WFU awards and recognitions briefs
November 29, 2018 | Arts & Culture, Faculty, Recognition, Top Stories
The WFU Awards and Recognitions briefs celebrate milestones of faculty, staff and students at Wake Forest.
WFU events to feature Ammons poetry, honor 2018 Writers Hall of Fame inductees
November 29, 2018 | Events, Top Stories
To celebrate Wake Forest writers and writing, the University will host “About Ammons” and “Words Awake” on campus Dec. 7-8. The events are free and open to the public.
WFU student-athletes visit fourth-grade classes to teach goal setting
November 28, 2018 | Athletics, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories
In collaboration with the Skip Prosser Literacy Program, Wake Forest University students and student-athletes in education professor Alan Brown’s EDU 101 class will visit fourth graders at Mineral Springs Elementary School on Tuesday, Dec. 4.
Wake Forest to hold annual Lovefeast services Dec. 2
November 27, 2018 | Events, Top Stories
Wake Forest University will hold their annual Lovefeast services in Wait Chapel on Sunday, Dec. 2 at 4:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. The Wake Forest Lovefeast celebrates the unique traditions of the Moravian community in Winston-Salem.
$450K NSF grant teaches high school students about antibiotic resistance
November 26, 2018 | Community, Faculty, Research, Top Stories
According to the World Health Organization, antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health, food insecurity and development. Now a $450,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will support Wake Forest University researchers teaching ninth-graders at Mount Tabor High School how bacteria adapt to their environments.
WFU Jewish Studies Program to host panel on antisemitism
November 20, 2018 | Events, Faculty, Student, Top Stories
Faculty from the Jewish Studies Program at Wake Forest University will host a panel on antisemitism on Thursday, Nov. 29 at 6 p.m. in the Porter Byrum Welcome Center.
Fleeing warming temperatures, tropical trees in the Andes move upslope – toward extinction
November 14, 2018 | Faculty, Research, Top Stories
Tropical and subtropical forests across South America’s Andes Mountains are responding to warming temperatures by “migrating” to higher elevations, but probably not quickly enough to avoid loss of biodiversity, functional collapse or even extinction, according to a new study published November 14 in the journal Nature.
WFU ranks third in percentage of students studying abroad
November 13, 2018 | Admissions, Student, Top Stories
Wake Forest University ranks third among doctoral U.S. colleges and universities in the percentage of students studying abroad, according to the Open Doors 2018 report published today by the Institute of International Education (IIE).
Wake Forest to honor veterans with ceremony Nov. 12
November 12, 2018 | Events, Top Stories
Wake Forest University will host a Veterans Day Ceremony on Perritt Plaza, beside Reynolda Hall, Nov 12 at 11 a.m.
‘Turkeypalooza’ brings a taste of Thanksgiving to those in need
November 8, 2018 | Events, Pro Humanitate, Top Stories
Wake Forest students, faculty and staff will prepare and deliver nearly 400 Thanksgiving meals to food-insecure Winston-Salem residents ahead of the holiday.