WFU welcomes feedback on proposed Code of Conduct changes
Wake Forest University is seeking feedback from students, faculty and staff regarding changes to the undergraduate Code of Conduct. Wake Forest University is seeking feedback from students, faculty and staff regarding changes to the undergraduate Code of Conduct.Automated feedback: The new science of grading STEM papers
Science educators at Wake Forest University are testing how automated feedback combined with new one-on-one teaching methods can improve scientific writing from STEM undergraduates – and result in better explanation of research to the public.Categories: Research & Discovery
U.S. News & World Report ranks Wake Forest among top-30 national universities
U.S. News and World Report’s 2018 Best Colleges guide ranked Wake Forest University 27th overall among 311 national universities and 12th for its commitment to undergraduate teaching.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Hidden Inca treasure: Remarkable new tree discovered in the Andes
Hidden in plain sight – that’s how researchers describe their discovery of a new genus of large forest tree commonly found, yet previously scientifically unknown, in the tropical Andes. Researchers from the Smithsonian and Wake Forest University detailed their findings in a study just released the journal PhytoKeys.Former EPA official: Harvey polluted floodwaters pose challenges
Stan Meiburg, a former acting deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) who is now Wake Forest University’s director of graduate programs in sustainability, can discuss environmental challenges in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.Categories: Environment & Sustainability, Experts, Research & Discovery
WFU awards and recognitions briefs
The WFU Awards and Recognitions briefs celebrate milestones of faculty, staff and students at Wake Forest.WFU to host panel discussion: ‘The Case of Charlottesville’
The Pro Humanitate Institute at Wake Forest University will host a panel discussion on race, politics and the South called “The Case of Charlottesville: Why Charlottesville Happened and What It Means for the Rest of Us” on Thursday, Sept. 7 at 6 p.m. in Wait Chapel.Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Inclusive Excellence, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
WFU to host candlelight vigil for Charlottesville Aug. 28
Tonight, following the first day of classes, Wake Forest University students, faculty and staff will gather for a candlelight vigil to acknowledge and reflect on the recent violence in Charlottesville, Va.Categories: Experiential Learning, Inclusive Excellence, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
A Galápagos seabird’s population expected to shrink with ocean warming
Within the next century, rising ocean temperatures around the Galápagos Islands are expected to make the water too warm for a key prey species, sardines, to tolerate. A new study by Wake Forest University biologists, published in PLOS One Aug. 23, uses decades of data on the diet and breeding of a tropical seabird, the Nazca booby, to understand how the future absence of sardines may affect the booby population.Categories: Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
‘This is perfect’: WFU launches engineering program enriched by liberal arts
Like any aspiring engineer, first-year student Meredith Vaughn gets excited about building something from the ground up, so Wake Forest University’s new undergraduate engineering program immediately appealed to her.Categories: Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery