Green fruit, deep roots
Biology Professor Gloria K. Muday’s research could lead to better roots and a stronger crop of summer-ripe tomatoes.Categories: Mentorship, Research & Discovery
Biology Professor Gloria K. Muday’s research could lead to better roots and a stronger crop of summer-ripe tomatoes.Faculty assume new leadership roles
A new associate provost and a number of academic deans in the College, Graduate School, School of Law and Schools of Business were appointed over the summer.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Professor promotes community learning
Music professor Susan Borwick jettisoned some elements of the more traditional classroom setting and chose instead to turn the Winston-Salem community into a liberal arts learning environment to breathe new life into her course on American music.Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
A handbook for college parents
Retired business professor Helen Akinc explains in her new book, “The Praeger Handbook for College Parents,” how parents can help get their children through college.
Categories: Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
University ranks 12th in teaching quality
Wake Forest is ranked 25th among national universities in U.S. News and World Report’s latest rankings of “America’s Best Colleges” and 12th among “schools where the faculty has an unusual commitment to undergraduate teaching.”
August 2010 Faculty Focus
Susan Fahrbach’s research on bee brains; Sam Gladding teaches in Turkey; and Christian Miller, William Fleeson and Michael Furr receive a $3.67 million grant. More grants, research news and milestones in Faculty Focus. Staff News.
Categories: Research & Discovery
August 2010 Faculty Focus
Categories: Research & Discovery
Promising research breakthrough
A new technique developed by several Wake Forest physics professors could slash years off the time it takes to develop drugs, bringing vital new treatments to patients much more quickly.Categories: Research & Discovery
The Character Project
aBecause understanding character lies at the heart of human identity, philosophers, psychologists and theologians have long wrestled with how to define good character and how to improve character.
Wake Forest professors Christian Miller (philosophy), William F. Fleeson (psychology) and Michael R. Furr (psychology) have been awarded a $3.67 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation for The Character Project, an exploration of the nature of character.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
First Fulbright Specialist scholar
Chair and Professor of Counseling Samuel T. Gladding shared his expertise of family counseling with educators and students in Turkey during a month-long stay there this summer as the University’s first Fulbright Specialist scholar.Categories: Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery, University Announcements