Wake Forest University has received a transformational $30 million gift to expand the University’s Center for Entrepreneurship and enhance access and opportunities for undergraduate students in the academic program. The anonymous gift is one of the most significant in the University’s history. The investment will enable Wake Forest to increase the number of experienced entrepreneurship…
With polls showing a tight presidential race that could come down to outcomes in North Carolina and several other swing states, Politics Professor John Dinan provides insights about what may happen following election day. Dinan, whose research focuses on state politics, is currently teaching a course called “Parties, Voters and Elections.” He is a leading…
Categories: Experts
Setting out to prove that movement indeed is medicine for older adults with chronic knee and hip pain, Wake Forest University researchers have received a $5.7M grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct a five-year study. The Mobile Intervention to Reduce Pain and Improve Health-III (MORPH-III) study will track how adults age…
Categories: Research & Discovery
Wake Forest researcher and remote sensing expert Ovidiu Csillik will serve as a co-investigator on a new $1 million NASA-funded project to get a more accurate and detailed picture of what is happening with carbon storage over time in tropical forests.
Categories: Environment & Sustainability, Research & Discovery
Wake Forest University School of Divinity has received a $3.3 million gift – the second largest individual donation in the school’s 25-year history – from the estate of Edward Kent Griffin. The gift will support the recently launched Wake Div Promise, a bold initiative designed to provide full-tuition scholarships for all graduate students enrolled in…
Categories: Transformative Giving