Senior Ish Smith hit a jump shot with one second left, as Wake Forest came back from eight points down in overtime to defeat Texas, 81-80, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Deacons advance to face top-seeded Kentucky on Saturday at 8:15 p.m.
Categories: Athletics
Researchers from the health and exercise science department and Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have received a major grant from the National Institute on Aging to conduct a six-year study to prevent mobility disability in older adults.
Categories: Research & Discovery
Whether their teams win or lose in the NCAA Basketball Tournament, one outcome is certain: coaches will follow predictable patterns in what they say after the game. John Llewellyn has studied those patterns for years and even has a name for it: coachtalk.
Categories: Athletics, Research & Discovery
Argumentation is a tough word for many people. It sounds like a confrontation might be involved, but argumentation is actually the term for the rational analysis of discussion, or persuasion, explains Alessandra Beasley Von Burg, director of the Wake Forest University Argumentation Conference to be held on campus March 19-21.
Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest
The women’s basketball team will take on North Carolina A&T in the opening round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament on Thursday at 7 p.m. in Reynolds Gymnasium.
Categories: Athletics