WFU to honor veterans with ceremonies
Wake Forest University will honor veterans in the week leading up to Veterans Day with several ceremonies and events.
Categories: Happening at Wake
Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to speak at Wake Forest
Muhammad Yunus, an economist who won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for founding the global microfinance movement, will discuss his life’s work and his vision for “A World of Zero Poverty” at Wake Forest University on Dec. 6.
Categories: Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate
WFU experts to lead discussion on ACA and health insurance
Wake Forest University's Center for Bioethics, Health & Society is sponsoring a panel discussion on the Affordable Care Act and the importance of health insurance in communities.
Categories: Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
Democracy in the age of Trump and Putin
Author and journalist Masha Gessen will speak at Wake Forest University on Tuesday, Nov. 7 at 6 p.m. in Porter Byrum Welcome Center.
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Undergraduate Research Day 2017 showcases student creativity
Hundreds of students, faculty, staff and family members stopped by the Z. Smith Reynolds Library atrium on Oct. 27 to explore Undergraduate Research Day, a hallmark event at Wake Forest University.
Categories: Campus Life, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
WFU leads the way in Rethinking Community
Wake Forest has never been more committed to being a place that celebrates free speech and encourages open and direct dialogue, thoughtful and challenging conversation, and above all, the mutual respect that each individual deserves.
Categories: Community Impact, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery
Wake Forest to host 800 children for ‘Project Pumpkin’ on Oct. 25
Wake Forest students will host approximately 800 children from local schools and agencies for ‘Project Pumpkin’ on Wednesday, October 25, from 3 to 6 p.m. on Hearn Plaza.
Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake
WFU panel to address race, sports & politics
On Friday, Oct. 20 at 7 p.m., Wake Forest University will convene a timely panel of professional athletes, sports writers and activists to rethink the role of sports in community and address related tensions head-on.
Categories: Happening at Wake, Inclusive Excellence
WFU to host prayer walk on Oct. 4
Wake Forest University’s Office of the Chaplain will host "The Prayers of the People: Praying with Our Feet” in response to the mass shooting in Las Vegas, the aftermath of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, and other unsettling events happening around the world.
Categories: Community Impact, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate
WFU gathering national leaders to ‘Rethink Community’ Oct. 19-21
Wake Forest University is convening a group of national thought-leaders across the ideological spectrum to explore what it means to live in a society that is more diverse, polarized, global and virtual than ever before.
Categories: Community Impact, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery