Evolutionary Advantage Found For Sex
August 1, 1997 | Research
What’s love got to do with it? Try fitter genes. In one of the first studies to scientifically prove an evolutionary advantage for sex, a researcher at Wake Forest University reports in the July 31 issue of the journal Nature that sex helps weed out […]
Lilly Endowment Contributes to Year of Religion
July 30, 1997 | Arts & Culture, University Announcement
The Lilly Endowment of Indianapolis has awarded Wake Forest University $25,000 to hold one of six national conferences on religion in higher education as part of the university’s 1997-98 Year of Religion in American Life. Bill J. Leonard, dean of the Wake Forest University Divinity […]
WFU Gives Minority Campers Computing, Research Skills
July 11, 1997 | Community, Events
Wake Forest University will put 30 high schoolers on the World Wide Web during a two-week summer camp in which faculty will train students to use IBM ThinkPad notebook computers to create personal web pages and use the machines to conduct experiments in biology, chemistry, […]
WFU Hosts Debate on Energy Policy
July 9, 1997 | Community, Events
The public is invited to a debate on renewable energy usage Thursday, July 10 at Wake Forest University. Christopher Flavin with Worldwatch Institute in Washington, D.C., and Ned Leonard of the Western Fuels Association in Virginia will debate whether the federal government should establish a […]
WFU to Celebrate Year of Religion in American Life
June 9, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events
Wake Forest University will turn its focus from the arts to religion in 1997-98 when journalist Bill Moyers, Rabbi Harold Kushner and other prominent voices in religious life visit the campus for its Year of Religion in American Life. The year, which follows Wake Forest’s […]
Ravi Shankar Will Not Perform at Wake Forest
May 21, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events
Sitarist Ravi Shankar has canceled his performance with Wake Forest University’s 1997-98 Secrest Artists Series. Shankar had been scheduled to perform Oct. 2. According to his publicist, he has had to reduce the number of concerts he does this year due to his age and […]
Construction to Begin on Information Systems Building
May 21, 1997 | Campus Life, University Announcement
Wake Forest University begins construction this month on a 70,000-square-foot building that will house its information systems department, military science (ROTC) classrooms and offices, a food court and a book store. A groundbreaking ceremony for the Information Systems Building was held May 15, at the […]
Gerstner to Deliver Commencement Address
May 19, 1997 | Commencement, Events
Louis V. Gerstner Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of International Business Machines Corporation, will speak at Wake Forest University’s 1997 commencement ceremony this morning. Approximately 1,348 undergraduate and graduate students will receive diplomas during the ceremony that begins at 9 a.m. on University Plaza. […]
IBM’s Gerstner: Computers Realize Human Dreams
May 19, 1997 | Commencement
Louis V. Gerstner Jr., chairman and chief executive officer with International Business Machines Corp., told the 1997 graduating class from Wake Forest University today that computer technology is a vehicle for human ingenuity. “Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but they […]
Six Receive Honorary Degrees during WFU commencement
May 19, 1997 | Commencement
Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison (right in photo) was among six distinguished recipients of honorary degrees awarded by Wake Forest University during today’s commencement. The ceremony also included the awarding of diplomas to approximately 1,348 undergraduate and graduate students. The commencement address was delivered by […]
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