Media Advisory: Michelle Alexander: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Categories: University Announcements
Divinity School receives $2 million for scholarships
Jeanette Wallace Hyde, a life trustee who served as a U.S. Ambassador, made a $2 million gift to support student scholarships and financial aid at the Wake Forest School of Divinity.
Categories: Transformative Giving, University Announcements
WFU knee research appears in leading medical journal
Intensive dieting and an hour of exercise three times a week can lead to significantly less knee pain and improved function after 18 months for individuals suffering from debilitating and painful knee osteoarthritis, according to research by professor Stephen Messier and his WFU colleagues.Categories: Research & Discovery
Media Advisory: WFU knee research appears in leading medical journal
Categories: University Announcements
Dancing to the world beat
Wearing silk saris and carrying parasols, Sonalee’s New Generation Dance Company brought “Bollywood” dance styles to campus during Wake Forest’s fifth annual World Cultural Festival. Watch video of the event.Categories: Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Global Wake Forest
Secrest Artist Series patron passes away
Marion Secrest, who endowed the Secrest Artists Series, passed away on Sept. 20 at the age of 107.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Community Impact, University Announcements
A novel approach to fighting disability from peripheral artery disease
Peripheral artery disease is a debilitating affliction that can make walking painful. A new, low-cost approach to treating the disease, stemming from research at Wake Forest, could lead to happier and healthier lives for millions of Americans.Categories: Research & Discovery
So your doctor majored in history?
A new, rigorous Interdisciplinary Humanities Pathway to Medicine Program offers guaranteed admission to Wake Forest Medical School for up to five undergraduates majoring in the humanities or fine arts.Wake Forest featured in NYT Magazine
A recent New York Times Magazine story prominently features the University's commitment to making personal and career development a part of the academic experience from a student's first days on campus.Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Mentorship
An unprecedented threat to Peru’s cloud forests
Researchers at Wake Forest have pieced together startling new evidence that shows rapid 21st century warming may spell doom for tree species in Peruvian cloud forests, with species losing 53 to 96 percent of their populations.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements