Wake Forest hosts Freedom School
June 24, 2019 | Alumni, Community, Student, Top Stories
This summer, Wake Forest University’s education department will host Freedom School, a program for elementary school students aimed at strengthening children’s reading skills and closing achievement gaps.
Students named to WFU’s spring 2019 Dean’s List
June 21, 2019 | Recognition, Student, Top Stories
The following Wake Forest University students have been named to the University’s Dean’s List for the spring 2019 semester. Students who achieve a 3.4 grade average and no grade below a C were named to the list.
Wake Forest’s engineering program builds upon a culture of inclusivity
June 18, 2019 | Faculty, Top Stories, Valuing Diversity
As its first group of engineering students declared their major this year, Wake Forest University achieved something that few, if any, programs have anywhere – a student body that more accurately represents the U.S. population.
WFU Awards and Recognitions Briefs
June 14, 2019 | Personal and Career Development, Recognition, Top Stories, University Announcement
The WFU Awards and Recognitions briefs celebrate milestones of faculty, staff and students at Wake Forest.
WFU anthropologist featured in new PBS/Smithsonian Channel film
June 13, 2019 | Faculty, Research, Top Stories
In the new film “When Whales Walked: Journeys in Deep Time,” Wake Forest University anthropology professor Ellen Miller stands on a rocky hillside in northern Kenya carefully uncovering 16 million-year-old fossil elephant teeth.
WFU digital health researcher named Wells Fargo Faculty Scholar
June 11, 2019 | Faculty, Research, Top Stories
Wake Forest University has announced that digital health researcher Jason Fanning is its newest Wells Fargo Faculty Scholar, an honor that includes $120,000 in funding annually for three years.
WFU awards and recognitions briefs
June 7, 2019 | Faculty, Recognition, Staff, Top Stories
The WFU Awards and Recognitions briefs celebrate milestones of faculty, staff and students at Wake Forest.
Wake Downtown grant will take STEM lessons into K-12 classrooms
June 7, 2019 | Community, Faculty, Top Stories
With a grant from the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, Wake Forest University will start a program this fall to provide free STEM educational activities to K-12 students in local Title 1 schools.
WFU awards and recognitions briefs
May 24, 2019 | Events, Faculty, Recognition, Top Stories
The WFU Awards and Recognitions briefs celebrate milestones of faculty, staff and students at Wake Forest.
WFU Expert: Avoiding another Iraq in Iran
May 24, 2019 | Faculty, Top Stories
How do we prevent Iran from becoming another Iraq? Engage in a robust national conversation about past mistakes, said C. William Walldorf Jr., associate professor of politics and international affairs at Wake Forest University and a U.S. foreign policy expert.