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WFU in the news: Sept. 25-Oct. 1, 2023

October 3, 2023  |   Top Stories, Wake Forest in the News

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Wake Forest University Gets Set to “Hit the Bricks”

October 3, 2023  |   Top Stories

More than 1,700 Wake Forest students, faculty, staff and friends of the University will run laps around Hearn Plaza on Thursday, Oct. 5, for Hit the Bricks. The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The eight-hour relay race raises money for cancer research in honor of Brian Piccolo. The Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund Drive was started by students in 1980 in memory of the Wake Forest All-American football player, who passed away at age 26 from cancer during his career with the Bears.  

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Leadership and character in the White House

September 28, 2023  |   Top Stories

As part of the University’s Face to Face Speaker Forum, political historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Michael Beschloss talked with Wake Forest students about leadership and character by shining a light on the U.S. presidency.

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Alton B. Pollard III named James and Marilyn Dunn Chair in Baptist Studies and University Professor of African American Studies

September 28, 2023  |   Top Stories

Alton B. Pollard III will join the faculty of Wake Forest University as the James and Marilyn Dunn Chair in Baptist Studies in the School of Divinity and University Professor of African American Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences beginning July 1, 2024.

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Wake Forest celebrates undergraduate research, creative work

September 26, 2023  |   Top Stories

Wake Forest University’s URECA student research day is held in the fall each year during Family Weekend. It began nearly 20 years ago and has grown. This year, 140 undergraduate students and more than 120 faculty mentors participated in the event. It provides an opportunity for undergraduate students to present their recently completed and ongoing research projects in both poster format and in oral presentations.

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WFU in the news: Sept. 18-24, 2023

September 25, 2023  |   Top Stories, Wake Forest in the News

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$5M gift from the Andrew Sabin Family Foundation advances environment and sustainability efforts

September 25, 2023  |   Top Stories

With a leadership gift from the Andrew Sabin Family Foundation, Wake Forest University will substantially expand its work to answer the world’s most pressing environmental and sustainability questions.

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WFU in the news: Sept. 11-17, 2023

September 21, 2023  |   Top Stories, Wake Forest in the News

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WFU Theatre opens 2023-24 season with ‘Witness for the Prosecution’

September 20, 2023  |   Arts & Culture, Top Stories

WFU Theatre is launching its 2023-24 season with Agatha Christie’s “Witness for the Prosecution.” The play opens on the Tedford Stage on Friday, Sept. 22.

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Wake Forest student wins prestigious NASA Research Grant

September 19, 2023  |   Top Stories

NASA recently awarded graduate student David Carchipulla-Morales the prestigious “Future Investigators NASA Earth and Space Science Technology” grant. Only about 100 proposals were selected for the grant out of nearly a thousand applications.

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