Senior joins professor to study microfinance projects
Senior Maddie Brandenburger is spending nine weeks in Africa this summer working with journalism instructor Mary Martin Niepold (’65) to study the effects of microfinance projects. Senior Maddie Brandenburger is spending nine weeks in Africa this summer working with journalism instructor Mary Martin Niepold (’65) to study the effects of microfinance projects.The French Wars on Religion
Romance languages professor Kendall Tarte has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to explore how the 16th-century French Wars of Religion affected the writers and literary and visual styles of the time. Categories: Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Senior starts program to help Dominican children attend school
Laura George cannot erase the memory of small children clinging to a fence outside a school in the Dominican Republic, desperately hoping for a glimpse of the lessons going on inside. George, a senior studio art major from Hilton Head, S.C., was on a church mission trip when she noticed the children.Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, University Announcements
A passion for parks: History’s Emily Wakild receives NEH grant to study Mexican national parks
History professor Emily Wakild is passionate about Mexican parks.
She has spent more than a decade researching and writing about the legacy of the Mexican Revolution in the early- to late-1900s, a period in which government planners created a system of national parks to achieve both social goals and environmental conservation. The UK goes to the polls
With the UK General Election now announced for May 6, some background information on what is likely to unfold might be of general interest.Categories: Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery
Business students win international competition
A team of four undergraduate business students has won the KPMG Global Case Competition in Athens, Greece.Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, University Announcements
National champion business students compete in international competition
Four undergraduate business students who won the national KPMG Global Case Competition earlier this semester are competing in the international competition in Athens, Greece. They have advanced to the Final Four and will compete against teams from France, Sweden and Germany on April 9.Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, University Announcements
Institute announces international ties
The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine has formed the first of what it believes will be a long list of international partnerships aimed at accelerating the pace of developing therapies for patients, says Dr. Anthony Atala, the director of institute.
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Professor discusses Chilean relief efforts
Political science professor Peter Siavelis, who has lived and conducted research in Chile, talks to WFDD about the aftermath of the major earthquake that hit the country in February.
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A civil discussion: Wake Forest hosts argumentation conference
Argumentation is a tough word for many people.
It sounds like a confrontation might be involved, but argumentation is actually the term for the rational analysis of discussion, or persuasion, explains Alessandra Beasley Von Burg, director of the Wake Forest University Argumentation Conference to be held on campus March 19-21.
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