Kim McGrath

For two decades, Wake Forest students have had opportunities to work with faculty on mentored undergraduate research, scholarship and creative projects across all academic disciplines.  From chemistry to engineering to biology to Spanish to math to theatre—more than 100 students had an opportunity to present at Wake Forest’s Undergraduate Research Day this year. Grants from…

Public artist Dr. Chip Thomas, a 1979 Wake Forest graduate, has received a 2026 MacArthur Fellowship—popularly known as the “genius grant.” The prestigious award, presented annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, recognizes artists, scholars and visionaries for exceptional originality and dedication to their creative pursuits. Fellows receive an unrestricted $800,000 award…

What does it mean to serve the public good today? Rooted in its motto, Pro Humanitate (For Humanity), Wake Forest University's Wake Washington Center brought lawmakers, policy experts and students together for a discussion at the National Press Club to examine the nature of public service and the character required to lead. The panel included…

When a multi-million-dollar masterpiece vanishes from a museum, the public calls for tougher criminal penalties and better-funded police task forces. But research from Wake Forest University suggests that some of these intuitive solutions can backfire, resulting in more art crime, not less. In their paper published in the Journal of Cultural Economics, Wake Forest Professor…

When policymakers and city officials plan for climate change, they rely on economic studies showing how extreme heat impacts violent crime, public health, energy grids, and crop yields. However, a new study published in the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists reveals a hidden problem in that research: the temperature proxies used…