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Ethics in research

November 8, 2011  |   Community, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Life on Campus, Research, Scholars and Scientists, Speakers, Top Stories

This summer, incoming first-year students to Wake Forest University completed an academic project involving writings by Dr. James Jones on bioethics, medical research, and ethics. Now Jones, the author of Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, comes to campus all week for the Center for Bioethics, Health and Society’s conference.

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An opportunity of a lifetime

November 8, 2011  |   Arts & Culture, Engaging in the Arts, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

Twelve Wake Forest choral students will join the Munich Symphony Orchestra and The Gloriae dei Cantores choir in performing Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ during Thursday’s Secrest Artist Series event.

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First-year students take the stage

November 7, 2011  |   Arts & Culture, Engaging in the Arts, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, Student, Top Stories

Wake Forest University theatre recently completed a production of John Cariani’s “Almost, Maine.” What made the fall performance surprising? Of the 23 roles available, 11 of them were filled by first-year students.

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Going green for jobs

November 7, 2011  |   For Alumni, For Parents, National, Sustainability, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

As recruiters storm campuses this fall, applicants need new ways to distinguish themselves in a challenging job market. Tracey Watson (’10) never imagined her campus sustainability internship would lead to working with the Centers for Disease Control.

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Kennedy optimistic about energy

November 4, 2011  |   For Alumni, For Parents, National, Speakers, Top Stories

Even with a struggling economy, high unemployment and thousands protesting American greed, environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is optimistic. In a Thursday speech in Wait Chapel, he said resources like wind and solar energy will drive this country to energy independence.

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Pro Bono Project helping communities

November 4, 2011  |   Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, School of Law, Top Stories

The School of Law’s Pro Bono Project provides free legal advice and services to community organizations. Recently, it has connected law students with youths in the juvenile-justice system and held Wills Clinics in Pembroke, N.C.

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Relishing test-optional admissions

November 4, 2011  |   Admissions, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

When Emily English applied to Wake Forest, she had no idea of the impact that sociology professor Joseph Soares already had made on her life. Soares’ research pushed the University toward its test-optional admissions process, which has attracted many students like English. Soares now has a new book detailing the negative impact of standardized tests.

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Scoring with grade points

November 3, 2011  |   Athletics, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories

Notre Dame will play Wake Forest in football on Saturday, which — based on those schools’ performances in Graduation Success Rate — is the premier showdown of the college-football season. Read more from the Wall Street Journal.

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‘Big Tent’ addresses racial prejudice

November 3, 2011  |   Arts & Culture, Community, Engaging in the Arts, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

Talking about race can be challenging. Art professor David Finn, with the help of both Wake Forest and local high school students, is creating a space where people can learn to celebrate their differences.

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History and health care

November 2, 2011  |   Events, Graduate School, Research, Top Stories

As part of an innovative bioethics seminar, nine Wake Forest graduate students in the Master of Arts in Bioethics Program recently performed “The Burial Society” — a case study representing the infamous Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis.

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