Bioethics conversation starters
From stem cell research to genetic testing to inequities in health care, bioethics questions are part of conversations throughout the United States every day. Two Wake Forest professors, Nancy King and Michael J. Hyde, explain why talking about bioethics is so important and share insights from their new book.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
It’s not unusual for college students to feel like they are running in circles — but on Thursday, Oct. 6, they really will be. Students, faculty and staff will run on Hearn Plaza in the "Hit the Bricks" event to raise money for cancer research.
In the U.S., the population identifying itself as Hispanic or Latino grew by 43 percent from 2000 to 2010, compared to 9.7 percent overall growth in the population. Professor Peter Siavelis talks about how we can best prepare for embracing cultural change.
On Thursday, Oct. 6, the Stevens Center in downtown Winston-Salem will light up with the sights and sounds of the internationally acclaimed Cuban theatre troupe Teatro de la Luna in its premiere of "Delirio Habanero / Havana Delirium."
Nicole Little, a junior sociology major, used her passion for social justice to protest the execution of a death row inmate in Georgia and inspire fellow students to stand up for improving the criminal justice system. Find out more in Little's own words.
The producer and director of photography on the Oscar-nominated documentary “Hoop Dreams” adds his expertise to the Documentary Film Program — teaching both graduate and undergraduate courses.
Robin Roy Ganzert (’87, MBA ’91) is president and CEO of the American Humane Association, one of the nation’s most prestigious and oldest humanitarian charities devoted to protecting children and animals. She talks about her role and how Wake Forest prepared her for it.
How do honesty, compassion, empathy and other traits combine to create human character? That’s what the first grants from The Character Project, a three-year, multi-million dollar program, aim to discover. Twelve grants totaling nearly $2 million have been awarded to psychology scholars.
Kevin Jordan practiced with his teammates Tuesday for the first time since he received a kidney transplant from his coach, Tom Walter. "This was the best day of my coaching career -- by far," said Walter. "Just to see him back out here and doing what he loves to do. This is what this has always been about."
The Brothers Menaechmus, the first fall production of the Theatre Department, focuses on long-lost identical twin brothers who unknowingly inhabit the same town. Being cast to play a twin might seem difficult, but senior roommates Jake Meyers and Ryan McCarthy took the challenge in stride.