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N.C. ‘Bathroom Bill’ lawsuit: WFU LGBTQ expert available

May 9, 2016  |   Media Advisory

As an advocate on behalf of the LGBTQ community, Angela Mazaris can talk broadly about the bill’s impact on the people, economy and reputation of North Carolina. As an educator, she can also speak about its effects on students across the state.

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Wake Forest’s online newsroom gets a dynamic makeover

May 3, 2016  |   Admissions, Alumni, Campus Life, Faculty, Media Advisory, Staff, Student, Top Stories, Uncategorized

Today Wake Forest University introduced a new and improved online newsroom (news.wfu.edu) to deliver newsworthy content in a visually-compelling, mobile-responsive and easy-to-navigate design.

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WFU hosts Lavender Graduation for LGBTQ students and allies April 27

April 26, 2016  |   Media Advisory

Wake Forest University will honor graduating LGBTQ students and allies at its third annual Lavender Graduation ceremony on Wednesday, April 27.

WFU students receive Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Fellowships

April 18, 2016  |   Faculty, International, Media Advisory, Recognition, Research, Student

The Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting has selected Sarah Fahmy and Amanda Ulrich as Wake Forest’s 2016 Pulitzer Fellows. They are the University’s fifth and sixth fellowship recipients. Fahmy, a rising senior majoring in politics and international affairs with minors in film studies and anthropology, will […]

Media Advisory: College Humor’s Ricky Van Veen to Speak at WFU

April 13, 2016  |   Media Advisory

On Thursday, April 21, Ricky Van Veen, co-founder of CollegeHumor, a popular comedy brand/website, and the video sharing site, Vimeo, will participate in a discussion on entrepreneurship with Wake Forest Provost Rogan Kersh at 5:30 p.m. in the Broyhill Auditorium in Farrell Hall. Van Veen, […]

Media Advisory: Tropical birds develop ‘superfast’ wing muscles for mating, not flying

April 12, 2016  |   Faculty, Media Advisory, Research

Release courtesy of the journal eLife. (Cambridge, UK – Tuesday, April 12, 2016) – Studies in a group of tropical birds have revealed one of the fastest limb muscles on record for any animal with a backbone. The muscle, which can move the wing at more […]

Media Advisory: Wake Forest University faculty adopt resolution against HB2

April 11, 2016  |   Media Advisory

This afternoon, faculty in the undergraduate College at Wake Forest University voted to adopt the following resolution relating to House Bill 2 (HB2): “The faculty of Wake Forest College at Wake Forest University oppose North Carolina House Bill 2, enacted on March 23, 2016, which […]

Media Advisory: Wake Forest organizations provide personalized desks for local elementary students

April 8, 2016  |   Media Advisory, Philanthropy, Student

Wake Forest University students will gather on Poteat Field Tuesday, April 12 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. to paint 50 desks for local elementary school children as part of an annual service project called Discovering Education through Student Knowledge (D.E.S.K.).

Media Advisory: Wake Forest Alumni Fight Childhood Hunger

March 29, 2016  |   Media Advisory

Hundreds of Wake Forest University alumni across the country will work to address issues of hunger and food insecurity in 30 cities from Boston to Los Angeles on Pro Humanitate Day April 9.

Media Advisory: Words Awake 2 Celebrates Wake Forest Writers and Writing

March 28, 2016  |   Media Advisory

More than 40 alumni who are novelists, biographers, journalists, screenwriters, poets and hip-hop artists return to Wake Forest University this month to share their experience as professional writers during a two-day Words Awake celebration of writers and writing taking place April 8-9.