WFU awards and recognitions briefs
The WFU Awards and Recognitions briefs celebrate milestones of faculty, staff and students at Wake Forest.
Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
Expert Available: Protests in Chile
Wake Forest Professor of Politics and International Affairs Peter Siavelis is available to comment on the protests in Chile related to inequality, wages, education and healthcare. Much of Chile is under a state of emergency as the country faces the worst unrest yet in since the end of Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship.
Categories: Experts, Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery
Journalist and public radio personality Sarah Koenig to visit WFU
Sarah Koenig, host and co-creator of the Peabody Award-winning podcast “Serial,” will share insights into audio journalism with WFDD reporter Bethany Chafin on Monday, Nov. 4 at 6 p.m. in Wait Chapel.
Categories: Happening at Wake
Poor water conditions drive invasive snakeheads onto land
The largest fish to walk on land, the voracious northern snakehead, will flee water that is too acidic, salty or high in carbon dioxide – important information for future management of this invasive species.
Categories: Research & Discovery
WFU artist Joel Tauber will ‘play ball’ on the U.S.-Mexico border
It’s a whole new ballgame for artist, filmmaker and Wake Forest associate professor Joel Tauber who will be undertaking a 40-day pilgrimage along the U.S.-Mexican border to build community through baseball.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Research & Discovery
WFU awards and recognitions briefs
The WFU Awards and Recognitions briefs celebrate milestones of faculty, staff and students at Wake Forest.
Categories: Awards & Recognition, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
WFU’s Project Pumpkin to commemorate moon landing
More than 800 Winston-Salem children are expected to converge on Wake Forest for candy, fun and a good time during the University’s 31st annual Project Pumpkin festival. The event will be held Wednesday, Oct. 30 from 3 to 6 p.m. on Hearn Plaza.
Categories: Campus Life, Community Impact, Happening at Wake
Arnold Palmer Trust moves Wake Will Lead campaign past $1 billion milestone
A $1.5 million gift from Arnold Palmer’s Trust establishing the Winifred W. Palmer Professorship in Literature at Wake Forest, moved the University’s Wake Will Lead campaign beyond the $1 billion milestone. The campaign is scheduled to conclude June 30, 2020.
Categories: Transformative Giving
WFU hosting international exhibition “video ergo sum,” I video, therefore I exist
Wake Forest University’s Hanes Art Gallery and the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) are joint venues in the final stop of the interactive video exhibition, “video ergo sum,” by peter campus.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Happening at Wake
Understanding Wake Forest’s history with slavery
Over the past few years, Wake Forest University has been committed to acknowledging and understanding the role slavery played in its past. In 2016, Wake began taking a deep dive into its history, and in 2017 it joined Universities Studying Slavery (USS), a consortium of colleges and universities that are examining the role slavery played on their campuses.
Categories: Inclusive Excellence