Keri Brown

The Wake Forest University community gathered in Wait Chapel on Feb. 16 to observe Founders Day – a time when the University pauses to celebrate its history and founding, which goes back to 1834. 

For Elham Ghadiri, developing new laser techniques to discover and improve solar energy conversion devices that could help mitigate climate change is her passion. The chemistry professor at Wake Forest University recently won an NSF CAREER Award to continue this research. Her students will also assist her with this work.

Wake Forest University will celebrate its annual Founders Day on Feb. 16 at 4 p.m. in Wait Chapel. Two long-time members of the Winston-Salem community will be recognized during the event.

For more than two decades, Wake Forest University and Winston-Salem State University have collaborated to host events honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. One of those is the annual ‘Building the Dream’ awards. Six individuals were recognized this week during a joint MLK celebration luncheon.

The Wake Forest University LGBTQ + Center and the National AIDS Memorial are partnering together to bring five panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt to Winston-Salem. It’s part of the Dr. Martin Luther King Day celebration in collaboration with Winston-Salem State University. The panels will be on display at Wake Forest in the Benson Center Rotunda (3rd floor entryway) from Jan. 16 - Jan. 20.