This week's announcement by Virginia Tech and Wake Forest researchers is generating serious discussions about the future of football in America. The two schools released the first study that measures head impacts among youth football players. Categories: Research & Discovery
Categories: University Announcements
The $100 million, 242,000-square-foot Wake Forest BioTech Place debuted Tuesday in the Piedmont Triad Research Park. The facility will house about 350 Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center researchers and scientists, with room for 100 more employees.Categories: Community Impact, University Announcements
When graduate student Corey Hewitt (Ph.D. ’13) simply touches a small piece of Power Felt – a promising new thermoelectric device developed by a team of researchers in the Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials – he has converted his body heat into an electrical current.
Wes Hughes and Jake Meyer have been friends since their first year in Bostwick Hall. "City of Angels" is the fifth major production the two have acted in together.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
On a rainy Saturday afternoon in early February, the student actors preparing for this week’s opening of “City of Angels” were taken through their paces in a master class conducted by Broadway veteran Susan Terry.Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
A team of undergraduate students from Wake Forest finished third in an international case competition at the 22nd Annual Marketing Summit presented by the Wake Forest University Schools of Business Center for Retail Innovation. A team from the University of Pennsylvania finished first, and a University of Chicago Booth School of Business team won the MBA division.Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, University Announcements
The Peace Corps ranks Wake Forest among the Top 25 Top Peace Corps Volunteer Producing Colleges and Universities – an annual list of the schools which provide volunteers to the organization. This year, Wake Forest is ranked 20th among small colleges and universities.
Categories: Awards & Recognition, Global Wake Forest, Pro Humanitate
Sophomore Kent Langston’s work at the Immunology Department at the School of Medicine raises questions about the immunity power of antioxidants, like those found in some kinds of berries and other foods.
Listening to a Rihanna song doesn’t usually prompt people to think of Wake Forest’s “Pro Humanitate” motto. But when a “splash” mob of students stormed the Pit on Feb. 15, they did so to raise awareness for Random Acts of Kindness Week. See the video.Categories: Experiential Learning