Anthropologist to discuss the approaching Maya millennium
October 11, 1999 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
Duncan Earle, an expert on Mayan culture and the Mayan calendar system, will visit Winston-Salem Oct. 31-Nov. 1 to present two talks focusing on the intersection of contemporary and ancient Mayan life. The first, titled, “The Ancient Future Past: Approaching the Maya Millennium,” will begin […]
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September 30, 1999 | Arts & Culture, Events, School of Divinity, Speakers
DIVINITY SCHOOL CELEBRATES INAUGURAL CONVOCATION Wake Forest’s new Divinity School will celebrate its inaugural convocation Oct. 12 during two days of events, including seminars, lectures and a worship service. “Theology at the Threshold of the 21st Century” is the theme of events held Oct. 12 […]
Speaker to discuss ‘Adventures of a Chemist Collector’
September 29, 1999 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
Alfred Bader, research chemist, business executive and art connoisseur, will deliver two lectures at Wake Forest University-one dealing with chemistry and another about his art collection. Author of the book, “Adventures of a Chemist Collector,” Bader will speak about his collection at 7 p.m. Oct. […]
WFU to host Science and Technology film series
September 24, 1999 | Arts & Culture, Events, Research, Speakers
A Wake Forest University weekend film symposium, “The (Mis)representation of Science and Technology in Film: Genetic Engineering, Cloning and Other Technology-Altered Bodies,” will feature films and discussions Oct. 1-2. In a double feature, “Gattaca” and ” Robocop” will be shown at 8 p.m. on […]
ACLU president to speak at WFU Law School
September 17, 1999 | Events, School of Law, Speakers, University Announcement
Nadine Strossen, president of the American Civil Liberties Union, will speak at the Wake Forest University School of Law on Sept. 22. Strossen’s talk, “Cyberliberties, Free Speech and Civil Liberty on the Internet,” will begin at noon on Sept. 22 in the Worrell Professional Center, […]
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September 16, 1999 | Events, Speakers, University Announcement
STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO COMPETE IN LOCAL DEBATE TOURNAMENT Nearly 1,200 high school students from 35 states will be in Winston-Salem to compete in the National Earlybird Forensics Tournament on Sept. 17-19. Competitions will be held at Wake Forest, North Forsyth High School […]
Scholar to speak on music, Holocaust
September 1, 1999 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
Music researcher Elizabeth Jordan will present “The Holocaust: Musicians and Choices” on Sept. 9 at Wake Forest University. Jordan’s lecture about the Third Reich’s effect on music and musicians during Adolph Hitler’s reign in Germany will begin at 8 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall. The […]
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September 1, 1999 | Campus Life, Events, Research, Speakers, Student, University Announcement
RESEARCHING A PIRATE SHIP FOCUS OF TALK The investigation of a shipwreck believed to be Queen Anne’s Revenge, Blackbeard’s lost flagship, will be the focus of a talk by Mark Wilde-Ramsing at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 2 at the Museum of Anthropology. Wilde-Ramsing is an underwater […]
DNA researcher, Nobel Laureate will begin year
August 27, 1999 | Events, Research, School of Medicine, Speakers, University Announcement
James D. Watson, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist and pioneer of DNA research, will kick off Wake Forest University’s yearlong celebration of “Science and Technology: The Next Millennium” on Sept. 16. Watson will speak at the university’s Opening Convocation at 11 a.m. in Wait Chapel. […]
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August 26, 1999 | Events, Research, School of Business, Speakers, University Announcement
CALLOWAY STUDENTS NATION’S BEST ON CPA EXAM Accounting students in the Wayne Calloway School of Business and Accountancy ranked first in the nation for passing all four parts of the CPA exam in one sitting. The rankings are based on CPA exams taken in 1998 […]
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