Wake Forest Chemist Amanda Jones is the recipient of the National Science Foundation's prestigious Career Award. Jones will use the $390,000 in award funding to study powerful and environmentally friendly gold catalysts for use in the pharmaceutical industry.
Molly Dutmers is one of 14 students reporting from Europe with Wake Forest's first journalism class abroad. She is also Wake Forest’s third recipient of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting’s student fellowship. Her travels will take her to France, Italy and Malta to report on why church attendance is at an all-time low.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
The key to developing drought-resistant tomatoes may be hidden in the genes of their ancestors. Rising junior Kathleen DiNapoli is on a hunt to find it.Categories: Environment & Sustainability, Experiential Learning, Leadership & Character, Research & Discovery
The Wake Forest University community and guests from around the world gathered Saturday, June 7, at the invitation of Dr. Maya Angelou’s family to celebrate the beloved poet, author, actress, civil rights activist and Wake Forest’s Reynolds Professor of American Studies. Dr. Angelou passed away on May 28 at the age of 86.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Community Impact, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
A private memorial service for Dr. Maya Angelou will be livestreamed from Wait Chapel on June 7. Five of her former students reflect on their time together in the classroom and share the transformative lessons they learned. Categories: Alumni, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Today members of the Wake Forest University community mourn the loss of beloved poet, author, actress, civil rights activist and professor Dr. Maya Angelou.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Charles Iacovou will become the next Dean of the Wake Forest University School of Business, effective July 1. 
Meet 14 graduates inspired by their experiences at Wake Forest to lead lives that matter.Categories: Alumni, Campus Life, Community Impact, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Environment & Sustainability, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements, Wellbeing
Trekking to a Buddhist temple in the Himalayas as part of Wake Forest’s study abroad program in India sparked Jessica Argenti’s love for forging new cultural understandings. She and six others have earned Fulbright scholarships in countries around the world.Categories: Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Research & Discovery
A new compound created by Wake Forest chemists could help scientists probe the secrets behind deadly forms of cancer, Alzheimer’s and heart disease. The research is featured in the current edition of the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Categories: Leadership & Character, Mentorship, Research & Discovery