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National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute funds research by Wake Forest professor

June 21, 2010

Physics professor Daniel Kim-Shapiro is studying how nitric oxide in blood affects the quality of stored blood and how it can be altered to make blood transfusions safer.

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health, announced today that it will fund nine research grants to improve the safety of red blood cell transfusions.

Categories: Research & Discovery

Professors argue against budget cuts

June 20, 2010

As pressure for federal deficit-reduction grows, professors Donald Frey and David Coates argue that cutting federal and state budgets now — in the midst of the continuing recession and high unemployment — is “madness masquerading as sense.”

Categories: Research & Discovery

Ambassadors to the world

June 18, 2010

Twelve Wake Forest students have been awarded Fulbright scholarships — the most prestigious international exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government — to teach English or conduct research abroad during the next year. The students, all of whom graduated in May, were awarded scholarships through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Wake Forest has had 60 Fulbright scholars since 1992, including the 12 this year and 12 in 2008.

Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, University Announcements

Grant Wood returns to Reynolda House

June 18, 2010

Following a six-month conservation treatment process, American artist Grant Wood’s masterpiece, “Spring Turning,” will once again be on display at Reynolda House Museum of American Art, starting Friday. A number of special events are planned this weekend.

Categories: Arts & Culture

Linda Nielsen: Finding dad’s softer side

June 18, 2010

With Father’s Day approaching, remember that your father cares as much as your mother, but he shows it in different ways, says professor Linda Nielsen, author of “Between Fathers & Daughters,” in The Wall Street Journal.

Categories: Research & Discovery