April 2010 Faculty Focus
Categories: Research & Discovery
Wake Forest to help lead major study about mobility disability in older adults
Researchers from the health and exercise science department and Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have received a major grant from the National Institute on Aging to conduct a six-year study to prevent mobility disability in older adults.
Categories: Research & Discovery
March Madness: What the comments of winning — and losing — coaches tell you
Whether their teams win or lose in the NCAA Basketball Tournament, one outcome is certain: coaches will follow predictable patterns in what they say after the game. John Llewellyn has studied those patterns for years and even has a name for it: coachtalk.
Categories: Athletics, Research & Discovery
Chemistry professor Bob Swofford dies
Professor of Chemistry Robert Swofford, who joined the faculty in 1993, died on March 12 in Winston-Salem. He was 62.
Categories: Research & Discovery
Researching short-term weight gain
Can you gain weight overnight, even when you’re exercising and eating right? Any weight gain you notice first thing in the morning is likely due to water retention, says Health and Exercise Science professor Gary Miller in Carolina Health and Fitness Magazine.
Categories: Research & Discovery
The library of the future
Libraries aren't just for books anymore. Nationally recognized by the Library and Information Technology Association for her work in library technology, Instructional Design Librarian Lauren Pressley shares what's ahead for books and the virtual library at your fingertips.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Research & Discovery
Faculty member honored: Gillespie receives award for promoting service-learning
Categories: Research & Discovery
Studying the benefits of exercising inside
Health and Exercise Science professor Michael Berry and other researchers quoted in The New York Times say you don’t get the same benefits from training inside as you would outside during the cold winter months.
Categories: Research & Discovery
Rediscovering an 18th-century poet
Categories: Arts & Culture, Research & Discovery
The lessons of Chile: Strong central government lessens effects of earthquake
The 8.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Chile on Feb. 27 was many times more powerful than the one that struck Haiti two months ago, but Professor of Political Science Peter Siavelis says Chile has many advantages as it begins its recovery efforts.
Categories: Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery