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
Imagine a foldable smartphone or a rollable tablet device that is powerful, reliable and, perhaps most importantly, affordable.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
Wake Forest creates new center to study the African American experience, engage the community
Wake Forest University has established a new center to give critical, intellectual voice to the experience of African Americans through research-driven initiatives, programming and community facing work.Categories: Inclusive Excellence, Research & Discovery
University sings praises for Dr. Maya Angelou, her iconic autobiography
While celebrating her life and iconic autobiography “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings,” Wake Forest University officials, famous African Americans and her son paid tribute to renowned author and longtime University professor Maya Angelou.Categories: Happening at Wake, Inclusive Excellence, Research & Discovery
New African American Studies Program supported by $1M gift
As Wake Forest prepares to launch its African American Studies Program this fall, an anonymous donor has made a $1 million gift to support the new academic initiative.Categories: Research & Discovery, Transformative Giving
New technology to tackle human costs of illegal gold mining
Wake Forest faculty in the Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, and its Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation (CINCIA) are part of an award-winning research team working to provide new technology that could help eliminate the environmental and human costs of illegal gold mining.Categories: Environment & Sustainability, Research & Discovery
A timely assignment: Wake students complete COVID-19 class project
As the total number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. exceeds 15 million and cases surge to record levels in places around the world, understanding the pandemic and its ongoing impact remains critically important.Categories: Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery