Beth Norbrey & Larry D. Hopkins Hall isn’t just a building, their son David said at the dedication of the residence hall on Saturday, Oct. 25. “It’s about legacy. It’s about what it looks like to open doors for others, even when you had to break them down yourself.” Beth Hopkins ('73) has had a…
Categories: Campus Life, University Announcements
Wake Forest professor, economics expert and baseball enthusiast Todd McFall has been studying sports for two decades. He has been widely quoted in national, regional and local news on topics ranging from golf’s economic rebound to NASCAR rebranding to the lopsidedness of baseball’s World Series. In this Q&A, McFall looks at the options for Major…
Categories: Experts
The Intercontinental Exchange, the parent company of the NYSE, recently announced a strategic investment of up to $2 billion in Polymarket. This massive institutional buy-in is a watershed moment for the prediction market industry, moving it from the crypto-adjacent fringe directly into the financial mainstream. Wake Forest University economics professor Koleman Strumpf, a leading political…
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On Saturday, Oct. 25, Wake Forest will celebrate the renaming of South Residence Hall to Hopkins Residence Hall in honor of Larry and Beth Hopkins, two trailblazing alumni with deep ties to the University and Winston-Salem. The program begins at 10 a.m. The announcement of the renaming of South Hall was shared at the University’s…
Categories: Awards & Recognition
Studio art major Blair Newsome wanted to find sustainable ways to reconcile the use of oil paint in art classes with ecological responsibility. She combined pigment powders with seed oils, plant-based solvents, and historical binders such as egg tempera as part of her research project. “These materials, though slower to prepare, proved cost-effective, reusable, and…
Categories: Research & Discovery