Environment is real bottom line, Suzuki tells WFU audience
February 10, 2000 | Events, Research, Speakers
The real bottom line is the environment, not the economy, according to Canadian environmentalist and television host David Suzuki at Wake Forest University’s Founders’ Day Convocation Thursday, Feb. 10. Suzuki spoke at Wake Forest as part of “Science and Technology: The Next Millennium,” the […]
Film, lecture will focus on AIDS, other life-threatening diseases
February 7, 2000 | Events, Research, Speakers
The film, “Still/Here,” will be shown at Wake Forest University at 7 p.m. on Feb. 17 in the Scales Fine Arts Center, Room 102. The event is free and open to the public. An informal reception will follow the film. The film, an adaptation of […]
WFU to host symposium on women, science and technology
February 3, 2000 | Events, Research, Speakers
In a two-day symposium Feb. 21 and Feb. 22 on “Women, Science and Technology,” Wake Forest University will bring three scientists to campus to discuss issues important to women scientists. The symposium runs from 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. Feb. 21 and from 2:30 […]
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January 28, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers, University Announcement
DEBATE ON INTERNET PRIVACY AND RELATED ISSUES Is the availability of information on the World Wide Web a threat to individual privacy? Is it a threat to decency? Should information be censored on the Web? The Wake Forest debate team will tackle these issues and […]
Environmentalist / television host to deliver convocation address
January 26, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
Award-winning scientist, environmentalist and television program host David Suzuki will give Wake Forest’s Founders’ Day Convocation address at 11 a.m. on Feb. 10 in Wait Chapel. Admission is free and the public is invited. Suzuki is familiar to American television viewers as the host […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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, […]
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