Heroes and Villains
Kurt Cobain and Elliot Smith (singer-songwriters), Charles Taylor (former president of Liberia), and Jena Six defendant Robert Bailey Jr. are a few of the famous and infamous faces sharing wall space with the less notable in an exhibition at the START Gallery featuring the works of Rudy Shepherd ('98).
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Elizabeth Thalhimer Smartt (’98) has written “Finding Thalhimers” the story of her family and their business, a well-known retail institution for 150 years. Along with her mentor, professor Mary Dalton (’83), she’ll participate in a panel discussion sponsored by the Family Business Center on Friday at Reynolda House.
The Schools of Business recently welcomed GE's Jeff Immelt, who has been named one of the "World's Best CEOs" by Barron's three times. Immelt stressed to students that they must prepare to compete in a volatile, global economy. “You are going to graduate into a world that requires adaptability. It rewards people who know how to manage volatility.”
Nobel Prize-winning scientist Kary Mullis developed a process that uses DNA to identify or exclude suspects. Twenty years later, that process freed Darryl Hunt, who spent 18 years in prison for murder. On Wednesday, Hunt got to meet Mullis at Wake Forest.
The Wake Forest community “Hit the Bricks” hard this year. Eighty-nine teams ran 25,571 laps around Hearn Plaza, raising $26,782 for cancer research and the Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund. More than 900 students, faculty and staff participated.
Learn about some of the accomplished members of the Class of 2015 by reading our first-year student profiles. Meet Elizabeth Busby, a self-described musical junkie who hopes to share her excitement of all art forms with children in the community.
President Nathan Hatch doesn't often drive a Harley Davidson or play the part of the Phantom of the Opera. But Hatch has done both at the President's Ball, and now Wake Forest is invited to see him take center stage again on Friday at the fourth biennial President’s Ball.
Fresh off an upset victory over Florida State, Jim Grobe will go for his 100th victory as a college football coach on Saturday against Virginia Tech. But Grobe's career is about much more than the numbers. Find out more about Grobe in a story from The Washington Post.
Who knew a fish out of water could be so coordinated? Biologist Miriam Ashley-Ross is on a team of researchers who discovered several species of fish can make impressive leaps on land that shed light on evolutionary questions.