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Tomorrow’s tomatoes look to the past
June 18, 2014 | 2014 Highlights: Research, Research, Scholars and Scientists, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Sustainability, Top Stories
The key to developing drought-resistant tomatoes may be hidden in the genes of their ancestors. Rising junior Kathleen DiNapoli is on a hunt to find it.
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Remembering Dr. Maya Angelou
June 2, 2014 | 2014 Highlights, Alumni, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Teacher-Scholar, University Announcement
A private memorial service for Dr. Maya Angelou will be livestreamed from Wait Chapel on June 7. Five of her former students reflect on their time together in the classroom and share the transformative lessons they learned.
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Charles Iacovou named Dean of Business
May 27, 2014 | Faculty, Recognition, Research, Scholars and Scientists, School of Business, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
Charles Iacovou will become the next Dean of the Wake Forest University School of Business, effective July 1.
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‘Show what you are made of’
May 19, 2014 | 2014 Highlights, Commencement, Events, President, Speakers, Student, Top Stories
It was the commencement ceremony the entire country was watching. Former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson addresses the Class of 2014 and members of more than 30 media organizations less than a week after losing the top job at the nation’s most distinguished newspaper.
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Not your ordinary hotdog
May 12, 2014 | 2014 Highlights: OPCD, Student, Top Stories, Top Stories 2013-2014
After graduation, seniors Jesse Konig, Jack Zimmermann and Ben Johnson are taking their dogs to D.C. — their hotdogs. The grads are launching a food truck to sell their innovative Swizzler.
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Keep calm and study on
May 6, 2014 | Campus Life, Campus Life Highlights, Staff, Student, Thrive / Wellbeing, Top Stories, Uncategorized
Wake the Library provides students with all the resources they need for successful study sessions and creative ways to relieve stress.
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Seven receive Fulbright grants
May 2, 2014 | 2014 Highlights, Faculty, Mentoring, Student, Top Stories, Top Stories 2013-2014
Trekking to a Buddhist temple in the Himalayas as part of Wake Forest’s study abroad program in India sparked Jessica Argenti’s love for forging new cultural understandings. She and six others have earned Fulbright scholarships in countries around the world.
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Disease-seeking molecules
April 29, 2014 | For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Scholars and Scientists, Students Taking the Lead, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Working Together
A new compound created by Wake Forest chemists could help scientists probe the secrets behind deadly forms of cancer, Alzheimer’s and heart disease. The research is featured in the current edition of the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
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Blue-footed boobies’ survival threatened
April 21, 2014 | 2014 Highlights: Research, Faculty, International, National, Online, Research, Scholars and Scientists, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Uncategorized
Blue-footed boobies are on the decline in the Galápagos. A new study shows a low-sardine diet could be the reason behind the 50 percent drop in population.
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Desk decorating for kids
April 17, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Campus Life Highlights, Community, Events, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories
Students from across campus teamed up with 47 children from Old Town Elementary to paint desks designed for each individual child. Flowers and movie characters were popular decorations.
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