Stories this week at Wake Forest
February 19, 1999 | Arts & Culture, Events, Research, Speakers, Student
CAMPBELL SOUP CEO TO DISCUSS GLOBAL BRAND MANAGEMENT Dale Morrison, president and chief executive officer of Campbell Soup Company, will discuss global brand management on Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 4:30 p.m. in Pugh Auditorium. Morrison was named to his current position with Campbell in 1997. […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
February 4, 1999 | Events, Research, Speakers
PHYSICIST TO DISCUSS HOROSCOPES Eric Carlson, associate professor of physics at Wake Forest, will present a talk titled “A Scientist Looks at Astrology” Saturday, Feb. 6, at the university. In his remarks, Carlson will discuss the origin and history of horoscopes, and what scientific testing […]
Scientist to Discuss Origin, History of Horoscopes
February 3, 1999 | Events, Research, Speakers
Eric Carlson, associate professor of physics at Wake Forest University, will present a talk titled “A Scientist Looks at Astrology” Saturday, Feb. 6, at the university. Carlson’s presentation, which is free and open to the public, will be made at 4 p.m. in Olin Physical […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
January 29, 1999 | Campus Life, Events, Recognition, Research
FOUNDERS’ DAY ADDRESS BY ACTIVIST WOLE SOYINKA Wole Soyinka, a Nigerian author and political activist, will deliver the Founders’ Day Convocation address during the 11 a.m. ceremony on Tuesday, Feb. 2, in Wait Chapel. Soyinka, a poet, playwright and novelist, won the Nobel Prize for […]
Conference to Explore Technology Impact on Learning
January 25, 1999 | Community, Events, Research, Speakers
As educators nationwide are asking how much computers influence learning, Wake Forest University is presenting a conference to help them develop answers. The First Annual Congress on the Impact of Technology Upon Learning will be held at Wake Forest March 1-3. The university’s International Center […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
January 22, 1999 | Events, Research, Speakers
STUDY EXPLORES EFFECTS OF EXERCISE, DIET ON ARTHRITIS According to a Wake Forest University study, exercise and diet may improve physical function and the quality of life for senior citizens afflicted with osteoarthritis of the knee. The study, funded by a grant from the National […]
Study Explores Effects of Exercise, Diet on Arthritis
January 18, 1999 | Research, School of Medicine
A Wake Forest University study is finding that exercise and diet may improve physical function and the quality of life for overweight senior citizens afflicted with osteoarthritis of the knee. The study, Arthritis Diet and Activity Promotion Trial (ADAPT), is a joint effort between the […]
Blackbeard’s Ship Wreckage Focus of Talk by WFU
October 12, 1998 | Events, Research, Speakers
The underwater archaeological investigation of Blackbeard’s lost flagship will be discussed on Thursday, Oct. 29, in an event co-sponsored by the Wake Forest University Archaeology Laboratories and the Old Salem Archeology Center. Steve Claggett, an archaeologist with the N.C. Division of Archives and History, will […]
Barber to Discuss Democracy and Globalization at WFU
September 24, 1998 | Events, Research, Speakers
Political scholar and theorist Benjamin Barber will present “Can Democracy Survive Globalization?” at Wake Forest University on Monday, Sept. 28. Barber, who received acclaim for “Jihad Versus McWorld,” an Atlantic Monthly article about the negative effects of tribalism and markets on democracy, will speak […]
Arias Calls for U.S., Other Nations to Fight Poverty
September 17, 1998 | Events, Research, Speakers
Oscar Arias Sanchez, Costa Rica’s former president, called for a worldwide effort to relieve rampant global poverty during an address at Wake Forest University on Sept. 17. “Global inequality is expanding at an insidious rate. If staggering levels of poverty are ignored, future inhabitants […]
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