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Giving back to the community
October 18, 2010 | Community, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Staff, Student, Top Stories
More than 100 faculty and staff members and about 75 students have joined forces to help build a house for Habitat for Humanity this fall. Groups have been working on the house in the Smith Farm neighborhood, near Kernersville.
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Professor wins service award
October 18, 2010 | Faculty, National, Top Stories
Brenda Latham-Sadler, M.D., associate professor of Family and Community Medicine at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, is the 2010 winner of the National Association of Medical Minority Educator’s (NAMME) Award for Distinguished Service in the Health Field.
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Professor receives federal appointment
October 13, 2010 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Top Stories
School of Law Professor Mark Hall has been appointed to the membership of one of the federal advisory boards that is implementing a part of the new health care reform law. Hall is one of the nation’s leading scholars in the areas of health care law and policy and medical and bioethics.
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Dean awarded for service leadership
October 12, 2010 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Top Stories
School of Law Dean Blake D. Morant has won the Equal Justice Works’ John R. Kramer Outstanding Law School Dean Award. The award honors a law school dean who has demonstrated leadership in building an institution that nurtures and fortifies a spirit of public service.
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Being true to yourself
October 11, 2010 | Faculty, Graduate School, Research, Scholars and Scientists, Top Stories
“Authenticity” or not changing your personality to fit different situations is valued in Western culture. But, in a new study, psychologist William Fleeson found “being true to yourself” often means acting counter to your personality.
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Undergraduates show off research
October 7, 2010 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
The work of 127 Wake Forest students was displayed at the fourth annual Undergraduate Research Day. Students earned funding for their projects, then executed them on campus or internationally with guidance from a faculty mentor.
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Humanities Institute established
October 1, 2010 | Faculty, Humanities, President, Provost, Top Stories
Building on its liberal arts tradition, Wake Forest University has established the Wake Forest Humanities Institute to support innovative scholarship and collaboration in the humanities.
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Former professor Bryan, human-rights champion, dies
September 29, 2010 | Faculty, For Alumni, Top Stories
G. McLeod Bryan, professor emeritus of religion known for championing racial justice and human rights, died Wednesday at the age of 90. His memorial service will be Sunday at 3 p.m. in Wait Chapel.
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Niepold blazes trails
September 27, 2010 | Faculty, For Alumni, International, Top Stories
Wake Forest professor Mary Martin Niepold’s social entrepreneurship stands out because of her age, writes the Raleigh News & Observer. In her late 60s, she’s leading the Nyanya Project, which helps grandmothers raising AIDS orphans in Africa, while most of her peers are 35 and under.
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Kairoff gets second NEH grant
September 23, 2010 | Arts & Culture, Faculty, For Alumni, Humanities, Research, Top Stories
Professor of English Claudia Kairoff and a research colleague have received a second major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to edit the works of the early 18th century British poet Anne Finch.
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