Pop culture expert can discuss cultural significance of Jackie Kennedy
April 22, 2004 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
David Lubin, Charlotte C. Weber Professor of Art at Wake Forest University and author of the 2003 book “Shooting Kennedy: JFK and the Culture of Images,” can comment on the cultural significance of Jackie Kennedy as the 10th anniversary of her death approaches. In his […]
WFU political science professor writes new book ‘Blair’s War’
April 21, 2004 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
In one of the first books to critically examine the arguments that were given for going to war with Iraq, David Coates, the Worrell Professor of Anglo-American Studies at Wake Forest University, writes that British Prime Minister Tony Blair engaged in a “comedy of errors” […]
WFU professor to give timely talk on state of Europe, ‘Blair’s War’
April 20, 2004 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
David Coates, the Worrell Professor of Anglo-American Studies at Wake Forest University and co-author of the recently released book “Blair’s War,” will give the free, public lecture “Europe Today: Blair’s War” at 7 p.m. April 22 in Pugh Auditorium in Benson University Center. During his […]
Stories this week at WFU
April 15, 2004 | Events, Speakers
PEMEX LEADER TO DELIVER BROYHILL LECTURE AT WFU Raúl Muñoz Leos, director general of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), will deliver the 2004 Broyhill Executive Lecture titled “Democratic Values and the Development of Energy” at 5:30 p.m. April 15. A panel discussion, “Driving Profitable Growth,” will be […]
WFU hauntings conference looks at stories of ghostly lore
April 8, 2004 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
A ghost supposedly lives in Hanes Park in Winston-Salem. Another one named Lydia allegedly appears on North Carolina Route 70 near an overgrown, graffiti-covered bridge in Jamestown. These urban legends and other folklore related to the literature of “haunting” will be among the topics discussed […]
Stories this week at WFU
April 8, 2004 | Events, Speakers, University Announcement
NEWS SERVICE CLOSED, CLASSES CANCELLED FOR GOOD FRIDAY Classes will not meet and administrative offices on the Reynolda Campus will be closed April 9 in observance of Good Friday. For urgent media needs during this time, contact the News Service at 336-758-5237 and follow the […]
Experts discuss animal and human minds at WFU
April 7, 2004 | Events, Speakers
What does it mean to be an animal? Philosophers and psychologists will discuss this and related questions at the two-day conference “Being an Animal” at Wake Forest University April 16-17. The conference will be held in DeTamble Auditorium in Tribble Hall. Admission is free. On […]
WFU to create buzz at heads vs. feds debate
April 2, 2004 | Events, Speakers
The Wake Forest University Student Union will present “Heads vs. Feds: The Great Debate,” with Steven Hager, former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine, and Robert Stutman, a 25-year veteran of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), April 14 at 8 p.m. The lecture will focus […]
Symposium on death penalty to be held at WFU
April 1, 2004 | Events, Speakers
Students at Wake Forest University have organized the free public event, “Death Penalty Moratorium Symposium: The Case for a N.C. Moratorium,” at 7 p.m. April 13 in Benson University Center’s Pugh Auditorium. Darryl Hunt, a Winston-Salem resident who was recently released from prison after being […]
Colin Powell to give WFU commencement address May 17
April 1, 2004 | Events, Speakers
Secretary of State Colin L. Powell is scheduled to deliver Wake Forest University’s commencement address May 17. It will be Powell’s first commencement address at any college or university since being named secretary of state in 2001. Powell will address approximately 1,500 Wake Forest graduates […]
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