Harvard scholar on race and poverty to speak at WFU
March 4, 2004 | Events, Speakers
Orlando Patterson, John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University and a leading scholar on the roots of racism and poverty, will present a lecture at Wake Forest University at 4 p.m. March 22 in Benson University Center’s Pugh Auditorium. Patterson’s talk, “American Dionysus: The […]
Congressman Boucher to highlight WFU technology event March 22
March 4, 2004 | Events, Speakers, University Announcement
Wake Forest University will host its 2nd annual Technology Consortium March 22-23 in the Information Systems Building on the university’s Reynolda Campus. The event will bring together leaders from Southeastern colleges and universities to share ideas on effective uses of technology on college campuses. It […]
Stories this week at WFU
March 4, 2004 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
MCDONALDS’ LOSES THE SUPER SIZE, WILL AMERICANS? – McDonald’s announced this week that it is getting rid of the extra-large “Super Size” portions that had become one of its signatures. Paul Ribisl, chair and professor of health and exercise science at Wake Forest, says the move […]
Math Expert, ‘Game of Life’ inventor, to lecture at WFU
March 3, 2004 | Events, Speakers
The Wake Forest University Department of Mathematics will present the annual Ivey and Nell Gentry Lectureship with world-renowned math expert and game inventor John Conway on March 16. The Gentry lecture includes two free public lectures. The first, which is intended for people with a […]
Great Decisions Forum to be held at WFU
March 2, 2004 | Community, Events, Speakers
Wake Forest University’s Center for International Studies will host Winston-Salem’s Great Decisions 2004, a six-week citizens’ forum on current foreign policy issues, March 18 through April 22. Each forum will be held at 7 p.m. in Scales Fine Arts Center, Room A102 on the Wake […]
WFU Sociologist to discuss academics and athletics
March 1, 2004 | Athletics, Events, Speakers
Earl Smith, Rubin Professor of American Ethnic Studies at Wake Forest University, will present a lecture titled “The Modern World System: Academics and Athletics in the New Millennium” at 4 p.m. March 18 in Greene Hall, Room 145. The free, public talk is part of […]
Stories this week at WFU
February 26, 2004 | Campus Life, Events, Speakers
PATCH ADAMS CLOWNS AROUND FOR BENEFIT EVENT AT WAKE FOREST Dr. Hunter (Patch) Adams, the physician and clown made famous by Robin Williams’ portrayal of him in the hit movie “Patch Adams,” will present “The Joy of Caring,” a benefit lecture on love and service […]
Journalist Quindlen lauds role of media in fostering dialogue
February 19, 2004 | Speakers
In a passionate speech that unfolded as a broad defense of the modern media, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author Anna Quindlen told an audience at Wake Forest University Feb. 19 that the variety of news sources and more diversity in news organizations has given […]
Stories this week at WFU
February 18, 2004 | Community, Events, Speakers
MEDIA INVITED TO ANNA QUINDLEN TALK Anna Quindlen, best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, will give the Founders’ Day Convocation address at Wake Forest at 11 a.m. Feb. 19 in Wait Chapel. Media are invited to cover her talk. Broadcast media are encouraged to arrive […]
WFU Divinity School hosts second Phyllis Trible Lecture Series March 2-3
February 18, 2004 | Events, School of Divinity, Speakers
The annual Phyllis Trible Lecture Series at Wake Forest University brings four prominent lecturers in the field of feminist theology to Wait Chapel for a program March 2 and 3 focused on the topic “The Children of Hagar and Sarah: Feminist Perspectives in Judaism, Christianity […]
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