Deacons run away from Tar Heels
Wake Forest ran away from North Carolina in the second half behind senior Ishmael Smith and freshmen Ari Stewart and C.J. Harris to defeat the Tar Heels, 82-69, in Chapel Hill Wednesday night.
Categories: Athletics
Forgiveness and hope
Dr. Maya Angelou talked and sang about forgiveness and hope in her keynote address during the Martin Luther King Jr. celebration in Wait Chapel Monday night. "The gift Martin Luther King gave the world is hope," she said. "Hope that we will come through this."
Categories: Arts & Culture, Community Impact, University Announcements
First-hand experience
Born in the midst of a civil war in Sudan, senior Leek Deng spent his early years living in a refugee camp in Kenya. Last summer, nine years after leaving Sudan for the United States, he returned to Africa to volunteer at a hospital in Kampala, Uganda.
Categories: Experiential Learning, Mentorship, University Announcements
Sustainable strides
Last year, Wake Forest students used nearly a quarter of a million polystyrene, clamshell containers for carry-out food from campus dining rooms — about 7,000 containers per week. Containers made from polystyrene foam, more commonly known as Styrofoam, aren't recyclable in the Winston-Salem area.
Women’s basketball team upsets Miami
The women’s basketball team upset No. 25 Miami, 67-64, on Sunday, the Deacons first win over a ranked opponent since 2007. In Durham, No. 8 Duke went on a run in the second half to break open a tight game to defeat the men’s basketball team, 90-70.
Categories: Athletics
Smith lifts Deacons over Terps in OT
Ishmael Smith scored with 20 seconds left and Wake Forest held on to defeat Maryland, 85-83 in overtime on Tuesday night, the Deacons’ third straight overtime win at Joel Coliseum.
Categories: University Announcements
‘The cause’: recreating historical accuracy
A former British Cabinet Secretary and an expert on the Globe Theatre will discuss Shakespeare and Wake Forest’s Ronald Watkins Collection – an extensive collection of books, papers and lectures on the Globe Theatre — during a discussion on Jan. 21.
Categories: Arts & Culture, University Announcements
Four players taken in pro soccer draft
Four Deacons were selected in the first round of the Major League Soccer SuperDraft on Thursday — Ike Opara, Zack Schilawski, Corben Bone and Austin da Luz — the first time that one school has had four players taken in the first round.
Categories: Athletics
Retired professor Eddie Easley dies
Professor Emeritus of Business Eddie Easley died on Jan. 13 in Winston-Salem. He was 82. He is survived by his wife, Ruth, three children and four grandchildren.
Categories: Research & Discovery
Chemistry professor’s new book shines light on understudied areas
Few researchers today study how light interacts with electrons in atomic and molecular systems, which is why chemistry professor Akbar Salam’s new book is shining new light on an old subject.
Categories: Research & Discovery