Losing weight can be a tricky balance of risks and benefits for older adults: You want to shed fat to improve overall health, but preserve muscle and bone, which reduces risk of future injury.Categories: Research & Discovery
The WFU Awards and Recognitions briefs celebrate milestones of faculty, staff and students at Wake Forest.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Wake Forest University and Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) are partnering again this year to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with events during the holiday weekend. The collaboration on the keynote speaker is in its 20th year, marking the longest-running partnership between Wake Forest and WSSU.Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Inclusive Excellence, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
During a November bus trip to Wake Forest University’s original campus, Professor Derek Hicks took 21 students to a nondescript cemetery where many of the tombstones had carvings but no names. He wanted his African American Religious Experience class to visit the cemetery because of its ties to a chapel where enslaved people who helped build the original campus once worshipped.Categories: Experiential Learning, Inclusive Excellence, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded Wake Forest University a $3.4 million grant to develop and expand its Program for Leadership and Character. The three-year grant will support student programming, faculty engagement and academic research.Categories: Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, and Mother Teresa have inspired generations of people to make decisions that help others – but how exactly do their examples shape others’ character? Categories: Research & Discovery
On Nov. 8, Magnolia Scholars at Wake Forest University gathered at Tribble Hall to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of a prestigious program that provides scholarships, academic support, study abroad opportunities and counseling for 120 first-generation students.Categories: Community Impact, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Inclusive Excellence, Research & Discovery
More than 130 Wake Forest scholars representing 29 academic disciplines presented their original research and creative works in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library atrium on Nov. 1. Hundreds of students, faculty, staff and family members stopped by to explore the 13th Annual Undergraduate Research Day, a hallmark event at Wake Forest.Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
The WFU Awards and Recognitions briefs celebrate milestones of faculty, staff and students at Wake Forest.Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
Wake Forest Professor of Politics and International Affairs Peter Siavelis is available to comment on the protests in Chile related to inequality, wages, education and healthcare. Much of Chile is under a state of emergency as the country faces the worst unrest yet in since the end of Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship.Categories: Experts, Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery