Schools Archive

Lawyer to Discuss Rights of Canadians, Americans

November 18, 1997  |   Events, School of Law, Speakers

Julius Grey, a Canadian lawyer and professor at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, will speak at noon on Thursday, Nov. 20, on “Fundamental Rights in Canada and the United States” at Wake Forest University. The lecture is free and open to the public and will […]

Scholars to Debate Natural Law in WFU Seminar

November 4, 1997  |   Events, School of Law, Speakers

Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas mentioned it during his Senate confirmation hearing; Martin Luther King Jr. invoked it in his “Letter From Birmingham Jail.” Some of the nation’s leading experts will discuss “it” – natural law – Nov. 21-22 at Wake Forest University in the […]

Moyers to Share Insights on Religion in America at WFU

October 31, 1997  |   Arts & Culture, Events, School of Divinity, Speakers

Bill Moyers, one of America’s best-known commentators on religion, will share his insights on the spiritual journey of the United States and its people Wednesday, Nov. 19, in a speech at Wake Forest University for its 1997-98 Year of Religion in American Life. The speech, […]

WFU, Hospital Rename Medical Center in Realignment

October 3, 1997  |   School of Medicine, University Announcement

Wake Forest University and the North Carolina Baptist Hospitals, Inc., have renamed the Medical Center “Wake Forest University-Baptist Medical Center” as part of an extensive realignment plan approved today by the university’s Board of Trustees. The hospital’s Board of Trustees had already approved the plan. […]

Buddhist Monk First Year of Religion Resident Scholar

September 23, 1997  |   Arts & Culture, Events, School of Divinity, Speakers

A Buddhist monk will give two public lectures and lead three classes on meditation during a Sept. 29-Oct. 2 visit to Wake Forest University for its 1997-98 Year of Religion in American Life. Abbot Hyon Gak Sunim, editor of the books, “The Whole World is […]

Stories this week at Wake Forest

September 18, 1997  |   Arts & Culture, Events, School of Law

Euthanasia: Can We Choose How We Die? A panel of Wake Forest professors will discuss the legal, moral, psychological, spiritual and emotional implications of euthanasia. Part of the Student Union’s Discovery Series, the program will be held from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. […]

Clinical Sciences Building To Be Named For Janeway

May 15, 1997  |   Faculty, Media Advisory, School of Medicine, University Announcement

The signature building of the Bowman Gray/Baptist Hospital Medical Center in Winston-Salem will be named for Dr. Richard Janeway, who has led Wake Forest University’s Bowman Gray School of Medicine for almost three decades. Wake Forest University’s board of trustees has approved changing the name […]

Lack of Maternity Leave Tough on Medical Moms

April 24, 1997  |   Personal and Career Development, School of Medicine

The policies of many teaching hospitals are tough on doctor moms and their marriages, says an expert on medical marriages in this week’s Journal of the American Medical Association. Dr. Wayne Sotile, the director of psychological services for Wake Forest University’s cardiac rehabilitation program and […]

Combat Mentality Helps Medical Marriages Survive

April 17, 1997  |   Research, School of Medicine

The marriages of resident physicians are at risk unless both doctors adopt a combat mentality to survive the grueling hours, extraordinary stress and time apart during medical training, writes a Wake Forest University expert on medical marriages in the current issue of the Journal of […]

Religion Department Adds New Faculty

April 4, 1997  |   Faculty, School of Divinity, University Announcement

Wake Forest University’s religion department has announced the hiring of two new faculty members and the departure of a 26-year veteran. Mary F. Foskett will join the department as assistant professor of biblical studies after earning her doctoral degree at Emory University in New Testament […]

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