Stories this week at Wake Forest
January 20, 2000 | Campus Life, Community, Events, Research, Speakers, University Announcement
SECRET CODE AND SECURITY SOFTWARE FOCUS OF EVENTS Two events on Jan. 25 will focus on cracking secret codes and other computer security issues. From 3 p.m. to 4 p.m in Benson University Center’s Pugh Auditorium will be a lecture by S. Brent Morris, senior mathematician at […]
George Dyson speech: “There’s Plenty of Room at the Top”
January 18, 2000 | Research, Speakers
There’s Plenty of Room at the Top George Dyson Author of “Darwin Among the Machines: The Evolution of Global Intelligence” speech (as delivered) at Wake Forest University, Jan. 18, 2000 Thank you. I’m learning a lot by being here. The title of the sequence of […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
January 14, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events, Research, Speakers, University Announcement
ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE, EVOLUTION OF COMPUTERS FOCUS OF TALK Author George Dyson will discuss the movement of computers toward large-scale, self-organizing systems during his talk, “There’s Plenty of Room at the Top,” from 4 p.m.-5 p.m. on Jan. 18 in Benson University Center’s Pugh Auditorium. The event is […]
Noted astrophysicist to discuss origins of the universe
January 10, 2000 | Events, Research, Speakers, University Announcement
Astrophysicist Michael S. Turner, known for his research on the origins of the universe, will speak at Wake Forest University Jan. 26. Turner’s talk, “Big Bang Cosmology: From Quark Soup to the Expanding Universe,” will be held at 8 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall. […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
January 5, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Events, Research, Speakers, University Announcement
WFU CONTINUES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CELEBRATION Throughout 1999-2000, Wake Forest is celebrating “Science & Technology: The Next Millennium” with a series of public events devoted to scientific inquiry. Events during the spring semester will cover topics such as computer security, artificial intelligence, women in science, […]
Events to look at ‘Living in a Networked World’
January 3, 2000 | Events, Faculty, Research, Speakers
Mathematicians and computer scientists will explore the tangled issues raised by living in a world tied together by the Internet and World Wide Web during a series of events at Wake Forest University Jan. 13-27. The series, “Living in a Networked World: Community, Security […]
Wake Forest continues science and technology theme
December 9, 1999 | Events, Research, University Announcement
Wake Forest University will continue to celebrate “Science and Technology: the Next Millennium” with a variety of spring semester events centered on science and technology topics such as computer security issues, women in science and the state of the environment. The university is devoting […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
November 3, 1999 | Admissions, Events, Research, Speakers, University Announcement
ATTRACTING STUDENTS TO SCIENCE AND MATH Twenty-two Parkland High School students will be at Wake Forest on Nov. 4 for a special science and math program. “We want to encourage them and provide role models for women and minority students,” said Leah McCoy, an associate […]
Genetic enhancement: Symposium addresses medical, legal questions
October 19, 1999 | Research, School of Medicine, Speakers
As genetic research comes closer to making it possible to select a child’s eye color or I.Q., or find out if cancer is likely to kill a family member, medical and legal experts are wrestling with the implications for society. On Nov. 6, scientists, […]
Researchers to host symposium on cloning technologies
October 19, 1999 | Events, Research, Speakers
The Wake Forest University School of Medicine’s Center for the Neurobehavioral Study of Alcohol Research will host a public symposium titled, “Cloning Technologies for Alcohol Research,” on Oct. 21-22 at the Piedmont Triad Community Research Center. “Cloning technologies have been successfully applied in agriculture,” […]
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