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Gender diversity in STEM: ‘Let’s change the world together’
January 24, 2017 | Faculty, Research, Staff, Student, Top Stories, Valuing Diversity
Universities across the U.S. have developed programs to attract women and under-represented minorities to the STEM disciplines. So why aren’t more of these students declaring a major in science, technology, engineering and math – and seeing it through to a career in research or academia? At Wake Forest University, students, faculty and administrators are tackling that question through formal research, departmental evaluations and innovative outreach.
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WFU taps NSF’s Olga Pierrakos as founding engineering chair
January 24, 2017 | Admissions, Faculty, Research, Staff, Student, Top Stories
Wake Forest University has appointed Olga Pierrakos as founding chair of the Department of Engineering, one of Wake Downtown’s new anchoring academic programs, which will begin offering classes this fall.
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Ads for dads: WFU professor advises on new Barbie campaign
January 23, 2017 | Faculty, Research, Top Stories
Grooming Barbie®’s hair is one thing, but grooming her latest ad campaign is quite another. That’s the opportunity at hand for Wake Forest University education professor Linda Nielsen, a leading expert on fathers and daughters, who is now weighing in on marketing efforts for the world’s most iconic doll.
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Religious involvement lessens likelihood of owning a handgun
January 13, 2017 | Faculty, Research
Americans who are more involved in religious congregations are less likely to own handguns, according to a new study by Wake Forest University sociologist David Yamane.
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WFU embarks on new era as Wake Downtown classes begin in the Innovation Quarter
January 5, 2017 | Admissions, Faculty, Provost, Research, Staff, Student, Top Stories
Wake Downtown classes begin Tuesday, Jan. 10, marking the beginning of an historic era for Wake Forest University as it moves undergraduate courses into Wake Forest Innovation Quarter in downtown Winston-Salem.
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WFU researchers part of national NIH grant to study exercise
December 13, 2016 | Faculty, Research, Top Stories
Developing a comprehensive map of the molecular changes in the human body that occur in response to physical activity is the focus of a new $170 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards program that will support researchers across the country, including Wake Forest University professors of Health and Exercise Science researchers Jack Rejeski and Anthony Marsh.
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NSF funding helps WFU develop diverse, competitive STEM workforce
November 1, 2016 | Research, Staff
Wake Forest University is part of a new National Science Foundation (NSF) funded alliance that will help historically underrepresented minorities work toward careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
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Research Day highlights ‘big time’ research by students
October 11, 2016 | Faculty, Mentoring, Research, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
Undergraduate Research Day, a hallmark campus event at Wake Forest University, celebrated its 10-year milestone Friday, Oct. 7 in a new space, Z. Smith Reynolds Library’s atrium.
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‘Beet’ the Competition: WFU expert talks Olympics and beet juice
July 20, 2016 | Faculty, Research
Daniel Kim-Shapiro, director of the Translational Science Center and a professor of physics at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., has conducted groundbreaking research about the health properties of beetroot juice for more than 10 years. He can discuss how the human body converts the chemical nitrite found in beets into nitric oxide to regulate blood flow, fueling athletes for peak performance.
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Parenting and happiness in 22 countries
June 17, 2016 | Faculty, Research
To better understand why American parents report lower levels of happiness than non-parents, Wake Forest Professor of Sociology Robin Simon and her fellow researchers looked at adults with and without children in 22 other countries.
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