Barbara Smith, an activist against sexism and racism, told an audience on campus that the American public is more aware of the importance of diversity. She also cautioned that there is work to be done for black feminists.Categories: Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate
Associate Professor of Communication Mary Dalton shares her insights into why horror movies are popular and makes recommendations for Halloween viewing.Categories: Arts & Culture
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine has ranked Wake Forest University 21st on its 2010 list of the best values in private universities.Categories: University Announcements
Deo Gashagaza, the executive director of Prison Fellowship Rwanda, spoke to students about the Rwandan genocide and the power of what has been called “radical forgiveness.”Categories: Global Wake Forest, Happening at Wake
Megan Curran, a third-year law student, had a chance to argue before the N.C. Court of Appeals when judges heard arguments in two cases at Worrell Professional Center, the home of the School of Law.Categories: Experiential Learning, University Announcements
Legal scholar Tanya Marsh examines 60 years of cemetery law and finds commercialization has replaced individual choice, family custom and religious belief in burial decisions.Categories: Research & Discovery
In his State of the University address, President Nathan O. Hatch recognized the faculty for being committed to Wake Forest's tradition of educating the whole person.Categories: Happening at Wake, University Announcements
Wake Forest trustee James "Jim" Judson Jr. ('80) and his wife, Beth, were killed Tuesday when their private plane crashed in Mississippi. Judson, a successful Atlanta businessman, served on the board of trustees from 2004 - 2008 and began a second term on the board this summer.Categories: University Announcements
Junior Ashley Millhouse was so inspired by her first trip to Africa that she returned this fall. She's spending fall 2010 in Accra, Ghana, after traveling to Zinkwazi, South Africa, with the University’s Volunteer Service Corps in May.Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Pro Humanitate
Law-school students working with professor Carol Turowski and Wake Forest's Innocence and Justice Clinic are investigating the innocence claim of a former Winston-Salem man who has been convicted twice of killing his lover’s husband in South Carolina.