In collaboration with the Skip Prosser Literacy Program, Wake Forest University students and student-athletes in education professor Alan Brown’s EDU 101 class will visit fourth graders at Mineral Springs Elementary School on Tuesday, Dec. 4.Categories: Athletics, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate
Wake Forest University will hold their annual Lovefeast services in Wait Chapel on Sunday, Dec. 2 at 4:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. The Wake Forest Lovefeast celebrates the unique traditions of the Moravian community in Winston-Salem.Categories: Happening at Wake
According to the World Health Organization, antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health, food insecurity and development. Now a $450,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will support Wake Forest University researchers teaching ninth-graders at Mount Tabor High School how bacteria adapt to their environments.Categories: Community Impact, Research & Discovery
Faculty from the Jewish Studies Program at Wake Forest University will host a panel on antisemitism on Thursday, Nov. 29 at 6 p.m. in the Porter Byrum Welcome Center.Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
Tropical and subtropical forests across South America’s Andes Mountains are responding to warming temperatures by “migrating” to higher elevations, but probably not quickly enough to avoid loss of biodiversity, functional collapse or even extinction, according to a new study published November 14 in the journal Nature.Categories: Research & Discovery
Wake Forest University ranks third among doctoral U.S. colleges and universities in the percentage of students studying abroad, according to the Open Doors 2018 report published today by the Institute of International Education (IIE).Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning
Wake Forest University will host a Veterans Day Ceremony on Perritt Plaza, beside Reynolda Hall, Nov 12 at 11 a.m.Categories: Happening at Wake
Wake Forest students, faculty and staff will prepare and deliver nearly 400 Thanksgiving meals to food-insecure Winston-Salem residents ahead of the holiday.Categories: Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate
Small-scale gold mining has destroyed more than 170,000 acres of primary rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon in the past five years, according to a new analysis by scientists at Wake Forest University’s Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation (CINCIA).Categories: Environment & Sustainability, Research & Discovery
On Nov. 13, first-year students at Wake Forest University will unveil a localized version of a Smithsonian exhibit about infectious diseases, aiming to show how Triad-area residents can help mitigate viral epidemics such as the flu and Zika.Categories: Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery