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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.

It sounds like science fiction, but you name the body part and chances are that Dr. Anthony Atala, director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, is trying to grow one. Watch the report on “60 Minutes.”

No. 2 Wake Forest fell to third-ranked Virginia 2-1 in overtime in the NCAA semifinals Friday night. The senior class ended their careers with a national championship, four trips to the College Cup and three ACC regular season titles.

Second-ranked Wake Forest, advancing to the College Cup for the fourth straight year, takes on third-ranked Virginia in the national semifinals this afternoon.