As an undergraduate studying abroad at Oxford, Jessica Richard was introduced to tutorial-style grading. Now on the other side of the desk, she uses the "paper conference" as a way to help her students learn to become better writers.
Senior chemistry major Allison Faig and professors Bruce King and Patricia Dos Santos are researching how antibiotics destroy dangerous bacteria in the body — hoping their work will lead to the development of new weapons against disease.Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
As images of the devastation in Japan fill television screens, it's important for parents to take the time to address whatever questions and fears their children may have about an earthquake or tsunami affecting their lives, says psychology professor and child-development expert Deborah L. Best (’70, MA ’72). Categories: Global Wake Forest, Mentorship, Research & Discovery
With school systems across the nation contemplating deep job cuts because of budget shortfalls, it could be a challenging year for students looking for teaching jobs, but Wake Forest’s education program is well positioned to weather the storm and help its graduates find teaching positions.Categories: Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Mathematics professor Kenneth Berenhaut has co-authored over 50 articles with his students in the past eight years. Committed to the teacher-scholar model, he founded "Involve—A Journal of Mathematics," the only student-faculty collaborative journal in the field.Categories: Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
In Abraham Inc., Klezmer, funk and hip-hop come together in a surprising musical collaboration. Associate Professor of English Dean Franco talks about why this Secrest Artists Series performance defies cultural boundaries. Categories: Arts & Culture, Happening at Wake, Mentorship, University Announcements
Students in professor Bernadine Barnes’s History of Prints class chose the theme and prints for the Los Suenos exhibition opening today in the campus art gallery. The display tells a short story about three Spanish artists: Goya, Miro and Picasso.Categories: Arts & Culture, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Mentorship, University Announcements
By 2015, plastic flexible electronics is estimated to be a $30 billion market, according to Oana Jurchescu, assistant professor of physics. Jurchescu and her undergraduate students are working together on the development of these technologies in her lab.
What do Indian food and filmmaking tell us about America? Under the guidance of Assistant Professor Sandya Hewamanne, students Bridget Bagel and Meenu Krishnan conducted research, which they presented at the Conference on South Asia.Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
In Tina Boyer's first-year seminar class, students meet dragons, giants and other mythological creatures.Categories: Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements