WFU in the news: Oct. 3-9
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Selected news clips courtesy of Wake Forest University News & CommunicationsResearchers identify cognitive impacts of mercury exposure on Peru’s Matsigenka people
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Michael Schur, TV producer and “The Good Place” creator, to visit WFU
Michael Schur, the television writer and producer who created the show “The Good Place,” and co-created “Parks and Recreation,” will visit Wake Forest University Oct. 17.Categories: University Announcements
‘Hit the Bricks’ relay race raises funds for cancer research
On Thursday, Oct. 6, Wake Forest community members will “Hit the Bricks” to raise money for cancer research in honor of football star Brian Piccolo.The eight-hour relay race starts at 11 a.m. with an opening ceremony at 11 a.m. and concludes at 7 p.m. with a final lap in remembrance of cancer victims and in celebration of cancer survivors.Categories: University Announcements
WFU in the news: Sept. 26-Oct.2
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They’re back: Employers return for on-campus job recruiting
Wake Forest hosted its largest, in-person fall career fair in a decade. Vice President, Innovation and Career Development Andy Chan sees the same trend among peer schools that are also experiencing large increases in on-campus recruiting.Categories: University Announcements
NBC News features Wake Forest’s research in the Peruvian Amazon
A new NBC News investigation into illegal gold mining in Peru highlights the work Wake Forest University researchers – both Peruvian and American – are doing to make trees thrive in a landscape devastated by mining.
Through Wake Forest’s Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation (CINCIA), based in the Madre de Dios region of the Peruvian Amazon, scientists like Miles Silman, Luis Fernandez and an international team of researchers are developing ways to reforest the land while protecting human health and natural systems.Categories: University Announcements
WFU in the news: Sept. 19-25
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WS-TEACH receives $4.7M grant to strengthen local teacher recruitment
Winston-Salem State University, Wake Forest University, Salem College, and Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools (WS/FCS) have received a $4.7 million Teacher Quality Partnership program grant.Categories: University Announcements
WFU puts students face to face with Jon Meacham
Wake Forest students and students from other area schools gathered for an hour-long Q&A with Presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham.Categories: University Announcements