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No business experience required

It took only one year for Ron Johnson to leap from a management position at a SuperTarget store to a role at athletic apparel maker Under Armour where he helps develop shoes worn on court by NBA stars. Johnson says he owes his dramatic ascent to the M.A. in Management program offered by Wake Forest.


Creating a safer helmet

Researchers at the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences and Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center said they have developed commercial smart football helmets that measure the force of blows to the head.