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A small amount of alcohol may help lower the risk of dementia in older adults, according to researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

Since becoming the first to build a functioning organ from scratch, Dr. Anthony Atala, director of Wake Forest’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine, has moved on to cobbling up bones, heart valves, muscles, and some 20 other body parts.

A new Web site for the Schools of Business — offering the latest news on the Babcock Graduate School of Management and Calloway School of Business and Accountancy — has been launched.

One hundred and twenty new students, chosen from 7,102 applicants, are beginning their medical education at the School of Medicine.

The grainy images of a young woman dying on the streets of Tehran have become an instant symbol of the recent unrest in Iran. David Lubin, Charlotte C. Weber Professor of Art, explains why.

Winston-Salem isn’t only a great place to come to college: according to BusinessWeek.com, the city is also one of “the 10 best places in the country to start over,” based on projected job growth.

For the first time ever, two Wake Forest players were selected in the first round of the same NBA Draft, with James Johnson drafted by Chicago and Jeff Teague chosen by Atlanta.