Philosopher and expert on artificial intelligence to lecture
March 23, 2000 | Events, Speakers, University Announcement
John Searle, an internationally recognized expert on the philosophy of language, artificial intelligence and the nature of consciousness, will lecture at Wake Forest University on March 28 at 8 p.m. in Carswell Hall’s Annenberg Forum. Searle is Mills Professor of the Philosophy of Mind […]
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March 23, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Events, Research, Speakers, University Announcement
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL AT WFU World cultures will be the focus of an International Festival Series from March 27 to April 1. All events are free and open to the public. Events during the week will include a foreign film series, a concert of Latin salsa music […]
WFU to host lecture by Princeton mathematician
March 21, 2000 | Events, Speakers
Ingrid Daubechies, a Princeton University mathematics professor, will lecture on the principles and applications of wavelets at Wake Forest University on April 12 at 8 p.m. in Calloway Hall, Room 17. Daubechies’ talk, “Surfing with Wavelets,” is the 1999-2000 Gentry Lecture. Wavelets are a new […]
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March 16, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Events, Media Advisory, Research, Speakers, University Announcement
WFU BEGINS DEFIBRILLATOR TRAINING PROGRAM Wake Forest is one of the first organizations in North Carolina to implement the American Heart Association’s Public Access to Debfribrillation program, or PAD. Through the program, Wake Forest is training key staff members and students to use automated external […]
Students exploring internet’s use in debate
March 13, 2000 | Campus Life, Events, Research, Speakers, Student
Wake Forest University is calling on its students to explore creative ways for using the Internet with the presidential debate coming to the university next fall. “When it comes to technology, it pays to turn to college students for innovative ideas,” said Jay Dominick, […]
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March 1, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events, Speakers, University Announcement
ACTIVIST ANGELA DAVIS TO SPEAK AT WAKE FOREST TONIGHT The media is invited to cover a talk by political activist Angela Davis tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Wake Forest’s Benson University Center, Room 410. Davis gained national attention as a political activist in the 1960s. In 1970, […]
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February 28, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
SUZUKI, ENVIRONMENTALIST AND TELEVISION HOST, TO DELIVER FOUNDERS’ DAY ADDRESS Award-winning scientist, environmentalist and television program host David Suzuki will deliver the Founders’ Day Convocation address at 11 a.m. on Feb. 10 in Wait Chapel. Admission is free and the public is invited. Suzuki is […]
Activist Angela Davis to speak at Wake Forest
February 23, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events, Speakers
Angela Davis, who gained national attention as a political activist in the 1960s, will speak at Wake Forest University on March 1. The free, public lecture will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Benson University Center, Room 410. In 1970, Davis was placed on […]
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February 17, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events, Speakers, University Announcement
COMMEMORATIVE WALK, HISTORICAL MARKER DEDICATION On Wednesday, Feb. 23, the city of Winston-Salem will honor Carl W. Matthews and students from Wake Forest and Winston-Salem State University who participated in a sit-in against segregated lunch counters 40 years ago to the day. At 2:30 p.m., the […]
NSA mathematician to lecture at Wake Forest
February 15, 2000 | Events, Speakers
S. Brent Morris, senior mathematician at the National Security Agency, will present a lecture, “Classic Cryptanalysis: The Folger Manuscript,” in Benson University Center’s Pugh Auditorium at 3 p.m. Feb. 28. The lecture is free and open to the public. Robert Folger, a 19th century New […]
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