This summer, Wake Forest University’s education department will host Freedom School, a program for elementary school students aimed at strengthening children’s reading skills and closing achievement gaps.Categories: Alumni, Community Impact, Experiential Learning
With a grant from the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, Wake Forest University will start a program this fall to provide free STEM educational activities to K-12 students in local Title 1 schools.Categories: Community Impact, Research & Discovery
From tattoos to fossils to weather forecasting, Wake Forest University and Wake Downtown are partnering with community organizations and businesses to demystify science with talks at Winston-Salem breweries by local researchers. The talks are part of the international Pint of Science festival.Categories: Community Impact, Happening at Wake
The WFU Awards and Recognitions briefs celebrate milestones of faculty, staff and students at Wake Forest.
Wake Forest University will host the second annual Maya Angelou Garden Party on Sunday, April 7 from 2 to 4 p.m. in Bailey Park. Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate
Wake Forest and Forklift Danceworks will co-create “From the Ground Up” – a large-scale, outdoor 'dance' production featuring the movement and stories of the University's facilities and campus services staff.Categories: Arts & Culture, Community Impact, Happening at Wake, University Announcements
Budding scientists of all ages can now learn about nature’s microscopic building blocks, thanks to a new exhibit that recently opened at Kaleideum North. Molecules offers visitors the opportunity to explore the world of atoms – the tiny bits of stuff that make up everything.Categories: Community Impact, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery
Nearly 600 local middle and high school students will gather for the N.C. Science Olympiad tournament at Wake Forest University on Saturday, March 2, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.Categories: Community Impact, Happening at Wake
Wake Forest University will host TEDxWakeForestU, an independently organized event licensed by TED, on Saturday, Feb. 23 from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Wait Chapel.Categories: Community Impact, Happening at Wake
According to the World Health Organization, antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health, food insecurity and development. Now a $450,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will support Wake Forest University researchers teaching ninth-graders at Mount Tabor High School how bacteria adapt to their environments.Categories: Community Impact, Research & Discovery