English professor’s poems weave couplets with quantum physics
“To think like a poet, you have to follow your curiosities,” Wake Forest English professor and poet-in-residence Amy Catanzano tells her students. Categories: Research & Discovery
“To think like a poet, you have to follow your curiosities,” Wake Forest English professor and poet-in-residence Amy Catanzano tells her students. From economic theory to a living case study of coronavirus
Economics professor Megan Regan revised her syllabus to focus on a living case study of the coronavirus. Most of the assigned readings “went in the dumpster fire,” she said, as current events aligned with the broader topics she planned to teach.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Coping with Corona: WFU professor creates video series to help
Christian Waugh, associate professor of psychology and expert in stress and coping, has created a video series discussing the science behind coping with the coronavirus pandemic.Categories: Research & Discovery
$3 million NSF grant supports search for heat-tolerant tomatoes
When your tomato plants won’t bear fruit during the dog days of summer, a team of Wake Forest researchers led by Gloria Muday will be in the lab, trying to find a plant that thrives despite the heat.Categories: Research & Discovery
Wake Forest to hold virtual Wake ‘N Shake dance-a-thon Saturday
For this year’s Wake ‘N Shake, a 12-hour dance marathon organized by Wake Forest students, participants will join in from places across the country instead of gathering on campus.Categories: Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, Transformative Giving, University Announcements
With social distancing, four weeks is better than one month
When it comes to social distancing, using the word “weeks” rather than “months” is more likely to lead to compliance. Wake Forest Professor of Communication Ananda Mitra, an expert in new media technologies and social media trends, says this is true even if the length of time is the same.Categories: Experts, Research & Discovery
WFU Expert: How to root out election B.S.
When a candidate for political office starts throwing out numbers, Psychology Professor John Petrocelli’s B.S. meter begins buzzing. He finds that candidates use big numbers to bolster their platform, but a little digging shows the numbers don’t necessarily support the claims. And that’s classic election B.S., he says.Categories: Experts, Research & Discovery
Making antidepressants safer for people with suicide risk
The people who could benefit most from the newest antidepressant therapies – those at risk for suicide – are most often excluded from the clinical trials that test those drugs for safety and efficacy, according to new research published Feb. 4 in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.Categories: Research & Discovery
‘Classics Beyond Whiteness:’ Relevant, inclusive
The course “Classics Beyond Whiteness” was originally limited to 15 students. Twenty-six registered. “I couldn’t turn students away,” said classics professor T.H.M. Gellar-Goad. The fall class was one of several planned courses, events and programming focusing on “Classics Beyond Whiteness” - a multidisciplinary collaboration that examines a misleading and damaging tendency to focus on white scholars and perspectives in claissical studies while excluding black voices.Categories: Inclusive Excellence, Research & Discovery
WFU Expert: Containing the spread of coronavirus
With the first case of human-to-human transmission of the Wuhan coronavirus reported in the U.S., Wake Forest University virologist Pat Lord offers a word of caution: “We don’t need to be fearful. We need to be aware.”Categories: Experts, Research & Discovery