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Three WFU students named 2021 Goldwater Scholars
March 31, 2021 | Faculty, Scholars, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
Joseph McCalmon, Ashley Peake and Samuel Schwartz have been named 2021 Barry S. Goldwater Scholars. The three are among 410 college students from across the U.S. to receive the award for the 2021-22 academic year.
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“Explorations of Self: Black Portraiture” to open in Hanes Gallery
September 2, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Valuing Diversity
“Explorations of Self: Black Portraiture from the Cochran Collection” will open at Wake Forest University’s Hanes Gallery on Sept. 21 and run through March 28. Planned programming will include artist talks, group discussions and community outreach. Details will be announced as they are finalized. Although a year in the making, “this exhibition arrives at an […]
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USAID awards an additional $2.14 million to WFU rainforest research center
April 23, 2019 | Faculty, Media Advisory, Recognition, Research, Staff, Sustainability, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
Wake Forest University’s Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation (CINCIA) has received $2.14 million in additional funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), supporting the expansion of the research center’s study of mercury pollution and reforestation in the Peruvian Amazon.
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Hold the mustard: What makes spiders fussy eaters?
April 15, 2019 | Faculty, Graduate School, Media Advisory, Research, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, University Announcement
It might be one of nature’s most agile and calculating hunters, but the wolf spider won’t harm an insect that literally leaves a bad taste in its mouth, according to new research by a team of Wake Forest University sensory neuroscientists, including C.J. “Jake” Saunders.
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WFU awards and recognitions briefs
September 28, 2018 | Arts & Culture, Events, Faculty, Mentoring, Recognition, Research, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
The WFU Awards and Recognitions briefs celebrate milestones of faculty, staff and students at Wake Forest.
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Undergraduate Research Day 2017 showcases student creativity
October 30, 2017 | Campus Life, Community, Events, Faculty, Mentoring, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Hundreds of students, faculty, staff and family members stopped by the Z. Smith Reynolds Library atrium on Oct. 27 to explore Undergraduate Research Day, a hallmark event at Wake Forest University.
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Chemistry professor receives NSF CAREER Award for $500K
May 1, 2017 | Faculty, Media Advisory, Recognition, Research, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
Chemistry professor Michael Gross has been named a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program Award winner. The CAREER Award from the NSF Directorate for Engineering provides $500,000 over five years.
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WFU students ‘Wake the Vote’ for Election 2016
October 25, 2016 | Faculty, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
Since January, a group of students has traveled a long and winding political road with stops in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, New York, D.C., Cleveland and Philadelphia. The goal: experience democracy on the front lines and become more engaged citizens.
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Research Day highlights ‘big time’ research by students
October 11, 2016 | Faculty, Mentoring, Research, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
Undergraduate Research Day, a hallmark campus event at Wake Forest University, celebrated its 10-year milestone Friday, Oct. 7 in a new space, Z. Smith Reynolds Library’s atrium.
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Wake Forest one of ‘50 Colleges That Create Futures’
September 8, 2015 | Admissions, Mentoring, Personal and Career Development, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
Wake Forest University is featured in “Colleges That Create Futures: 50 Schools That Launch Careers by Going Beyond the Classroom” — a new Princeton Review book highlighting the nation’s best institutions.