The secrets to making better cell phones, microchips, and batteries lie in the electronic structure of their materials. More than 150 physicists and chemists from around the world will gather June 5 to 8 to explore the science behind developing better materials.Categories: Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Wake Forest has a long history of close, mentoring relationships between faculty and students. It's an opportunity to explore the liberal arts, tie scholarship and research and create the teacher-scholar ideal. For biology professor Ron Dimock, mentoring comes naturally during hours in the lab -- going beyond the books.
Wake Forest senior Roman Nelson co-authored a study from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center that was published in the Journal of American College of Radiology.Categories: Experiential Learning, Leadership & Character, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
The undergraduate and graduate students in Comm 370 spent the spring semester pondering a bioethics case study surrounding organ transplants and patient selection while also enhancing their communications skills by learning how to perform the material as a radio play.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
A Wake Forest junior receives the school's first grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Using multimedia, Yasmin Bendaas will document a vanishing tradition in Northern Algeria as a foreign correspondent. It's a role journalists say is vanishing as well.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Leadership & Character, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Music professor and concert pianist Pamela Howland uses film clips and movie soundtracks to teach students classical music conventions. Her mission? For Brahms and Beethoven to join Beyonce on iPod playlists.
Marshall Shaffer, a first-year student from Houston, Texas, shares his thoughts on the behind-the-scenes look he and other students in Hana Brown’s “Political Sociology” class got at preparations for the upcoming Democratic National Convention.
Kevin Smith, a senior from Wilson, N.C., shares his experience with M4, a group that brings together male African-American students to talk about contemporary issues.Categories: Experiential Learning, Inclusive Excellence, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Senior chemistry major Tara Seymour (’12) has been dancing since she was 4. She never imagined she would be dancing out the process of DNA replication until the opportunity arose to participate in Movement and the Molecular, the first class where chemistry meets dance taught at Wake Forest.Categories: Arts & Culture, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
When Mike Bevan’s father died suddenly last year, he dutifully stepped into a family leadership role. He also enrolled in “Fathers and Daughters,” the only known college class in the country devoted exclusively to dad-daughter relationships, to help his sister cope with their loss.