Wake Forest launches Center for Literacy Education
Wake Forest University has launched the Center for Literacy Education to explore how literacy education can strengthen individuals and communities through teaching, research, creative activities and programming. In today’s world, literacy means more than the ability to read and write. “Literacy affects all aspects of how we live and learn,” said Alan Brown, director of…Categories: Arts & Culture, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery
For more than two decades, Professor and Burchfield Presidential Chair of Political Economy Koleman Strumpf has studied political betting and its long history in U.S. politics. He is available to provide commentary on why political betting is a more reliable method for predicting election outcomes than polling and how political prediction markets work. Strump is…
Setting out to prove that movement indeed is medicine for older adults with chronic knee and hip pain, Wake Forest University researchers have received a $5.7M grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct a five-year study. The Mobile Intervention to Reduce Pain and Improve Health-III (MORPH-III) study will track how adults age…
Anthropology major Annelise Witcher offers a welcoming smile as passers-by stroll through row after row of posters on easels. At her feet are several 3D models of objects from the Lam Museum of Anthropology. She and her mentor Andrew Gurstelle, the museum's director, created these in part to increase accessibility for museum visitors. “Go ahead,…
Wake Forest researcher and remote sensing expert Ovidiu Csillik will serve as a co-investigator on a new $1 million NASA-funded project to get a more accurate and detailed picture of what is happening with carbon storage over time in tropical forests.
A promising technology developed by Wake Forest University researchers and designed to address a common problem in treating critically ill patients with kidney issues has received a grant from NCBiotech.
Professor of Sociology David Yamane, an internationally recognized authority on gun ownership in the U.S., offers insights about the nearly 100M American civilians who own firearms. 
In her groundbreaking work as a computer scientist, assistant professor Minghan Chen is using artificial intelligence to create new techniques to better understand the mechanisms behind Alzheimer's disease and predict its progression across brain networks.
Extroverts were more likely than introverts to feel a strong sense of belonging in their college, an important indicator of whether a student succeeds – or goes home, according to a new study by psychology professor Shannon Brady.
In an extensive clinical study, Wake Forest University researchers will determine whether the most common treatments for osteoarthritis also help prevent women from developing the degenerative joint disease.