The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide a case about commercial fishing and whether the federal government can compel the owners of commercial herring fishing vessels to pay for expert observers on their vessels. The case is about much more than fish.
Categories: Environment & Sustainability, Experts
The Educating Character Initiative, a part of the Program for Leadership and Character at WFU, has awarded 41 grants of up to $50,000 to institutions nationwide.
Categories: University Announcements
By collaborating on this Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), WFU and eight other universities are accessing the benefits of renewable energy through a deal typically only feasible for large customers.
Categories: Environment & Sustainability
President Susan R. Wente is joining 60 other college presidents of diverse institutions from across the country to advance higher education’s pivotal role in preparing students to be engaged citizens and to uphold free expression on campus.
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As North Carolina’s top economic driver, agriculture is practiced in every corner of the state. But, most of the research and technological innovations that could benefit and grow the $103 billion industry are housed within companies and universities in more urban areas of the state. To address this gap in access, researchers at Wake Forest, along with nine other university, business, state agency, and research partners, have received a $1 million National Science Foundation (NSF) Regional Innovation Engines grant to develop a 42-county Agricultural Tech Innovation Corridor.
Categories: Environment & Sustainability, University Announcements