University Marketing and Communications

Throughout history, major breakthroughs in medicine and science have oftentimes been met with skepticism, blatant criticism and even fear. Take, for example, the advent of the autopsies or, closer to today, artificial insemination, stem cell research, and the right to choose how we die.

Ish Smith and Al-Farouq Aminu led Wake Forest to a 67-59 win over N.C. State in the Deacons’ ACC opener at Joel Coliseum Sunday night.

Wake Forest's directing program was one of only four in the country to be featured in the December issue of Stage Directions magazine, a national publication for professional theater producers, designers and managers.

A new study by Assistant Professor of Psychology Lisa Kiang has found that close ties to an ethnic group foster a positive sense of meaning and purpose in adolescents.

From the Moravian Lovefeast to the Muslim Feast of Sacrifice, students from many faiths celebrate their religious traditions at Wake Forest. Elena Schacht, a junior health and exercise science major from Stamford, Conn., shares her tradition of Hanukkah. Schacht is president of Hillel, the Jewish student organization at Wake Forest, and a student-athletic trainer in the sports medicine department.