Stories This Week At Wake Forest
April 24, 2003 | Commencement, Events, Research, Speakers
HEART DISEASE: HOW EMOTIONS MAY AFFECT FUTURE HEALTH — The April 28 cover story in Time magazine alerts readers to increasing numbers of women dying of heart disease and the millions more living with the condition. Wayne Sotile, director of psychological services at Wake Forest University’s […]
Dialogue, civil discourse focus of 2003-2004 theme year at WFU
April 24, 2003 | Community, Events, University Announcement
With the recent breakdown of diplomacy and dialogue among the nations of the world, organizers of a theme year celebration at Wake Forest University have made plans to turn the focus for the 2003-2004 academic year to the exploration of how free people with passionate […]
University study examines campus intellectual climate
April 23, 2003 | Campus Life, Research, Student, University Announcement
In a recent study conducted by Alan Cox, a Wake Forest University consultant, Wake Forest students suggested ways to improve the university’s intellectual climate. Approximately 25 students participated in focus groups on campus late last fall to share their insights. The goal of the research […]
Two men charged with March 4 armed robbery of WFU graduate student
April 22, 2003 | Community, University Announcement
The Wake Forest University police department has charged two men with robbing a Wake Forest graduate student at gunpoint on March 4 in a university parking lot. The men are charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon and feloniously conspiring to commit armed robbery. Police […]
Bioethics medical and law expert to speak at WFU
April 22, 2003 | Events, Research, Speakers
Rebecca Dresser, Daniel Noyes Kirby Professor of Law at Washington University School of Law and professor of ethics and medicine at Washington University School of Medicine, will present a lecture titled “Special Respect and Public Deliberation: Two Neglected Elements of the Stem Cell Debate” May […]
New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg will address WFU grads May 19
April 22, 2003 | Commencement, Events, Speakers, University Announcement
Michael R. Bloomberg, mayor of New York City and founder of the financial services and news media company Bloomberg L.P., will deliver Wake Forest University’s commencement address and receive an honorary doctor of laws degree May 19. Approximately 1,456 students – 835 undergraduate, 621 graduate […]
Stories This Week At Wake Forest
April 17, 2003 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events, Research, University Announcement
CAMPUS SWEEPS FOR EARTH DAY— The Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) will sponsor a campus sweep and Earth Day celebration on April 22. From 3-5 p.m. volunteers will pick up trash around campus. From 5-8 p.m. on the Magnolia Courtyard there will be a demonstration […]
WFU student chamber music concert
April 17, 2003 | Arts & Culture, Events
Wake Forest University students will present chamber music for the clarinet on May 8 at 8 p.m. in the Scales Fine Arts Center’s Brendle Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public. The program will feature Claude Debussy’s “Premiere Rhapsodie,” Scott Joplin’s […]
New York mayor Michael Bloomberg to address 1,400 WFU graduates May 19
April 15, 2003 | Commencement, Events, Speakers
Michael R. Bloomberg, mayor of New York City and founder of the financial services and news media company Bloomberg L.P., will deliver Wake Forest University’s 161st commencement address and receive an honorary doctor of laws degree May 19. Approximately 1,456 undergraduate and graduate students will […]
Cost of Iraq war ‘cheap’ by historical measures, says WFU economic historian
April 11, 2003 | Faculty, Research, University Announcement
By many measures, the war with Iraq has been less costly than past conflicts in U.S. history, says Robert Whaples, associate professor of economics at Wake Forest University and an expert on wartime economy. However, the uncertainty of what happens next will continue to affect […]
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