New cancer center, pediatric ER planned
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center has announced plans to expand the Comprehensive Cancer Center and to build a pediatric emergency department.
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WFU Researcher: Tasers are safe
An emergency medicine researcher at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center has just published the results of a three year study on the use of Tasers by law-enforcement officers.
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Vidovich, Porter top soccer coaches
Men’s soccer head coach Jay Vidovich has been named the NCAA Division I men’s national coach of the year for the second consecutive year, and assistant coach Carson Porter has been named the Glenn “Mooch” Myernick College assistant coach of the year.
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The inaugural address: Obama’s challenge
Barack Obama needs to incorporate the themes of the greatest speeches of the last half century in his inaugural address, according to communication professor John Llewellyn. He needs to convey Martin Luther King’s dream for national unity, John F. Kennedy’s dedication and selflessness, and Franklin D. Roosevelt’s courage and confidence.Categories: University Announcements
WF vs Tigers in battle of unbeatens
Second-ranked Wake Forest takes its perfect record on the road to face undefeated Clemson, in a match up of two of the three remaining undefeated teams in the country.
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Students to participate in Inaugural Debate
Seniors Odile Hobeika and Rohit Nath will join students from five other universities on Monday to debate the priorities of the Obama administration at a Smithsonian Institution event tied to the presidential inauguration.
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Strategic plan: Preserving opportunity
Wake Forest has a long tradition of providing opportunity to young people, regardless of their families’ financial background. Read how the University intends to honor that commitment into the future in the latest Strategic Plan white paper.
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Faculty, students to offer reflections on inauguration
Several professors and students will give their personal reflections on the inauguration of President Barack Obama during a program in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library following the inauguration on Tuesday. Are you going to the inauguration? Share your comments and photographs with Window on Wake Forest.
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Student’s work featured in ScienceNews
Research on the “evolutionary warfare” between bats and moths conducted by biology graduate student Aaron Corcoran, working with Professor of Biology Bill Conner, is featured in this month’s ScienceNews magazine.
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Medical Center doctor to lead FDA
Dr. Frank Torti, the chief cancer researcher at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, will become acting head of the Food and Drug Administration during the presidential transition period.
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