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$3M NIH grant will fund next steps of research on dance & brain health
February 23, 2023 | Arts & Culture, Research, School of Medicine, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
A $3M NIH grant will help Wake Forest researchers take the next steps in nearly a decade of research that indicates dance can promote brain health.
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High Performance Computing: Collaborations power research & learning
March 31, 2022 | Faculty, Research, Scholars, Staff, Student, Top Stories
In a temperature-controlled room located in an out-of-the-way part of campus, rows of computers are humming, blinking and whirring in a High-Performance Computing Center called the DEAC Cluster.
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Physics professor brings first NSF Special Creativity award to WFU
March 8, 2022 | Faculty, Research, Top Stories
Physics professor Oana Jurchescu has received a rare and coveted National Science Foundation Special Creativity grant extension to take on high-risk, high-reward opportunities in electronic materials. She is the first WFU faculty member to receive this award.
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Where mathematics and a social perspective meet data
January 27, 2022 | Faculty, Research, Top Stories
New research by mathematics and statistics professor Kenneth Berenhaut, along with former postdoctoral fellow Katherine Moore and graduate student Ryan Melvin, sheds new light on some fundamental statistical questions.
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Keeping the weight off, treadmill not required
December 21, 2021 | Faculty, Research, School of Medicine, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Teaching older adults how to keep moving – and not necessarily doing structured workouts – after significant weight loss could be the key to keeping the weight off, according to research by Wake Forest University published online today in the peer-reviewed journal Obesity.
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Two WFU engineering professors get water quality research grant
October 20, 2021 | Faculty, Research, Student, Top Stories
Wake Forest University assistant professors of engineering Courtney Di Vittorio and Kyana Young, in collaboration with professors at two area institutions, have received a three-year, $250,000 Environmental Enhancement Grant (EEG) from the Attorney General’s office.
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Research Day celebrates scholars and mentors
October 5, 2021 | Events, Research, Student, Top Stories
During Family Weekend, 135 students presented the findings of their mentored scholarship at Undergraduate Research Day.
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New study looks at gender, teaching contracts and grade inflation
June 15, 2021 | Faculty, Research, Top Stories
Using data from a large, public research university, a new study looks for incentives to award high grades that might be linked to both gender and contract status.
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Wake Forest graduates first class of liberal arts engineers
May 6, 2021 | Admissions, Faculty, Research, Student, Top Stories
Gabrielle Prichard will begin work as a cloud solution engineer with Oracle. Lucy Vaughn will start her career as a research and development engineer with AstraZeneca. John Hobson will serve in the U.S. Army as a combat engineer commander.
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First African American female editor of Bon Appétit Magazine to speak at Wake Forest
April 26, 2021 | Events, Research, Student, Top Stories
Wake Forest University’s Center for Research, Engagement and Collaboration in African American Life, or RECAAL, will hold its inaugural event on Tuesday, April 27, at 6 p.m.