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Faculty and students discussed the historical significance of the inauguration of Barack Obama during a program in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library on Jan. 20. Library director Lynn Sutton opened the discussion on “The Dream Realized? What Barack Obama’s Election Means to America”. Speakers included seniors Fred Parent, Jermyn Davis and Matt Triplett; professors Rhon Manigault and James Bryant; and and Wanda K. Brown, associate director of the ZSR Library.

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center has announced plans to expand the Comprehensive Cancer Center and to build a pediatric emergency department.

An emergency medicine researcher at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center has just published the results of a three year study on the use of Tasers by law-enforcement officers.

Men’s soccer head coach Jay Vidovich has been named the NCAA Division I men’s national coach of the year for the second consecutive year, and assistant coach Carson Porter has been named the Glenn “Mooch” Myernick College assistant coach of the year.

Second-ranked Wake Forest takes its perfect record on the road to face undefeated Clemson, in a match up of two of the three remaining undefeated teams in the country.

Seniors Odile Hobeika and Rohit Nath will join students from five other universities on Monday to debate the priorities of the Obama administration at a Smithsonian Institution event tied to the presidential inauguration.

Wake Forest has a long tradition of providing opportunity to young people, regardless of their families’ financial background. Read how the University intends to honor that commitment into the future in the latest Strategic Plan white paper.