September 2009 Staff News
Categories: University Announcements
Fifty years after the revolution, art reveals complexities of Cuban life
A new exhibit by faculty and students, “Cuban Artists Books and Prints” now on display in the Hanes Arts Gallery, highlights the work of Cuban artists and writers to show a different side of the island nation.Categories: Arts & Culture
‘Cuban Artists Books and Prints’
Senior Marcus Keeley, one of the more than 60 students who worked on the “Cuban Artists Books and Prints” exhibit, says the experience helped him “appreciate the cultural and artistic offerings of a nation that should proudly be called ‘neighbor.’”Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, University Announcements
College of the overwhelmed
Today’s college students bring higher expectations and greater anxiety than their parents faced when they started college, says the counseling center’s Johnne Armentrout.Categories: Experiential Learning
Dean Blake Morant remembers Sen. Edward Kennedy
School of Law Dean Blake Morant remembers a personal connection to Senator Ted Kennedy, and U.S. Senator Kay Hagan (’78) reflects on her first year in the Senate and her late colleague’s legacy.
Categories: University Announcements
Money trouble? Talk to the kids
In these difficult economic times, it’s important to talk to your children about money and assure them that you have everything under control — but don’t make promises you can’t keep, says psychology professor Christy Buchanan in USA Today.
Categories: University Announcements
Class ring resurfaces after 52 years
After losing his law school class ring in an airport in Gander, Newfoundland, more than 50 years ago, Lloyd Rector (JD ’53) never thought he’d see it again — until someone in Gander tracked him down. Read the story from NBC News in Chicago.
Categories: Community Impact
The problem of failing ‘non banks’
New regulations for failing large financial firms that technically are not banks face a host of problems, says business professor Robert Bliss in The Economist.
Categories: University Announcements
Caging a bird
A research team that includes four Wake Forest graduates has identified a promising approach to reducing mortality in a flu pandemic.Categories: Research & Discovery
N.C. unemployment rate levels off
There are signs that North Carolina’s unemployment rate may have leveled off, but it could be months before the employment rate improves, says economics professor Robert Whaples.
Categories: Community Impact