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Professor to chat about State of Union
January 26, 2011 | Events, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
John Dinan, an associate professor of political science, will participate in a live chat today at 3 p.m. on Journalnow.com to discuss President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address.
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Veterinary regenerative center formed
January 26, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, School of Medicine, Top Stories
The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine has formed a veterinary regenerative center with the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. Regenerative medicine is devoted to engineering replacement tissues and organs in the laboratory, or using cell therapies to restore organ and tissue function.
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Celebrate spring with music
January 26, 2011 | Arts & Culture, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
The Department of Music offers concerts and recitals throughout the spring season. Take a look at the schedule and listen to some samples from a variety of sources.
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Funky and fun
January 24, 2011 | Arts & Culture, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
In Abraham Inc., Klezmer, funk and hip-hop come together in a surprising musical collaboration. Associate Professor of English Dean Franco talks about why this Secrest Artists Series performance defies cultural boundaries.
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Weight loss and walking help seniors
January 24, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, School of Medicine, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Walking more and losing weight can improve mobility as much as 20 percent in older, obese adults with poor cardiovascular health, according to a new Wake Forest study. The results from the five-year study of 288 participants appear Jan. 24 in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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Two weeks in Vietnam
January 23, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, International, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Lia Flur (’11) traveled to Vietnam with 11 other students to rebuild a school, but the trip was about more than service. Flur said her life was altered by being able to live, eat and play as part of the community.
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Business students advance to nationals
January 21, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, National, School of Business, Student, Top Stories
A team of Schools of Business undergraduate students will advance to the national level of KPMG’s International Case Study Competition after winning the regional competition Jan. 21 in Atlanta. The students will travel to New York to compete against six other teams on Feb. 4th.
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‘Choose to Reuse’
January 20, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Sustainability, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Senior Frannie Speer, along with the Office of Sustainability, wants to educate campus about the bottled water industry’s effects on health, pollution and climate change. She is launching the “Choose to Reuse” campaign with a screening of “Tapped,” an award-winning documentary.
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Retired professor McPherson dies
January 20, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Professor Emerita of English Dolly A. McPherson, the first African-American full-time female faculty member when she was hired in the 1970s, has died. She was 82.
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Hands on art
January 20, 2011 | Admissions, Arts & Culture, Events, For Parents, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Students in professor Bernadine Barnes’s History of Prints class chose the theme and prints for the Los Suenos exhibition opening today in the campus art gallery. The display tells a short story about three Spanish artists: Goya, Miro and Picasso.
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