Media Advisory: The 49th Lovefeast: A Wake Forest Holiday Tradition
Categories: Campus Life, University Announcements
Afternoon at the improv
The theatre and counseling departments have partnered, through an IPLACe-funded initiative led by Phil Clarke and Sharon Andrews, so undergraduate theatre students can sharpen their improvisational acting and counseling students can gain realistic counseling experience.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Research & Discovery
From one forest to another
A flying, insect-like robot built and tested by biology graduate student Max Messinger and a team of WFU researchers will give an unprecedented look at Peru’s tropical cloud forest, one of the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems and a key indicator of global climate change.Categories: Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Research & Discovery
Take a guess or skip the question
If you’re taking the SAT and you’re not positive you know the correct answer, do you skip or guess? Previous studies suggest that your strategy may be very different from that of the student sitting next to you. A faculty-student research team in economics is looking for answers.Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Still life vs. real life
Biology professor Kathy Kron and the 11 students enrolled in Biology 105: Plants & People met at Reynolda House Museum of American Art to learn firsthand how biology is incorporated in the current exhibition, “Things Wondrous and Humble: American Still Life."Categories: Arts & Culture, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Media Advisory: Turkeypalooza: ‘Home-Cooked’ Thanksgiving Meals for the Hungry
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When writing goes to war
English professor Sharon Raynor’s students sift through acid-free folders looking at letters that soldiers sent home during the Civil War and World War I and II. Pulling out folders. Reading the words. It’s an experience unlike looking at a digitized copy.Toxic tiger moth
A battle for evolutionary dominance is raging in Arizona between the tiger moth and the echo-locating bat. New research being done by Wake Forest shows the tiger moth currently has the upper hand. Angelou champions dignified discourse
Award-winning poet, author and Civil Rights activist Maya Angelou encouraged a standing-room only crowd to take individual responsibility for creating a community of kindness and respect. The event marked the first 30 days of a yearlong, campus-wide “Dignity and Respect Campaign.”Categories: Alumni, Community Impact, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate
Media Advisory: “Creating: Quilts and Crafts of the Lakota”
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