across all academic disciplines.  From chemistry to engineering to biology to Spanish to math to theatre—more than 100 students had an opportunity to present at Wake Forest’s Undergraduate Research Day this year. Grants from…

Categories: Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Undergraduate research

What the neuroscience of motivation has to say about GLP-1 drugs

Even before the era of GLP-1 weight loss drugs, Wake Forest University neuroscientist Wayne Pratt dedicated his research lab to better understanding how the brain regulates food motivation. Now, with GLP-1s a household name, his research has even greater and more immediate implications: We know that drugs like Ozempic, developed to treat diabetes because they…

Categories: Experts, Research & Discovery

It’s another record-setting year for Wake Forest’s Hit the Bricks

With the help of 2,407 runners and walkers, Hit the Bricks raised over $415,750 for the Brian Piccolo Cancer Research Fund during this year’s Oct. 1 event. That beats last year’s record of 2,264 runners and walkers raising $360,000 for cancer research and patient services that the Piccolo Fund supports at Atrium Wake Forest Baptist’s…

Categories: Pro Humanitate

Beyond the Field: Wake Forest and Stanford Work Together

When Wake Forest hosts Stanford on Saturday, Oct. 3, thousands of fans will watch the Atlantic Coast Conference football clash. Here is a look at four off-the-field areas where Wake Forest and Stanford focus on collaboration instead of competition. Scientists at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine are working with Stanford University on groundbreaking research.…

Categories: Athletics, Research & Discovery

Wake Forest-CINCIA researchers brief pope on Amazon mercury pollution

Scientists from across the Amazon have delivered to Pope Leo XIV a briefing on mercury pollution in the region—documents that include the findings from decades of research at the Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation (CINCIA), established in partnership with Wake Forest University’s Sabin Center for Environment and Sustainability. “Today we were able to put more…

Categories: Environment & Sustainability, Research & Discovery

Wake Forest graduate Chip Thomas Jr. wins prestigious MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’

Public artist Dr. Chip Thomas, a 1979 Wake Forest graduate, has received a 2026 MacArthur Fellowship—popularly known as the “genius grant.” The prestigious award, presented annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, recognizes artists, scholars and visionaries for exceptional originality and dedication to their creative pursuits. Fellows receive an unrestricted $800,000 award…

Categories: Alumni, Awards & Recognition

Wake Forest University and Allegacy Financial announce renewed and expanded University-wide strategic partnership

Wake Forest University and Allegacy Financial have announced a continuation of their university-wide strategic partnership. The multi-year agreement builds on the landmark 2023 stadium naming-rights partnership and deepens collaboration across Wake Forest’s academic, student life, financial, and community operations. The comprehensive partnership evolves the relationship beyond a visible sponsorship into a transformative, long-term strategic collaboration.…

Categories: University Announcements

Defining the future of public service

What does it mean to serve the public good today? Rooted in its motto, Pro Humanitate (For Humanity), Wake Forest University's Wake Washington Center brought lawmakers, policy experts and students together for a discussion at the National Press Club to examine the nature of public service and the character required to lead. The panel included…

Categories: Leadership & Character, University Happenings

New Wake Forest quantum lab takes research to the next level

With the debut of its new Nano and Quantum Technologies Laboratory (NanoteQ), Wake Forest University gains a critical edge in quantum computing research. NanoteQ includes the University’s first ISO 5-certified clean room. And that provides the tightly controlled space needed for creating and studying the silicon-based qubits that make quantum computing possible. The facility hosts…

Categories: Research & Discovery

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