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Welcome Center wins LEED gold
July 22, 2011 | Admissions, For Alumni, For Parents, Sustainability, Top Stories
Wake Forest’s Welcome Center & Admissions building, completed in March, has been awarded the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold certification. This is the third new building to have a goal of LEED silver and then achieve a higher level.
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Shopping center sale benefits students
July 19, 2011 | Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
Students at Wake Forest University, Queens University of Charlotte and Wingate University will benefit from today’s sale of Park Road Shopping Center in Charlotte, N.C. Mr. Porter Byrum donated the shopping center to the institutions in June. Wake Forest will receive in excess of $40 million from the sale.
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Obesity hits boomer generation
July 19, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
New research shows baby boomers are not getting enough exercise. Professor Jack Rejeski says it takes physical activity, not just dieting, to shed pounds, and that exercise is especially important as people start to age because dieting alone could cost them precious muscle in addition to fat. Read more in the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Faking it on the soccer field
July 15, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, Research, School of Medicine, Top Stories
As the U.S. women prepare for the World Cup finals, a Wake Forest research group has reported that top female soccer players aren’t beyond faking injury to deceive referees and gain an advantage. But they don’t do it as much as their male counterparts.
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Safer blood transfusions
July 14, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Top Stories
Depending on the amount and age of the stored blood used, transfusion can lead to complications including infection, organ failure and death. New research by Professor of Physics Daniel Kim-Shapiro found these complications are likely due to red blood cell breakdown during storage, suggesting blood may need to be stored differently.
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The Washingtonians
July 13, 2011 | Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
WAKE Washington offers students a chance to live, learn and work in the nation’s capital. The rigorous program offers students across every major a real-world taste of government, politics, think tanks and nonprofits, and a chance to hobnob with high-profile powerbrokers.
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Suzanne Spicer: Making it look easy
July 11, 2011 | Arts & Culture, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Over the summer, take a look back at some of the student accomplishments from the past school year, such as Suzanne Spicer’s work as the stage manager for the Theatre department’s production of “Grapes of Wrath.”
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No business experience required
July 11, 2011 | Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, School of Business, Top Stories
It took only one year for Ron Johnson to leap from a management position at a SuperTarget store to a role at athletic apparel maker Under Armour where he helps develop shoes worn on court by NBA stars. Johnson says he owes his dramatic ascent to the M.A. in Management program offered by Wake Forest.
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Faculty member dies in bike-race crash
July 8, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, School of Medicine, Top Stories
Erik Lie-Nielsen, a 35-year-old doctor and faculty member at the Wake Forest School of Medicine, was killed Friday morning when he crashed during a bicycle race that was part of the Highland Games at Grandfather Mountain.
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Mass media messaging
July 8, 2011 | Audiences, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Grand Theft Auto, Jersey Shore, Kanye West — is anyone paying attention? Students in communication professor Marina Krcmar’s class are as they analyze video games, television programming and popular music, looking at the messages most young people ignore.
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