NBC Spotlights Law School, Expert in Broadcast
February 5, 1997 | Faculty, Media Advisory, School of Law
“NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw” is scheduled to broadcast a story on the Food Lion/ABC case tonight that was taped at the Wake Forest University School of Law. NBC correspondent Fred Francis visited the law school last Thursday, Jan. 29, to prepare a story […]
Valentine’s Day stories at Wake Forest
January 30, 1997 | Community, Faculty, Media Advisory
Is Chivalry Dead? Chivalry’s legacy is alive and well, according to Gale Sigal, a Wake Forest English professor who specializes in medieval literature. “Human nature really doesn’t change that much,” Sigal says. From buying a woman dinner to opening a door for her, today’s courting […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
January 30, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events, Faculty, Media Advisory
Nutrition Expert Sold on `Heart-Healthy’ Label The Food and Drug Administration’s decision to allow Quaker Oats and other producers of fiber-rich foods to label their products heart-healthy is good for consumers, says Gary Miller, assistant professor of health and exercise science at Wake Forest. “Many […]
This week at Wake Forest
January 23, 1997 | Events, Faculty, Media Advisory
Civilization From Scratch If civilization were to end tomorrow, what would you build your new world upon: history, religion, the humanities, the arts, science or business? Wake Forest students, faculty and others will cast votes for their picks Tuesday, Jan. 28, in Benson University Center’s […]
New Study Looks at Adolescents After Divorce
December 31, 1996 | Faculty, Media Advisory, Research
Divorce does not have to lead to unhappy lives for children, according to a recently published book by Wake Forest University psychology professor Christy Buchanan. In “Adolescents After Divorce,” Buchanan, along with Stanford University researchers Eleanor E. Maccoby and Sanford M. Dornbusch, studied 365 post-divorce […]
Biologist Finds Seabird Kills in Order to Thrive
December 6, 1996 | Faculty, Media Advisory, National, Research
Taller than most seabirds, masked boobies live and breed in tropical oceans where they feed by making high-velocity dives. They also kill their own young. In a new study subjecting Darwinâs evolutionary theories to some of their most rigorous scientific tests to date, biologist David […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
November 21, 1996 | Faculty, Media Advisory, Thrive / Wellbeing
Professor Traces Origins of Thanksgiving J. Edwin Hendricks, chair of Wake Forest’s history department, can trace the development of the Pilgrims’ first Thanksgiving feast in 1621 into an important national holiday. In 1789, George Washington proclaimed the first national day of Thanksgiving, says Hendricks. But […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
November 14, 1996 | Community, Faculty, Student
Professors/Students to Read for Hunger Benefit As part of Writers Harvest, a nationwide literary benefit for hunger relief, professors and students from Wake Forest University will read poetry and prose at 7 p.m. tonight in Scales Fine Arts Center, Room 102. Arranged by Wake Forest […]
Hoglund to Discuss Archeological Work in Israel
November 8, 1996 | Events, Faculty
Kenneth Hoglund, a Wake Forest religion professor who has conducted archeological fieldwork in Israel for the past ten years, will discuss his project at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, at the Wake Forest University Museum of Anthropology. Hoglund will deliver a Brown Bag Lunchtime Lecture […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
November 7, 1996 | Events, Faculty, Student
Professors, Students to Read for Hunger Benefit As part of Writers Harvest, a nationwide literary benefit for hunger relief, professors and students from Wake Forest University will read poetry and prose at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, in Scales Fine Arts Center, Room 102. Arranged […]
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