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WFU’s Christina Soriano named Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Fellow
April 23, 2019 | Faculty, Recognition, Top Stories
Wake Forest Associate Provost for the Arts Christina Soriano has been named a 2019-2020 Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Fellow. Soriano is one of eight change-makers from across the nation who will begin a year-long fellowship at the Kennedy Center Arts Summit on Monday, April 29.
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USAID awards an additional $2.14 million to WFU rainforest research center
April 23, 2019 | Faculty, Media Advisory, Recognition, Research, Staff, Sustainability, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
Wake Forest University’s Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation (CINCIA) has received $2.14 million in additional funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), supporting the expansion of the research center’s study of mercury pollution and reforestation in the Peruvian Amazon.
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Hold the mustard: What makes spiders fussy eaters?
April 15, 2019 | Faculty, Graduate School, Media Advisory, Research, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, University Announcement
It might be one of nature’s most agile and calculating hunters, but the wolf spider won’t harm an insect that literally leaves a bad taste in its mouth, according to new research by a team of Wake Forest University sensory neuroscientists, including C.J. “Jake” Saunders.
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WFU awards and recognitions briefs
April 5, 2019 | Community, Events, Faculty, Top Stories, University Announcement
The WFU Awards and Recognitions briefs celebrate milestones of faculty, staff and students at Wake Forest.
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What is it about superhero films that keeps audiences coming back?
April 1, 2019 | Faculty, Top Stories
From “Captain Marvel” to “Shazam” to “Avengers: Endgame,” what is it about these stories that keep audiences coming back? Spoiler alert: It’s not just the special effects.
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April 5: Experts look at bioethics implications of health care advances
March 27, 2019 | Events, Faculty, Top Stories
The man who co-wrote what is considered the “bible” of biomedical ethics will keynote a conference called “Beyond Our Beginnings: 50 Years of Bioethics” April 5 at Wake Forest University’s Graylyn International Conference Center.
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WFU event to feature University’s Balinese gamelan ensemble
March 8, 2019 | Events, Faculty, Student, Top Stories
Gamelan Giri Murti (Gamelan of the Enchanted Forest) Wake Forest’s Balinese percussion and dance ensemble is hosting a spring concert featuring guest directors I Made Lasmawan and dance Ni Ketut Marni on Wednesday, March 20 at 7:30 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall.
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WFU professor’s expertise and NSF grant make new exhibit at Kaleideum North possible
February 28, 2019 | Community, Events, Faculty, Pro Humanitate, Top Stories
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.
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For women, class makeup may influence interest in STEM studies
February 28, 2019 | Faculty, Research, Top Stories
Improving achievement in the first course in engineering may lay the foundation for more women and minorities to pursue engineering as a major, according to new research by Wake Forest University economics professor Amanda Griffith.
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Public art video project to transform Bailey Power Plant
February 27, 2019 | Arts & Culture, Events, Faculty, Student, Top Stories
Bailey Power Plant will look different tonight when Wake Forest University students turn the old coal-fired plant into a modern work of public art.
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