Wake Forest Associate Provost for the Arts Christina Soriano has been named a 2019-2020 Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Fellow. Soriano is one of eight change-makers from across the nation who will begin a year-long fellowship at the Kennedy Center Arts Summit on Monday, April 29.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Research & Discovery
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.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Environment & Sustainability, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
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.
The WFU Awards and Recognitions briefs celebrate milestones of faculty, staff and students at Wake Forest.
From “Captain Marvel” to “Shazam” to “Avengers: Endgame,” what is it about these stories that keep audiences coming back? Spoiler alert: It’s not just the special effects.Categories: Experts, Research & Discovery
The man who co-wrote what is considered the “bible” of biomedical ethics will keynote a conference called “Beyond Our Beginnings: 50 Years of Bioethics” April 5 at Wake Forest University’s Graylyn International Conference Center.Categories: Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
Gamelan Giri Murti (Gamelan of the Enchanted Forest) Wake Forest’s Balinese percussion and dance ensemble is hosting a spring concert featuring guest directors I Made Lasmawan and dance Ni Ketut Marni on Wednesday, March 20 at 7:30 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall.Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
Budding scientists of all ages can now learn about nature’s microscopic building blocks, thanks to a new exhibit that recently opened at Kaleideum North. Molecules offers visitors the opportunity to explore the world of atoms – the tiny bits of stuff that make up everything.Categories: Community Impact, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery
Improving achievement in the first course in engineering may lay the foundation for more women and minorities to pursue engineering as a major, according to new research by Wake Forest University economics professor Amanda Griffith.Categories: Research & Discovery
Bailey Power Plant will look different tonight when Wake Forest University students turn the old coal-fired plant into a modern work of public art.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery