Study: Beware mutual-fund advertising
A study by law professor Ahmed Taha and other researchers has found that advertisements touting the high past returns of mutual funds are misleading investors.
Categories: Research & Discovery
Golfers win second ACC Championship
The ninth-ranked women’s golf team won the ACC Women’s Golf Championship for the second year in a row, sparked by freshman Michelle Shin, who won the individual title, and sophomore Cheyenne Woods.
Categories: Athletics
Debaters featured in New York Times
Seniors Sam Crichton and Will Sears, who made the “Final Four” in the National Debate Tournament, are featured in a New York Times article about some debate teams using computers rather than paper files.
Categories: Experiential Learning
Brewing an idea: Student entrepreneurs cook up a hot venture
College students and coffee are a quintessential combination. But how many have tried to secure a great cup of java by self-roasting coffee beans in a hot-air popcorn popper? Junior JT Peifer has. Categories: Experiential Learning, Leadership & Character
Pro Humanitate: Students recognized for their commitment to volunteering and service
The high level of volunteerism by students has helped Wake Forest win national recognition for community service. Nearly 60 percent of the University's students, including undergraduate, graduate and professional students, contributed nearly 100,000 hours of service last year. That was among the factors that helped Wake Forest earn a place on The President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for 2009.‘America’s Best’: Professional schools recognized among top 50 in country
Wake Forest’s law, business and medical schools all ranked in the top 50 in the 2011 issue of “America’s Best Graduate Schools,” published by U.S. News & World Report.Categories: University Announcements
Plants preserved in the Wake Forest herbarium hold clues to the past and the future
William Louis Poteat, seventh president of Wake Forest College from 1905-1927, is revered as a larger-than-life historical figure that championed the teaching of evolution and freedom of inquiry. But in an out-of-the-way lab in Winston Hall is evidence that Poteat, a biologist, was as interested in preserving the past as he was in charting the future. Categories: Research & Discovery
The UK goes to the polls
With the UK General Election now announced for May 6, some background information on what is likely to unfold might be of general interest.Categories: Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery
Revisit the ’60s through ‘Moonchildren’
Woodstock, the cultural revolution and the Vietnam War: Wake Forest students are revisiting the tumultuous 1960s in the Broadway comedy “Moonchildren,” now playing in the Ring Theater through Sunday.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning
Bzdelik named head basketball coach
Jeff Bzdelik, the head coach at the University of Colorado, has been named men’s head basketball coach. At a news conference Wednesday, Bzdelik said he will retain current assistant coaches Jeff Battle and Rusty LaRue.
Categories: Athletics