URECA: Research Revealed
When Maggie Gigler began her academic journey at Wake Forest, she knew she wanted to major in psychology and go on to earn a doctorate in clinical psychology. With her study on borderline personality disorder, she was one of 127 students presenting at Undergraduate Research Day.
A first-of-a-kind study by Wake Forest researchers will address why long distance runners, particularly women, are more likely than athletes in other sports to develop osteoporosis later in life.
More than 1,000 students, faculty and staff participated in Hit the Bricks, an eight-hour relay race around Hearn Plaza that honors the memory of Brian Piccolo, a Wake Forest All-American football player who passed away from cancer during his career with the Chicago Bears.
Seventeen students gathered for a conversation about mass incarceration with civil rights advocate and best-selling author Michelle Alexander before she presented a public lecture to more than 1,000 people in Wait Chapel.
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.
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.