WFU in the news: Aug. 29-Sept. 4
Selected news clips courtesy of Wake Forest University News and CommunicationsCategories: Research & Discovery
Selected news clips courtesy of Wake Forest University News and CommunicationsPaying for exercise coaching now keeps older adults out of hospital
When it comes to helping older adults, research suggests that a relatively inexpensive exercise and education program pays for itself by preventing major mobility problems and reducing the need for health care services.Categories: Research & Discovery
‘9th Wonder’ and poet Brenda Marie Osbey to join WFU African American Studies Program
Grammy award-winning producer and Winston-Salem native Patrick “9th Wonder” Douthit and renowned poet Brenda Marie Osbey will join Wake Forest's African American Studies Program as professors for the 2022-2023 academic year.Categories: Research & Discovery
African American Studies director explains Juneteenth
Corey D. B. Walker, humanities professor and director of the Program in African American Studies, discusses the history of Juneteenth and the importance of marking the holiday.Categories: Research & Discovery
WFU in the news: May 30-June 5
Selected news clips courtesy of Wake Forest University News & CommunicationsCategories: Research & Discovery
Sociology class uses 1950 Census to create work history family trees
When Wake Forest sophomore Gabi Overcast-Hawks searched the 1950 U.S. Census records, she found her grandfather’s handwritten name, along with his mother and father and seven brothers and sisters. Place of birth: Carroll County, Virginia. Occupation: farmer. She and the other students in Professor of Sociology Ana-Maria Gonzalez Wahl’s “Sociology of Work, Conflict and Change” class, used the demographic snapshots of people in their own family trees to better understand bigger picture societal trends.
Categories: Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
WFU in the news: March 28-April 3
Selected news clips courtesy of Wake Forest University News & CommunicationsCategories: Research & Discovery
Michele Gillespie to succeed Rogan Kersh as Provost
Wake Forest University President Susan R. Wente has appointed Michele Gillespie, current Dean of Wake Forest’s College of Arts and Sciences, to succeed Rogan Kersh as University Provost, effective July 1, 2022.Categories: Alumni, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
High Performance Computing: Collaborations power research & learning
In a temperature-controlled room located in an out-of-the-way part of campus, rows of computers are humming, blinking and whirring in a High-Performance Computing Center called the DEAC Cluster.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Physics professor brings first NSF Special Creativity award to WFU
Physics professor Oana Jurchescu has received a rare and coveted National Science Foundation Special Creativity grant extension to take on high-risk, high-reward opportunities in electronic materials. She is the first WFU faculty member to receive this award.
Categories: Research & Discovery