WFU professor says Christian holiday season overshadows Non-Christian traditions
November 11, 2002 | Faculty, Research, University Announcement
The holiday messages communicated through media, in stores and by close friends often counter Jewish beliefs and overshadow the traditions of millions of non-Christians in the United States, says a Wake Forest University English professor. “The fact is that the term non-Christians includes many kinds […]
Bioethics expert to speak on physician-assisted suicide
November 8, 2002 | Events, Research, School of Medicine, Speakers
David Orentlicher, an expert in bioethics and law, will give a public lecture titled “Physician-Assisted Suicide (To Kill or Not to Kill: Is That the Question?)” Nov. 21 at 1 p.m. in Room 407 of the Benson University Center at Wake Forest University. He will […]
Stories this week at WFU
November 7, 2002 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events, Faculty, Research, Speakers, Student
WFU DEBATE SPECIALIST COACHES DOLE IN SENATE RACE – Allan Louden, associate professor of communication and director of the debate program at Wake Forest, was part of an elite consultation group for senator-elect Elizabeth Dole’s campaign. Louden, an expert on debate who has published papers on […]
WFU guest lecturer to discuss law and democracy in Israel
November 1, 2002 | Events, Research, Speakers
Menachem Hofnung, director of the Joint Graduate Program in Public Policy and Law at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, will give a lecture called “Civil Liberties in Post 9-11 Democratic Society: A Perspective from Israel” at Wake Forest University at 7 p.m. Nov. 11. The free […]
Braxton’s book declares African-Americans need intellectual liberation
October 21, 2002 | Faculty, Research, School of Divinity, University Announcement
Although African-Americans have been free from the bonds of slavery for more than a century, many African-Americans remain subservient to the notion that “if it’s white, it’s right,” says a Wake Forest University biblical studies expert and author of a new book that explores the […]
Stories this week at WFU
October 17, 2002 | Community, Events, Research, Speakers
MORE MONEY EQUALS ADVERTISING OVERLOAD – The amount of money raised and spent on North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race outstrips funds generated in any of the other 34 U.S. Senate campaigns in the country this year. John Dinan, assistant professor of political science at Wake Forest […]
Guest lecturer to discuss how matching drugs to DNA can help, harm
October 11, 2002 | Research, School of Medicine, Speakers, University Announcement
Allen Buchanan, professor of philosophy and public policy at Duke University’s Sanford Institute and director of the Consortium on Pharmacogenetics, will speak at Wake Forest University Oct. 15 at 4 p.m. Buchanan will present “Matching Your Drugs to Your DNA: Ethical/Regulatory Issues in Pharmacogenetics.” The […]
WFU professor and author to sign book ‘No Longer Slaves’
October 4, 2002 | Events, Faculty, Research, School of Divinity
Editor’s Note: For more information about events featuring Wake Forest Professor Brad R. Braxton or to schedule an interview, contact Jacob McConnico at mcconnjn@wfu.edu or 336-758-5237. Brad R. Braxton, the Jessie Ball duPont Assistant Professor of Homiletics and Biblical Studies at Wake Forest University Divinity […]
WFU to present lecture on the first black Marines
October 4, 2002 | Research, Speakers
North Carolina historian Melton McLaurin will present a lecture titled “Fighting Segregation: World War Two and America’s First Black Marines” on Oct. 22 at 4 p.m. in Tribble Hall’s DeTamble Auditorium at Wake Forest University. McLaurin is a professor of history and associate vice chancellor […]
Wake Forest researcher studies effectiveness of popular joint pain medicine
October 2, 2002 | Research, School of Medicine, University Announcement
Doctors recommend them to their patients, health stores hype their benefits to ailing baby boomers and they have become a multi-million dollar industry — but no one knows for sure if glucosamine and chondroitin supplements actually work to ease aching joints, says a Wake Forest […]
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