Wake Forest in the News (July 12-18)
Selected news clips courtesy of Wake Forest News & CommunicationsCategories: Research & Discovery
Selected news clips courtesy of Wake Forest News & CommunicationsVice President for Campus Life Penny Rue announces plans to retire
Penny Rue announced today she will retire as Wake Forest University’s Vice President for Campus Life.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
New study looks at gender, teaching contracts and grade inflation
Using data from a large, public research university, a new study looks for incentives to award high grades that might be linked to both gender and contract status.Categories: Research & Discovery
Wake Forest graduates first class of liberal arts engineers
Gabrielle Prichard will begin work as a cloud solution engineer with Oracle. Lucy Vaughn will start her career as a research and development engineer with AstraZeneca. John Hobson will serve in the U.S. Army as a combat engineer commander.First African American female editor of Bon Appétit Magazine to speak at Wake Forest
Wake Forest University’s Center for Research, Engagement and Collaboration in African American Life, or RECAAL, will hold its inaugural event on Tuesday, April 27, at 6 p.m.Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
A new pathway to stable, low-cost, flexible electronics
Imagine a foldable smartphone or a rollable tablet device that is powerful, reliable and, perhaps most importantly, affordable.Categories: Research & Discovery
Senior Noah Meyer awarded NSF grant for graduate studies
Wake Forest University senior Noah Meyer, who studies physics and applied mathematics, has been awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation. Categories: Awards & Recognition, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
Three WFU students named 2021 Goldwater Scholars
Joseph McCalmon, Ashley Peake and Samuel Schwartz have been named 2021 Barry S. Goldwater Scholars. The three are among 410 college students from across the U.S. to receive the award for the 2021-22 academic year.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Research & Discovery
Trust in leadership: Why it matters
A recent Pew Research study found that just 20% of U.S. adults say they trust the government in Washington to “do the right thing” just about always or most of the time. Health care professionals, lawyers and business leaders also rely on mutual trust with those whom they serve to succeed in their careers.Categories: Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
WFU biologist tracks albatrosses, contributes to global study
Wake Forest biologist Dave Anderson is among a global team of researchers contributing to a new study showing that albatrosses and closely related seabirds spend 39% of their time on the high seas where no single country has jurisdiction.Categories: Research & Discovery