Lighting takes shape
October 21, 2010 | Research, Scholars and Scientists, Top Stories
Researchers at Wake Forest’s Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials have developed an inexpensive new light source that’s cool to the touch, won’t break if dropped, and can be molded into any shape.
Expressions of humanity
October 21, 2010 | Community, For Parents, International, Life on Campus, National, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Patricia Willis, activist-in-residency with the women’s and gender studies program, and students in her human rights class organized the Human Rights Clothesline Project. Members of the community painted T-shirts with messages about human rights violations, then hung them on 60-foot clotheslines.
Students take fall service trip
October 21, 2010 | Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories
Ten students spent fall break on a service trip to Cove Creek Farm, a residential retreat for at-risk young men and their families near Boone, N.C. Wake Forest has traditionally offered spring break service trips, but this was the first fall break service trip offered by the university.
Symposium celebrates A.R. Ammons
October 19, 2010 | Arts & Culture, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, Provost, Top Stories
“Single Threads Unbraided,” a celebration of the poetry, art and letters of A.R. Ammons will be held Nov. 15–16 at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library.
Insights on college interviews
October 19, 2010 | Admissions, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories
As high school students apply to college this fall, Wake Forest’s Director of Admissions Martha Allman offers interviewing tips.
Giving back to the community
October 18, 2010 | Community, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Staff, Student, Top Stories
More than 100 faculty and staff members and about 75 students have joined forces to help build a house for Habitat for Humanity this fall. Groups have been working on the house in the Smith Farm neighborhood, near Kernersville.
Professor wins service award
October 18, 2010 | Faculty, National, Top Stories
Brenda Latham-Sadler, M.D., associate professor of Family and Community Medicine at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, is the 2010 winner of the National Association of Medical Minority Educator’s (NAMME) Award for Distinguished Service in the Health Field.
Dance and Parkinson’s
October 18, 2010 | Arts & Culture, Research, Top Stories
Professor Christina Soriano and her class study the connection between dance movements and changes in mobility, balance and confidence for people with Parkinson’s Disease.
Interfaith religious events planned
October 18, 2010 | Community, Top Stories
The Chaplain’s Office is sponsoring several programs this semester to promote interfaith dialogue and cooperation. Read the story on Inside WFU, Wake Forest’s new faculty and staff website.
Focusing on childcare conditions
October 18, 2010 | International, Pro Humanitate, Top Stories
Midwives from Ghana were learning and observing in Winston-Salem last weekend, courtesy of Kybele, an organization started 10 years ago by professor Medge Owen to improve childbirth conditions throughout the world.
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