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Last-second victory

November 30, 2010  |   Athletics, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories

Freshman J.T. Terrell had 32 points, including the winning three-pointer with 2.7 seconds left, to lead Wake Forest to a 76-73 win over Iowa in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The Demon Deacons rallied from 18 points down, their largest comeback win in more than 15 years.

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Delivering a winning pitch

November 30, 2010  |   For Alumni, For Parents, School of Business, Student, Top Stories

Jackie Swoyer, a junior and a Business and Enterprise Management (BEM) major, won the first National State Farm Marketing and Sales Competition. The competition required students to develop a detailed written marketing and sales plan targeted at the 18-25 year-old demographic.

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Running research

November 30, 2010  |   Community, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Graduate School, Research, Scholars and Scientists, School of Medicine, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

Up to 65 percent of runners sustain an overuse injury each year. Wake Forest researchers, funded by a $600,000 grant from the U. S. Army, plan to find out why.

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Students to celebrate Hanukkah

November 30, 2010  |   For Parents, Staff, Student, Top Stories

Jewish students, faculty and staff will celebrate the Jewish Festival of Lights, more commonly known as Hanukkah, from Dec. 1–8. Each night, students and others will gather at the stage on Manchester Plaza to light a six-foot menorah.

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Senior wins Marshall Scholarship

November 30, 2010  |   Audiences, For Alumni, For Parents, International, Pro Humanitate, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

Senior Bo-Shan Xiang, who is on a mission to build American interest in the study of philosophy, has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship. Xiang plans to study metaethics at the University of St. Andrews.

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A professor of many worlds

November 28, 2010  |   Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, International, Research, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

David Weinstein, a professor of political science and one of Wake Forest’s most prolific scholars in the humanities, often inhabits two intellectual worlds. As he moves between them, he’s extending Wake Forest’s academic reach to Israel, Germany, Italy and England.

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Global citizenship

November 28, 2010  |   Admissions, Audiences, For Parents, International, Research, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College, Working Together

What do Indian food and filmmaking tell us about America? Under the guidance of Assistant Professor Sandya Hewamanne, students Bridget Bagel and Meenu Krishnan conducted research, which they presented at the Conference on South Asia.

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Turkeypalooza 2010

November 25, 2010  |   Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Student, Sustainability, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

Wake Forest students have taken the holiday to those most in need. Volunteers cooked traditional Thanksgiving day meals on campus and delivered them to local agencies as part of Turkeypalooza.

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More thankful this Thanksgiving

November 24, 2010  |   Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

Tough economic times may make people more thankful this Thanksgiving, says Samuel T. Gladding, professor of counseling and an expert on families.

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Joining forces to fight head trauma

November 24, 2010  |   Athletics, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Scholars and Scientists, School of Medicine, Top Stories

Identifying and diagnosing sports concussions quicker is at the heart of a collaborative effort between the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University Center for Injury Biomechanics and Toyota Motor Corp.

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