Media Advisory: Wake Forest University Family Business Center – Charlotte Metro announcing 2012 Spring forums
Categories: University Announcements
Resolution solution
When making New Year’s resolutions this year, committing to a specific plan for when and where you are going to accomplish each goal will make you more likely to succeed, says assistant professor of psychology E.J. Masicampo.
Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Student Storyteller: Guatemala
Summer research in Guatemala had been a dream for David Inczauskis ('13) for as long as he could remember. Last summer, through a Reynolds Scholarship at Wake Forest, Inczauskis lived that dream by researching two influential non-governmental organizations in Guatemala.
Keep holiday cheer all year
After weeks of humming holiday songs, decorating the house with cheer and planning for a joyous celebration, the holiday season inevitably will come to an end. Assistant Professor of Psychology Christian Waugh studies human emotions and why some people are more resilient in maintaining positive emotions than others.
Categories: Research & Discovery
Happy to wait
Though not yet definitive, identifying the Higgs boson particle would be on par with proving The Big Bang Theory, says Eric Carlson, a physics professor. While researchers in other fields might trumpet a breakthrough of this magnitude, the global physics community seems to have reacted with a combination of cautious optimism and muted excitement.
Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Experience inspires outreach
Inspiration often comes in unlikely places. For Paul Loeser, a senior cross-country runner, his epiphany hit while on Los Angeles’ Skid Row. Loeser was working with Athletes in Action’s Urban Project when he got the idea to replicate a program he saw there when he returned to Winston-Salem.
Categories: Athletics, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate
Student Storytellers: Research in India
A summer course in India brought together three students and inspired a second trip, rooted in discovering the road blocks to effective education. Read about the research conducted by the students, as well as their hopes for the future.
Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Mobile marketing for the future
Will consumers purchase the same product online that is in a store if it can be bought for a cheaper price? Future retail marketers are looking for creative ways to tap mobile technology and build customer loyalty without discounting.
Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
MBA program moves up in rankings
The Schools of Business full-time MBA program is once again ranked among the Top 50 Business Schools in the U.S. by Poets&Quants. Wake Forest broke into the top 40 this year by climbing up three positions to No. 38.
Categories: Awards & Recognition, University Announcements
Teaching with technology
An interactive replacement for the traditional college-level biology textbook called BioBook™, which was developed by an interdisciplinary team of faculty, allows students and instructors to tailor traditional course materials to their own learning styles.
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