The Wake Forest community commemorated 182 years since the University’s founding in Wait Chapel on Feb. 18. The celebration recognizes student leaders and honors faculty for teaching, research and service.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Department of Defense grant will study whether strength training can give female soldiers a leg up on the battlefield by studying female runners.Categories: Research & Discovery
Pantene, the world’s leading hair care brand, announced today that Wake Forest University Professor Linda Nielsen’s research on father-daughter relationships inspired its Super Bowl ads.Categories: Research & Discovery
A new Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) program in the Wake Forest University School of Business is designed to educate professionals in the high-demand field of business analytics and will welcome its first class in July 2016.Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
A $650,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has been awarded to Wake Forest University in support of “engaged humanities." Categories: Awards & Recognition, Research & Discovery, Transformative Giving, University Announcements
When 22 Wake Forest University students travel to the Iowa caucuses to work with presidential campaigns, they will embark upon a yearlong journey that combines classroom and real-world political experience through a program called Wake the Vote.
At a time when polarization drives many Americans away from politics and voter turnout among 18 to 29-year-olds hovers around 20 percent, a Wake Forest University study shows that learning to talk about controversial issues while in college can inspire young adults to be more engaged citizens even 10 years later.Categories: Research & Discovery
Wake Forest University’s award-winning student newspaper, the Old Gold & Black (OGB), is celebrating 100 years of publication. A “critical complement to journalism education,” it has been the training ground for some of the country's most esteemed journalists.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Campus Life, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
From the Brookstown area to Innovation Quarter, Wake Forest is making a series of moves that aim to expand the University’s engagement with the surrounding community in addition to its geographic footprint.Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, University Announcements