Alton B. Pollard III will join the faculty of Wake Forest University as the James and Marilyn Dunn Chair in Baptist Studies in the School of Divinity and University Professor of African American Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences beginning July 1, 2024.Categories: University Announcements
Wake Forest University’s URECA student research day is held in the fall each year during Family Weekend. It began nearly 20 years ago and has grown. This year, 140 undergraduate students and more than 120 faculty mentors participated in the event. It provides an opportunity for undergraduate students to present their recently completed and ongoing research projects in both poster format and in oral presentations.Categories: Mentorship, University Announcements
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With a leadership gift from the Andrew Sabin Family Foundation, Wake Forest University will substantially expand its work to answer the world’s most pressing environmental and sustainability questions.Categories: Environment & Sustainability, University Announcements
Selected news clips courtesy of the Wake Forest News & Communications teamCategories: University Announcements
WFU Theatre is launching its 2023-24 season with Agatha Christie's "Witness for the Prosecution." The play opens on the Tedford Stage on Friday, Sept. 22.Categories: Arts & Culture
NASA recently awarded graduate student David Carchipulla-Morales the prestigious "Future Investigators NASA Earth and Space Science Technology" grant. Only about 100 proposals were selected for the grant out of nearly a thousand applications.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
In its new 2023-24 assessment of national universities, U.S. News and World Report changed 17 of the 19 indicators used to calculate its rankings of institutions in this category. Wake Forest University ranks 47th among 435 universities. Categories: University Announcements
In a significant step toward developing new treatments to mend blood vessels damaged by heart attacks and strokes, scientists at Wake Forest University and University of Maryland have discovered how to amplify the effects of an important signaling molecule in the blood. The study published today in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Chemical Biology.Categories: Experts, Research & Discovery
Political historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Michael Beschloss will join the Face to Face Speaker Forum for an evening of conversation with journalist E.J. Dionne on Wed., Sept. 27.Categories: University Announcements