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The WFU Awards and Recognitions briefs celebrate milestones of faculty, staff and students at Wake Forest.

Within the next century, rising ocean temperatures around the Galápagos Islands are expected to make the water too warm for a key prey species, sardines, to tolerate. A new study by Wake Forest University biologists, published in PLOS One Aug. 23, uses decades of data on the diet and breeding of a tropical seabird, the Nazca booby, to understand how the future absence of sardines may affect the booby population.

More than 1,350 first-year students moved into Wake Forest residence halls. In addition to mounds of luggage, students and their families brought excitement and anticipation for the coming year.

Research suggests that the market structure of the synthetic horn sector and the type of synthetic horns produced matter greatly in rhino conservation efforts.

The following Wake Forest University students have been named to the University's Dean's List for the 2017 spring semester. Students who achieve a 3.4 grade average and no grade below a C were named to the list.