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2016 Innovator of the Year

Dr. Tony Atala Dr. Anthony Atala, leader of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM), has been named "2016 Innovator of the Year" by R&D Magazine. He also recently received a Smithsonian Magazine American Ingenuity Award in life sciences.

Categories: Research & Discovery


WFU researchers part of national NIH grant to study exercise

Professor of Health and Exercise Science researcher Jack Rejeski talks with research subjects. Developing a comprehensive map of the molecular changes in the human body that occur in response to physical activity is the focus of a new $170 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards program that will support researchers across the country, including Wake Forest University professors of Health and Exercise Science researchers Jack Rejeski and Anthony Marsh.

Categories: Research & Discovery


Wake Forest finishes as runner-up in national title

WFU players console each other. After 110 scoreless minutes, the Wake Forest men's soccer team came up a penalty kick short of the national championship, falling to Stanford, 5-4, in penalties in Houston on Sunday afternoon. WFU's Ian Harkes was named the Most Outstanding Offensive Player of the College Cup.

Categories: Athletics


Harkes’ goal sends WFU to national championship game

Wake Forest celebrates its win. Ian Harkes netted a breakaway goal in the 103rd minute to lift second-ranked Wake Forest men's soccer to a 2-1 victory in double overtime over Denver on Friday night to move on to the national championship game on Sunday in Houston.

Categories: Athletics


Wake Forest to face Temple in Military Bowl

Wake Forest and Military Bowl logos Wake Forest will play Temple in the Military Bowl, presented by Northrop Grumman and benefiting the USO. The game will kick off at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 27, at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Md. The game will be televised by ESPN.

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