‘Hot hand’ is real, but there’s a catch
Categories: Experts, Research & Discovery
Applied mathematics major Shelby Horth named Goldwater Scholar
Wake Forest junior and Mullen/Carswell Scholar Shelby Horth has been named a 2023 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar. She is one of 413 college students from across the U.S. to receive the award for the 2023-24 academic yearCategories: Awards & Recognition, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Oscar nods: Rising tide of ‘Black Panther’ isn’t lifting all Black film
Media professor Phillip Lamarr Cunningham talks about Black representation, under-representation and the absence of representation in modern film – both nationally and internationally.Categories: Experts, Research & Discovery
With public health information saying ‘why’ matters
A new study co-authored by @Wake Forest Statistics Professor Lucy D'Agostino McGowan takes a closer look at how transparency in public health messaging can influence community response. The research, also conducted by one of her students, was recently published in the online scientific journal PLOS ONE.
Categories: University Announcements
WFU in the news: Aug. 29-Sept. 4
Selected news clips courtesy of Wake Forest University News and CommunicationsCategories: Research & Discovery
Paying for exercise coaching now keeps older adults out of hospital
When it comes to helping older adults, research suggests that a relatively inexpensive exercise and education program pays for itself by preventing major mobility problems and reducing the need for health care services.Categories: Research & Discovery
‘9th Wonder’ and poet Brenda Marie Osbey to join WFU African American Studies Program
Grammy award-winning producer and Winston-Salem native Patrick “9th Wonder” Douthit and renowned poet Brenda Marie Osbey will join Wake Forest's African American Studies Program as professors for the 2022-2023 academic year.Categories: Research & Discovery
African American Studies director explains Juneteenth
Corey D. B. Walker, humanities professor and director of the Program in African American Studies, discusses the history of Juneteenth and the importance of marking the holiday.Categories: Research & Discovery
WFU in the news: May 30-June 5
Selected news clips courtesy of Wake Forest University News & CommunicationsCategories: Research & Discovery
Sociology class uses 1950 Census to create work history family trees
When Wake Forest sophomore Gabi Overcast-Hawks searched the 1950 U.S. Census records, she found her grandfather’s handwritten name, along with his mother and father and seven brothers and sisters. Place of birth: Carroll County, Virginia. Occupation: farmer. She and the other students in Professor of Sociology Ana-Maria Gonzalez Wahl’s “Sociology of Work, Conflict and Change” class, used the demographic snapshots of people in their own family trees to better understand bigger picture societal trends.
Categories: Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery