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Grant Wood returns to Reynolda House

June 18, 2010

Following a six-month conservation treatment process, American artist Grant Wood’s masterpiece, “Spring Turning,” will once again be on display at Reynolda House Museum of American Art, starting Friday. A number of special events are planned this weekend.

Categories: Arts & Culture

Linda Nielsen: Finding dad’s softer side

June 18, 2010

With Father’s Day approaching, remember that your father cares as much as your mother, but he shows it in different ways, says professor Linda Nielsen, author of “Between Fathers & Daughters,” in The Wall Street Journal.

Categories: Research & Discovery

Reinemund: How to respond to a crisis

June 17, 2010

Dean of Business Steve Reinemund joined other business leaders to discuss how corporations and board members should respond to crisis, such as the BP oil spill, during an interview with Bloomberg News. Watch the podcast.

Categories: University Announcements

Professor, noted film critic Peter Brunette dies

June 16, 2010

An expert on Italian cinema, Peter Brunette shared his love and knowledge of film with Wake Forest students for the last six years.

Professor Peter Brunette, a well-known film historian, author and critic, died unexpectedly June 16 while attending the Taormina Film Festival in Italy. Brunette, who was 66, died of an apparent heart attack. He is survived by a sister, Rose Dean.

Categories: Arts & Culture, Research & Discovery

Rogers adapts to a new way of life

June 16, 2010

Former Wake Forest and NBA star Rodney Rogers, who was paralyzed in an accident a year-and-a-half ago, adjusts to a new way of life, while still holding out hope that he’ll be able to walk again.

Categories: Athletics

Students, children connect on service trip to Russia

June 15, 2010

Eight students and communication professor Steve Giles (top, center) spent two weeks volunteering in a Moscow orphanage in May.

Eight students and a professor who spent two weeks recently volunteering at an orphanage in Russia learned that they don’t need to speak the language to make a difference in a child’s life. Watch the students and professor perform a traditional folk dance.

Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest

Retired professor Ben Seelbinder dies

June 15, 2010

Professor Emeritus Ben M. Seelbinder, who taught mathematics from 1959 to 1989 and was director of Institutional Research, died on June 12 in Winston-Salem. A memorial service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Salemtowne retirement community.

Categories: Community Impact

Cancer survivors worry about costs

June 14, 2010

Health-care and insurance costs are causing some cancer patients to delay or even forgo follow-up treatments, according to a new study by a researcher at the School of Medicine.

Categories: University Announcements

Internships offer valuable experience

June 13, 2010

A summer internship is pivotal to finding a permanent job, which is why Wake Forest is funding — with the Russell and Elfriede Hobbs Fund and the Chambers Family Fund for Entrepreneurship — 51 internships for students in entrepreneurial and nonprofit jobs.

Categories: Experiential Learning

Local students celebrate graduation

June 10, 2010

Fifth-graders from Ashley Elementary School celebrated their graduation in a ceremony at Wake Forest on June 9; Wake Forest partners with Ashley in the International Baccalaureate program and through the University’s Institute for Public Engagement.

Categories: Community Impact

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Grant Wood returns to Reynolda House

Linda Nielsen: Finding dad’s softer side

Reinemund: How to respond to a crisis

Professor, noted film critic Peter Brunette dies

Rogers adapts to a new way of life

Students, children connect on service trip to Russia

Retired professor Ben Seelbinder dies

Cancer survivors worry about costs

Internships offer valuable experience

Local students celebrate graduation

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