If only we could blame drought and poverty for the famine in the Horn of Africa that would be so simple, says Sarah Lischer, associate professor of political science who studies humanitarian aid and refugees in Africa. In the Huffington Post, Lischer explains why Western aid won’t save Somalia.Categories: Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery
Bernardo Diaz (’07) has been named one of 40 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellows for 2011. Fellows are selected by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation to prepare for careers in the United States foreign service corps.Categories: Alumni, Awards & Recognition, Global Wake Forest, Pro Humanitate
Yuan Li, a physics graduate student who conducts research at Wake Forest’s Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials, has been awarded the “Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Chinese Students Study Abroad" by the China Scholarship Council. Categories: Awards & Recognition, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Eight May graduates have earned the opportunity to start their professional careers in Europe. Five are on their way to Spain and three to France after receiving assistantship positions to teach English during the upcoming academic year.
Categories: Alumni, Global Wake Forest, University Announcements
Internationally known artists Doug and Mike Starn are constructing Big Bambú in the courtyard of Wake Forest's Casa Artom. The 50-foot tower spiraling above the Grand Canal is featured in The New York Times.
Categories: Global Wake Forest
Four recent Wake Forest graduates have been awarded Fulbright scholarships — the most prestigious international exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government — to teach English or conduct research abroad during the next year. Categories: Alumni, Awards & Recognition, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest
Categories: Alumni, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Imagine standing in the footprints of Mary Cassatt and Paul Cézanne, copying the masters in the Musée du Louvre to improve your artistic talents. Junior Amanda Bowers doesn’t have to imagine. She has been living the experience. Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Seven students are spending the 2011 spring semester studying abroad in Santiago, Chile, in the newly established Wake Forest Southern Cone Program. The Wake Forest faculty-led program includes home stays with host families, classes with Chilean students and travel in the region.
Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest
On April 4, more than 250 students walked barefoot on Hearn Plaza and lined the Quad with paper feet to show support for children who face challenges while trying to gain access to education — such as walking to school without shoes.Categories: Global Wake Forest, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate