The quest to develop technologies to replace coal and oil as energy sources is underway in many venues, including a laboratory at Wake Forest.
Chemistry professor Ronald Noftle and his student lab assistants have been experimenting with new thiophene molecules and polymers, hoping to develop a thin, flexible, inexpensive and efficient method for storing energy.
The Wake Forest Scholars program, launched in 2003, coordinates efforts to encourage and assist students in post-graduate scholarship and fellowship competitions. As its director, Tom Phillips (’74, MA ’78) guides students through the painstaking process of completing applications, writing essays and securing references. He’s also there to offer alternatives and ease anxieties—knowing that post-graduation awards are just one path to success.Categories: Experiential Learning, Mentorship, University Announcements
Categories: Mentorship, Research & Discovery
Born in the midst of a civil war in Sudan, senior Leek Deng spent his early years living in a refugee camp in Kenya. Last summer, nine years after leaving Sudan for the United States, he returned to Africa to volunteer at a hospital in Kampala, Uganda. Categories: Experiential Learning, Mentorship, University Announcements
A science-education computer game being developed by a Wake Forest physics professor and two alumni to teach children the inner-workings of cells is now being tested by local students.Categories: Mentorship, Research & Discovery
Several students taking a first-year seminar have created a blog that includes reviews of video games and tips for parents, and insights into video-game play that they learned from their class research.Categories: Mentorship, Research & Discovery
In the ongoing evolutionary battle between bats and moths, a species of tiger moth plays a trick with sound to avoid becoming a bat’s tasty treat, according to new research.Categories: Mentorship, Research & Discovery
Categories: Mentorship, University Announcements
Categories: Mentorship, University Announcements
Not all species would survive spending 40 hours a week in a lab, but senior Kevin Cooper, one of only 15 students nationwide to receive a prestigious summer research fellowship, is thriving there.