Building on the results of short-term studies showing the benefits of strength training on knee osteoarthritis (OA), professor of health and exercise science Stephen Messier will lead a five-year study to learn what level of strength training will help older adults the most.
Categories: Community Impact, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
In an op-ed published in the Los Angeles Times, political science professor and genocide expert Sarah Lischer writes that "future concord depends on the stories we tell" about the 1995 massacre of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims in the town of Srebrenica.
Categories: Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery
Student volunteers from Wake Forest work with NicaHope in Nicaragua to help the approximately 500 children who live and work in an area of Managua called “La Chureca” — the city dump. The outreach has built lasting connections.
Anqi Zou (’12) never thought she would thank video gamers for showing her the way to exciting discoveries in molecular biology. But here she is, acknowledging that the technology she uses to show the inner workings of cells was originally perfected to create realistic images on gaming screens worldwide.
A look at the top 10 Wake Forest science stories of the 2011-2012 academic year shows a broad range of topics, including thermoelectric fabric, birds in the Galapagos, exercise and diabetics, using video game technology to fight cancer, cyber security, e-textbooks, regenerative medicine and more.
Christian Miller, associate professor of philosophy and director of The Character Project, explores the beliefs that help us act more virtuously for the re-launch of the high profile website developed by The John Templeton Foundation called Big Questions Online.
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The Western Amazon is an area of great biodiversity. But what was it like before European settlers arrived? “The pendulum swung from views that ‘people were nowhere’ to ‘people were everywhere,’ and we’ve shown they were both wrong,” said Miles Silman, director of the Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability and professor of biology. Categories: Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
For four years, graduate student Aaron Corcoran has studied how tiger moths use sonar-jamming to evade bats. With Corcoran’s help, the event has been captured on camera for National Geographic Television's “Untamed Americas.” The program will be shown again at 9 p.m., Saturday, June 16. 
The Wall Street Journal prominently featured Wake Forest for its national leadership in making personal and career development a mission-critical component of the college experience. The article, "Colleges Get Career-Minded", appeared the day after commencement. Categories: Alumni, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Mentorship, Personal & Career Development, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
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