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Alumni update their ‘bucket list’

June 2, 2010  |   Student

Three years ago, The Washington Post reported on Wake Forest roommates Lee Briggs (’02) and Brent Thomas (’02), who made a “bucket list” of life goals, including biking across the country; an update from the Post.

June 2010 Staff News

June 1, 2010  |   Staff

Anthropology Steve Whittington received funding from the Center for Global Partnership/The Japan Foundation for his proposal, “Samurai and Kimonos: Japanese Culture.” School of Law Mickie Burrow has retired. Milestones Staff members who are observing anniversaries of their employment. (Recognition is for one year and for […]

June 2010 Faculty Focus

June 1, 2010  |   Faculty

Biology Bill Conner received funding from the National Science Foundation for his proposal, “Acoustic Aposematism, Mimicry and Sonar Jamming in the Bat-Moth Arms Race.” Communication Peter Brunette was interviewed in New York by The Criterion Collection for a documentary to accompany their DVD release of […]

Embodying Pro Humanitate

June 1, 2010  |   Admissions, Community, Graduate School, Pro Humanitate, Student, Wake Forest College

Wake Forest students have long been known for their commitment to the University’s motto, Pro Humanitate, and now an awards program has been established to formally recognize exemplary community service, whether it’s close to home or around the world.

Taking the classroom outside

June 1, 2010  |   Community, Student, Working Together

Students in Pat Lord’s biology class this spring learned some things that they hadn’t expected. They learned how the vagaries of nature — unseasonable cold, a blast of pre-summer heat, hungry rabbits — can nearly ruin weeks of work. They learned about the energy-efficiency of […]

Gielow receives national golf award

June 1, 2010  |   Athletics

Brendan Gielow, who graduated in May, has received the Byron Nelson Award from the Golf Coaches Association of America, recognizing his academic record, character and integrity.

Congress fails to grasp financial issues

June 1, 2010  |   National

Congress has largely ignored the underlying reasons for the financial crisis, writes professor Rob Bliss in US Banker. “The unwillingness to examine these broader causes means that lessons will be unlearned and another crisis more likely.”

Senior joins professor to study microfinance projects

May 26, 2010  |   International, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Wake Forest College

Senior Maddie Brandenburger is spending nine weeks in Africa this summer working with journalism instructor Mary Martin Niepold (’65) to study the effects of microfinance projects.

The French Wars on Religion

May 25, 2010  |   Humanities, International, Research, Wake Forest College

Romance languages professor Kendall Tarte has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to explore how the 16th-century French Wars of Religion affected the writers and literary and visual styles of the time.

Rewarding research: Student’s chemistry work helps advance solar-cell technology

May 24, 2010  |   Graduate School, Research, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Wake Forest College, Working Together

The quest to develop technologies to replace coal and oil as energy sources is underway in many venues, including a laboratory at Wake Forest.

Chemistry professor Ronald Noftle and his student lab assistants have been experimenting with new thiophene molecules and polymers, hoping to develop a thin, flexible, inexpensive and efficient method for storing energy.