Twelve Wake Forest choral students will join the Munich Symphony Orchestra and The Gloriae dei Cantores choir in performing Mozart’s 'Requiem' during Thursday's Secrest Artist Series event.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Wake Forest University theatre recently completed a production of John Cariani’s “Almost, Maine.” What made the fall performance surprising? Of the 23 roles available, 11 of them were filled by first-year students.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
When Emily English applied to Wake Forest, she had no idea of the impact that sociology professor Joseph Soares already had made on her life. Soares' research pushed the University toward its test-optional admissions process, which has attracted many students like English. Soares now has a new book detailing the negative impact of standardized tests.
As part of an innovative bioethics seminar, nine Wake Forest graduate students in the Master of Arts in Bioethics Program recently performed “The Burial Society” — a case study representing the infamous Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis.Categories: Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
To make sure Halloween festivities are full of fun, not fear, Professor of Psychology Deborah Best suggests that parents and volunteers try to experience the holiday through children’s eyes.Categories: Research & Discovery
Wake Forest and N.C. State have formed a partnership in the hope of advancing regenerative-medicine treatments for humans and animals. The groups will exchange students and faculty, collaborate on research projects and publications and pool resources.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Professor Steve Nickles recently taught a course for the School of Law. Only Nickles and his students weren't actually in the school. The course was taught in a virtual environment. Last spring, Wake Forest became the only university in the world with a site-wide license for WebEx from Cisco, making this level of interaction possible.Categories: Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
The Wake Forest music department will present various concerts and recitals throughout the fall 2011 season. The musical events, filled with notes from pianos, flutes, quartets and more, will bring music to our ears. Listen to samples of music, and plan to attend an event.Categories: Arts & Culture, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
A national book tour promoting the newest anthology of women's Irish poetry published by Wake Forest University Press begins in Kulynych Auditorium, Monday at 7 p.m. with readings by four prominent poets. Categories: Arts & Culture, Global Wake Forest, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
Who knew a fish out of water could be so coordinated? Biologist Miriam Ashley-Ross is on a team of researchers who discovered several species of fish can make impressive leaps on land that shed light on evolutionary questions.
Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements