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
With the UK General Election now announced for May 6, some background information on what is likely to unfold might be of general interest.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
The digital world: Ananda Mitra tackles how technology is affecting everything around us
When communication professor Ananda Mitra set out to write about the complex problems and issues generated by the widespread adoption of digital technology, he knew he had taken on a big job. So big, it led him to write 10 books simultaneously.Categories: Arts & Culture, Research & Discovery
Imagining the unimaginable: Clarinet Quartet to premiere Holocaust composition
The horrors of the Holocaust are usually told through stories and photographs, but the Wake Forest Clarinet Quartet will tell the story through music when it presents the American premiere of "Immagini da Auschwitz" during the Wind Chamber Music Concert on April 15.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning
Putting sustainability to work
Green-collar jobs grew by more than 9 percent, twice the growth rate for traditional jobs, from 1998 to 2007. Even during a recession, a "greener resume" can be the answer to getting hired, says Director of Sustainability Dedee DeLongpre Johnston.Business students win international competition
A team of four undergraduate business students has won the KPMG Global Case Competition in Athens, Greece.Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, University Announcements
National champion business students compete in international competition
Four undergraduate business students who won the national KPMG Global Case Competition earlier this semester are competing in the international competition in Athens, Greece. They have advanced to the Final Four and will compete against teams from France, Sweden and Germany on April 9.Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, University Announcements
Institute announces international ties
The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine has formed the first of what it believes will be a long list of international partnerships aimed at accelerating the pace of developing therapies for patients, says Dr. Anthony Atala, the director of institute.
Categories: Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery
A brighter idea: Wake Forest receives patent for new fiber solar cells
Wake Forest has received the first patent for a new solar-cell technology that can double the energy production of today’s flat cells at a fraction of the cost.Categories: Research & Discovery