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Running research
November 30, 2010 | Community, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Graduate School, Research, Scholars and Scientists, School of Medicine, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Up to 65 percent of runners sustain an overuse injury each year. Wake Forest researchers, funded by a $600,000 grant from the U. S. Army, plan to find out why.
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Senior wins Marshall Scholarship
November 30, 2010 | Audiences, For Alumni, For Parents, International, Pro Humanitate, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Senior Bo-Shan Xiang, who is on a mission to build American interest in the study of philosophy, has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship. Xiang plans to study metaethics at the University of St. Andrews.
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Global citizenship
November 28, 2010 | Admissions, Audiences, For Parents, International, Research, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College, Working Together
What do Indian food and filmmaking tell us about America? Under the guidance of Assistant Professor Sandya Hewamanne, students Bridget Bagel and Meenu Krishnan conducted research, which they presented at the Conference on South Asia.
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Joining forces to fight head trauma
November 24, 2010 | Athletics, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Scholars and Scientists, School of Medicine, Top Stories
Identifying and diagnosing sports concussions quicker is at the heart of a collaborative effort between the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University Center for Injury Biomechanics and Toyota Motor Corp.
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Win-win in volleyball
November 23, 2010 | Athletics, Audiences, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Sophomore volleyball player Andrea Beck has been named First Team ESPN Academic All-District by the College Sports Information Directors of America. As a biology major and Spanish minor, she maintains a 3.97 grade point average.
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Myths and monsters
November 22, 2010 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Wake Forest College, Working Together
In Tina Boyer’s first-year seminar class, students meet dragons, giants and other mythological creatures.
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Homelessness is not faceless
November 15, 2010 | Audiences, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Life on Campus, Pro Humanitate, Research, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Junior Amy Liang, through her work with Wake Forest’s Campus Kitchen, has seen the problems of the hungry and homeless. Last summer, she conducted a research project, which included creating a documentary film, to raise awareness of the issues.
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‘I See’
November 15, 2010 | Arts & Culture, Community, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College, Working Together
Students in John Pickel’s lab have completed video art installations that will be exhibited Nov. 16-27 at the Student Art Gallery (START Gallery) in Reynolda Village.
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Escott: The real Abraham Lincoln
November 9, 2010 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Scholars and Scientists, Top Stories
Reynolds Professor of History Paul Escott offers some provocative arguments that challenge what we think we know about Abraham Lincoln, who was elected to his first term as president 150 years ago.
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Renaissance revival
November 9, 2010 | Arts & Culture, Engaging in the Arts, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
For many years, Stewart Carter has shared his love for Renaissance music with others through an annual concert. This year’s Collegium Musicum Concert, featuring German music of the 16th and 17th centuries, will be held Thursday.
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