Wake Forest senior Roman Nelson co-authored a study from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center that was published in the Journal of American College of Radiology.Categories: Experiential Learning, Leadership & Character, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
A Wake Forest junior receives the school's first grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Using multimedia, Yasmin Bendaas will document a vanishing tradition in Northern Algeria as a foreign correspondent. It's a role journalists say is vanishing as well.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Leadership & Character, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Yasmin Bendaas, an anthropology major with a double minor in journalism and Middle East and South Asia studies from Winston-Salem, N.C., will use video to help her research the facial tattoos of elderly women of the Chaouia, an indigenous group and tell their stories -- an interest sparked by three family visits to Algeria during her childhood.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Experiential Learning, Leadership & Character, University Announcements
For senior Mariama Holman, the creative director for TEDxWakeForestU, planning the visual design themes with her team required late nights, Skype and a sense of humor. But when all the planning came together Saturday, an audience of 1,400 walked away inspired and exhilarated.Categories: Community Impact, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Leadership & Character, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
The Excellence in Entrepreneurship Awards recognize students and faculty who have exhibited extraordinary achievements in entrepreneurship over the past year. Nominated by their peers, these individuals embody the entrepreneurial spirit in thought and action.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Leadership & Character, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
For as long as he can remember, senior biology major William Oelsner wanted to be a physician. Then he discovered that by joining science know-how and business savvy, he could improve lives more than one patient at a time.Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Leadership & Character, University Announcements
Kaitlyn Hudgins, a junior anthropology major from Southern Shores, N.C., has created a blog to record her experiences in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, while attending the Education Without Borders conference.
Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Leadership & Character, University Announcements
Indie films, documentaries, international features, an Oscar-nominated keynote speaker and a worldwide student film competition — the Reynolda Film Festival, held March 29-April 2, offers them all.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Leadership & Character, University Announcements
Entrepreneurs from universities in the U.S., Canada and Thailand will compete for cash to help turn their ideas into innovations during the 12th Annual Wake Forest University Elevator Competition on March 25 and 26.Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Leadership & Character, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Senior Bo-Shan Xiang, who is on a mission to build American interest in the study of philosophy, has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship. Xiang plans to study metaethics at the University of St. Andrews.Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Leadership & Character, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements