Junior Brandon Turner's research integrates multiple fields and comes under the mentoring eye of Jacque Fetrow, dean of the college. He received the 2010-2011 American Physical Society Scholarship for Minority Undergraduate Physics Majors. 
Legal scholar Tanya Marsh examines 60 years of cemetery law and finds commercialization has replaced individual choice, family custom and religious belief in burial decisions.Categories: Research & Discovery
Researchers at Wake Forest’s Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials have developed an inexpensive new light source that’s cool to the touch, won’t break if dropped, and can be molded into any shape.Categories: Research & Discovery
"Single Threads Unbraided,” a celebration of the poetry, art and letters of A.R. Ammons will be held Nov. 15–16 at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library. Categories: Arts & Culture, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
More than 100 faculty and staff members and about 75 students have joined forces to help build a house for Habitat for Humanity this fall. Groups have been working on the house in the Smith Farm neighborhood, near Kernersville. Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Brenda Latham-Sadler, M.D., associate professor of Family and Community Medicine at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, is the 2010 winner of the National Association of Medical Minority Educator's (NAMME) Award for Distinguished Service in the Health Field.Categories: Research & Discovery
Professor Christina Soriano and her class study the connection between dance movements and changes in mobility, balance and confidence for people with Parkinson's Disease.Categories: Arts & Culture, Research & Discovery
School of Law Professor Mark Hall has been appointed to the membership of one of the federal advisory boards that is implementing a part of the new health care reform law. Hall is one of the nation’s leading scholars in the areas of health care law and policy and medical and bioethics.Categories: Research & Discovery
School of Law Dean Blake D. Morant has won the Equal Justice Works’ John R. Kramer Outstanding Law School Dean Award. The award honors a law school dean who has demonstrated leadership in building an institution that nurtures and fortifies a spirit of public service.Categories: Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery
"Authenticity" or not changing your personality to fit different situations is valued in Western culture. But, in a new study, psychologist William Fleeson found “being true to yourself” often means acting counter to your personality.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements