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Wake Forest baseball coach Tom Walter and freshman outfielder Kevin Jordan were honored by the NCAA at the 2011 College World Series on Saturday night. Walter donated a kidney to Jordan before the 2011 season.

Scientists, led by Sam Deadwyler of Wake Forest, have designed a brain implant that restored lost memory function and strengthened recall of new information in laboratory rats — a crucial first step in the development of so-called neuroprosthetic devices to repair deficits from dementia, stroke and other brain injuries in humans.

Eleven years after her father died, Kimberly Boatwright Shirley ('85) will be remembering his legacy as she celebrates Fathers' Day. She has carried on her father's belief in education through the John W. Boatwright Scholarship at Wake Forest.

Leaving behind “Leave it to Beaver” as a family model has helped men become better dads, says Andrew Smiler, an assistant professor of psychology who studies men and masculinity. Several decades of encouraging equality have paved the way for the changing role of fathers.