Media Advisory: Wake Forest receives prestigious Beckman Scholars Award for undergraduate research
Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
From bench to bedside
Move over, pink. The fight against breast cancer now wears Old Gold and Black as a team of graduate students from Wake Forest Schools of Business, Law and Medicine work together to take a promising, but underfunded, cancer therapy to market. Categories: Campus Life, Experiential Learning, Leadership & Character, Mentorship, Personal & Career Development, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Basketball and books
Talking about sports on Thursday afternoons is helping a group of high school students become better readers. Education professor Alan Brown and graduate student Jordan Daniels (’14) started a sports and literacy group for students at Southwest Guilford High School.Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery
Summer school in Charlotte
Sophomore Christa Harris (’16) originally planned to spend her summer living at home and taking courses at another university. But when she learned that Wake Forest is offering classes in her hometown, enabling her to study and pursue internship opportunities at the same time, she changed her plans.Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
The birds and the bees of proteins
The birth of a protein is one of the most fundamental aspects of life as we know it, yet, surprisingly, there is still a lot that scientists do not know about them. A split-second snapshot of the mysterious process developed by Wake Forest researchers could someday lead to more effective antibiotics. Categories: Mentorship, Research & Discovery
3D model measures coal ash spill
With a 3D model created using aerial images from an unmanned aircraft, Wake Forest researchers have received widespread national media attention by providing a new look at the extent of coal ash contaminants recently leaked into a North Carolina river.Categories: Community Impact, Environment & Sustainability, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Hitting the right note
The 37th Giles-Harris Competitions in Musical Performance have grown into a major event for Wake Forest’s pianists, singers, and instrumentalists. Categories: Alumni, Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
180 years: Celebrating Founders’ Day
On Feb. 20, the Wake Forest community gathered together in Wait Chapel to commemorate the 180th anniversary of the founding of the University at Founders’ Day Convocation. The annual event recognizes student leaders and honors faculty for teaching, research and service.Student Storyteller: A ticket to Prague
One theatre class led Johanna Beach ('15) on an amazing journey to Prague. Now assistant director of "Embers and Stars," she is sharing the story of Petr Ginz, who was a young teen during the Holocaust.Categories: Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Happening at Wake, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Painting robot lends surgeons a hand
Would you let an artist perform life-saving surgery on you? You might someday, if the artist is a painting robot. Timothy Lee (’16) built a robotic painting arm that could one day lend doctors a hand in practicing complex, robot-assisted surgeries without having to step foot in an operating room.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Inclusive Excellence, Leadership & Character, Mentorship, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery