The library of the future

Instructional Design Librarian Lauren Pressley predicts what technology trends might transform library services and classroom learning. Libraries aren't just for books anymore. Nationally recognized by the Library and Information Technology Association for her work in library technology, Instructional Design Librarian Lauren Pressley shares what's ahead for books and the virtual library at your fingertips.

StArt Gallery showcases student art

Since it opened last year, the StArt Gallery in Reynolda Village has become a center for students to showcase — and perhaps even sell — their paintings, prints, sculpture and photography.

Categories: Arts & Culture


Retired professor Robert Knott dies

Robert Knott in 2008 at an exhibition of his artwork in the Hanes Art Gallery. Professor Emeritus of Art Robert Knott, who led Wake Forest's art department through its formative years and was a guiding inspiration for the Student Union Collection of Contemporary Art, died Feb. 18 in Winston-Salem following an illness. He was 68.

Categories: Arts & Culture


‘The Threepenny Opera,’ brings dark characters, quirky music and political issues to the Mainstage Theatre

Seniors Claire Vasile as Mrs. Celia Peachum (far left) and Tony DeMartino as Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum. Freshman Candice Dickinson plays their daughter, Polly, in "The Threepenny Opera." "The Threepenny Opera," written in Germany over 80 years ago, has a lot to say about unscrupulous behavior in any era. This operetta of power and corruption, written by poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht, proves the world is only one scoundrel away from the next $65 billion Bernie Madoff-style Ponzi scheme.

Researching first ladies

Michelle Obama may be the first African-American first lady, but in other respects she's not that different from her predecessors, says Professor of Political Science Kathy Smith, who studies first ladies. "Michelle Obama offers continuity to the past with her traditional interpretation of the first lady role," says Smith, the author of a chapter on Rosalynn Carter in the book "American First Ladies" and co-author of two books on the American presidency.

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