Meet 14 graduates inspired by their experiences at Wake Forest to lead lives that matter.Categories: Alumni, Campus Life, Community Impact, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Environment & Sustainability, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements, Wellbeing
Trekking to a Buddhist temple in the Himalayas as part of Wake Forest’s study abroad program in India sparked Jessica Argenti’s love for forging new cultural understandings. She and six others have earned Fulbright scholarships in countries around the world.Categories: Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Research & Discovery
A new compound created by Wake Forest chemists could help scientists probe the secrets behind deadly forms of cancer, Alzheimer’s and heart disease. The research is featured in the current edition of the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Categories: Leadership & Character, Mentorship, Research & Discovery
Blue-footed boobies are on the decline in the Galápagos. A new study shows a low-sardine diet could be the reason behind the 50 percent drop in population.Categories: Global Wake Forest, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
MSNBC television host, political thought leader and Wake Forest University alumna Melissa Harris-Perry (‘94) will return this summer to her alma mater as a chaired professor.Categories: Alumni, Awards & Recognition, Campus Life, Community Impact, Global Wake Forest, Inclusive Excellence, Mentorship, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery
An iPhone app developed by a team of Wake Forest freshmen could one day enable patrons at campus restaurants to vote for what songs play over the speakers.Categories: Experiential Learning, Leadership & Character, Mentorship, Personal & Career Development, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery
Super Bowl-winning coach Tony Dungy told a standing-room-only crowd that leading people works best when you stay true to yourself — which was sometimes a challenge for the soft-spoken man who made his career in the NFL.Categories: Campus Life, Happening at Wake, Mentorship, Personal & Career Development
Lighthouse Reef Atoll is one of the most pristine marine environments in the Caribbean Sea due to its remote location. Students taking an Ecology and Conservation of Coral Reefs class spent their spring break exploring the Atoll's startling array of biodiversity. Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Leadership & Character, Mentorship, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery
Move over, pink. The fight against breast cancer now wears Old Gold and Black as a team of graduate students from Wake Forest Schools of Business, Law and Medicine work together to take a promising, but underfunded, cancer therapy to market. Categories: Campus Life, Experiential Learning, Leadership & Character, Mentorship, Personal & Career Development, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Talking about sports on Thursday afternoons is helping a group of high school students become better readers. Education professor Alan Brown and graduate student Jordan Daniels (’14) started a sports and literacy group for students at Southwest Guilford High School.Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery