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Wake Forest rolls over Elon, 35-7

September 19, 2009

Quarterback Riley Skinner threw for a career-high 289 yards and three touchdowns, and the defense turned in a dominating performance, as Wake Forest defeated Elon 35-7 Saturday night at BB&T Field.

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Business school associate dean named

September 19, 2009

Gordon Soenksen, formerly an associate dean at the Fuqua School of Business, has been named associate dean of advancement for the Schools of Business and will oversee fundraising, alumni relations and communications.

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The legendary ‘Peahead’ Walker

September 18, 2009

When Wake Forest and Elon square off at BB&T Field on Saturday night, the ghost of legendary coach D.C. “Peahead” Walker may be haunting the sidelines.

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Inquiring minds and open hearts: Wake Forest and public engagement

September 17, 2009

Suzanne Reynolds: "Bring inquiring minds and open hearts to the work our communities so desperately need us to do."

Professor of Law Suzanne Reynolds encouraged students and others at Opening Convocation on Thursday to bring inquiring minds and open hearts to bear in serving others in the community.

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Eric Wilson finds ‘the light in winter’

September 16, 2009

The challenges of life should push us to explore life with more honesty and to discover useful truths unavailable in more contented moments, writes Professor of English Eric Wilson in The New York Times.

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Opening Convocation 2009

September 16, 2009

Convocation will be held in Wait Chapel at 4 p.m. Thursday.

Wake Forest will celebrate the University’s 175th anniversary and its long tradition of service to humanity during Opening Convocation on Sept. 17. Professor of Law Suzanne Reynolds (JD ‘77) will deliver the address.

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New appointments

September 16, 2009

A number of administrative appointments were made over the summer, including most recently Ladd P. Flock, who was named director of Career Services.

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WFU School of Law hosts ‘Sports Update: Title IX’

September 15, 2009

Experts in law and athletics — including the School of Law’s Timothy Davis, one of the country’s best known sports law scholars — will address the impact of Title IX on athletics during a forum at the School of Law.

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Marketing vaccines

September 15, 2009

Research by assistant professor Michelle Steward suggests that Merck may be taking the wrong approach to market the controversial Gardasil vaccine to young women.

Three years after the FDA approved the drug Gardasil as a vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV), only one in four women have been vaccinated; assistant professor Michelle Steward may have found a reason why.

Categories: Research & Discovery