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A gift of Chinese culture
January 20, 2012 | Alumni, Arts & Culture, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
For more than 25 years, Timothy Lam has been building his collection of Chinese pottery — around 550 pieces that date back more than a thousand years. Now Lam, a 1960 graduate, has given his treasures a new home at Wake Forest.
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Charlotte Center dedication is Jan. 26
January 19, 2012 | Events, For Alumni, For Parents, School of Business, Top Stories
After 16 years in Charlotte’s South Park area, Wake Forest Schools of Business now have a prominent presence in the heart of Uptown Charlotte. A dedication ceremony for the new Charlotte Center will be held January 26.
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Staying in tune
January 18, 2012 | Arts & Culture, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Professor Peter Kairoff is winning acclaim for his recording work. But he also loves teaching a diverse group of music students: “Some of our most gifted students are also gifted young scientists, philosophers, etc., so they have rich inner lives that bring an added dimension to their music-making.”
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Alumnus builds top app
January 17, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Entrepreneurship, Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, International, Top Stories
Kevin Dias (’06) planned to open a real mini-golf course in Japan. But when he couldn’t secure enough financing, he changed course and developed a mini-golf app for the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android. It’s a finalist in the annual Best App Ever contest.
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Remembering Sudan
January 17, 2012 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, International, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Western amnesia encourages atrocity in Sudan, writes Political Science Professor Sarah Lischer in the Huffington Post, but the situation is not without hope. Lischer, an expert in humanitarian crises, military intervention, genocide and forced migration, studies the causes of these complex and controversial events, as well as the long-term consequences.
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Design innovation on display
January 13, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Entrepreneurship, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
A new semester brings new opportunities and a chance to reflect on new ways of thinking. See some photos from a special exhibit by entrepreneurship students who were asked to re-imagine everyday objects.
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New semester, fresh start
January 11, 2012 | For Parents, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
New classes, new professors, new semester. Set your goals, plan your time and know where to get help if you need it.
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Get fit with your kids in 2012
January 11, 2012 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Losing weight and exercising more consistently top Americans’ New Year’s resolution lists. Health and Exercise Science chair Michael Berry says that adults who include their kids in fitness goals could make working out and losing weight a lot more fun.
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Harris-Perry (’94) lands MSNBC show
January 10, 2012 | Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Top Stories
Rising media star, Tulane political science professor and Wake Forest alumna Melissa Harris-Perry (’94) makes her debut with her own television show on MSNBC from 10 a.m.-noon on Feb. 4. It will air Saturdays and Sundays.
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Embracing Latin America
January 9, 2012 | For Alumni, For Parents, International, Top Stories
Wake Forest’s global footprint is larger thanks to a focus in the last year on Latin America with new programs in Nicaragua, a semester-abroad program in Chile and a summer course in the Galápagos Islands.
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