Retired professor Leon Cook dies
Associate Professor Emeritus Leon P. Cook Jr., who taught accounting from 1957 until retiring in 1993, died on April 26 in Winston-Salem.
Categories: Research & Discovery
‘Why Do People Laugh?’
Cindy Gendrich is one of those people who can't stop herself from laughing, sometimes too loudly and at inappropriate times. A professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance, Gendrich has received a $24,800 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for her proposal, “Why do people laugh?”, to study the complexities of humor and to develop a first-year seminar. Categories: Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
Study: Beware mutual-fund advertising
A study by law professor Ahmed Taha and other researchers has found that advertisements touting the high past returns of mutual funds are misleading investors.
Categories: Research & Discovery
Plants preserved in the Wake Forest herbarium hold clues to the past and the future
William Louis Poteat, seventh president of Wake Forest College from 1905-1927, is revered as a larger-than-life historical figure that championed the teaching of evolution and freedom of inquiry. But in an out-of-the-way lab in Winston Hall is evidence that Poteat, a biologist, was as interested in preserving the past as he was in charting the future. Categories: Research & Discovery
The UK goes to the polls
With the UK General Election now announced for May 6, some background information on what is likely to unfold might be of general interest.Categories: Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery
The digital world: Ananda Mitra tackles how technology is affecting everything around us
When communication professor Ananda Mitra set out to write about the complex problems and issues generated by the widespread adoption of digital technology, he knew he had taken on a big job. So big, it led him to write 10 books simultaneously.Categories: Arts & Culture, Research & Discovery
Institute announces international ties
The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine has formed the first of what it believes will be a long list of international partnerships aimed at accelerating the pace of developing therapies for patients, says Dr. Anthony Atala, the director of institute.
Categories: Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery
A brighter idea: Wake Forest receives patent for new fiber solar cells
Wake Forest has received the first patent for a new solar-cell technology that can double the energy production of today’s flat cells at a fraction of the cost.Categories: Research & Discovery
Parsley recognized for bringing mathematics ‘out-of-the-box’
Assistant Professor of Mathematics Jason Parsley has received an award for distinguished teaching by a faculty member in the early stage of his or her teaching career.
Categories: Research & Discovery
Biomedical forum focuses on results
The focus of a biomedical conference in Winston-Salem this week is to translate “the science of regenerative medicine to patients in a timely manner,” says Dr. Anthony Atala, director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
Categories: Community Impact, Research & Discovery