Law professor Michael D. Green was named as a co-winner of the 2012 John G. Fleming Memorial Prize for Torts Scholarship. He will jointly deliver the Second Fleming Lecture at the UC Berkeley School of Law on Monday, Nov. 5.Categories: Awards & Recognition, University Announcements
Categories: University Announcements
Wake Forest researchers received a $700,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to bring to market a new drug-discovery tool using next-generation genetic sequencing. Someday, pharmaceutical companies will use their technology as a sort of Google search for new drugs, making diagnostics discovery significantly more efficient.
Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Categories: University Announcements
The “Big Tent,” a public art project conceived by Wake Forest art professor David Finn, provided a safe space for students at Mt. Tabor High School to talk openly about ethnic and cultural differences.Categories: Alumni, Arts & Culture, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Inclusive Excellence, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Bentrice Jusu, a senior studio arts major, not only creates socially and economically conscious documentaries, but she also runs her own nonprofit organization to benefit underprivileged teenagers and the arts in her hometown of Trenton, N.J.
The 24th annual Project Pumpkin brought more than 1,400 Winston-Salem area children to campus for an afternoon of fall celebrations. Sponsored by the Volunteer Service Corps, Project Pumpkin is one of WFU’s largest community events.Categories: Campus Life, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
With her Richter Scholarship, junior Lauren Edgar traveled to the lab of Nobel Laureate Peter Doherty in Melbourne, Australia, to work on T-cell immunity and help develop a universal influenza vaccine. Her experiences redefined the way she thought about science and medicine.Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, University Announcements
The School of Divinity’s innovative Food, Faith and Religious Leadership Initiative will prepare religious leaders to guide congregations and religious communities in addressing food issues such as hunger, obesity and food justice.Categories: Community Impact, Environment & Sustainability, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Categories: University Announcements