This weekend, nearly 500 Olympians will go for gold at Wake Forest University - but not in hockey, figure skating or curling. Middle and high school students from across the Piedmont Triad will flex their intellectual muscles in engineering, computer programming and problem-solving at the North Carolina Science Olympiad tournament. Categories: Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
Wake Forest University Divinity School Professor Bill Leonard said the Rev. Billy Graham was "the most enduring and perhaps the most beloved preacher in American religious history.” Leonard is available to talk about the impact Graham has had on American religion and culture. Graham died today at age 99.Categories: Experts, Research & Discovery
The Wake Forest community commemorated 184 years since the University’s founding at Founders’ Day Convocation in Wait Chapel on Feb. 15. The celebration recognizes student leaders and honors faculty for teaching, research and service.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Research & Discovery
In the wake of the deadly mass shooting in Florida, Wake Forest Counseling Professor Samuel Gladding offers suggestions for how to cope with tragedy.Categories: Experts, Research & Discovery
When we feel supported, we feel less stress. But sometimes we think we are being supportive of a romantic partner and we're not. Who hasn't experienced the self-satisfaction of feeling like we're 'helping' only to find we've only made the situation worse. Wake Forest University professor Jennifer Priem studies dating relationships and explores the connection between supportive conversations and physiological signs of stress reduction.Categories: Research & Discovery
Wake Forest University has raised more than $800 million in gifts and commitments to support students, faculty and capital projects as part of the Wake Will Lead campaign, as of Dec. 31, 2017.Categories: Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery, Transformative Giving, University Announcements
Amazon.com, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan announced plans yesterday to combine forces to manage employees' health care, with a claim that they will develop technological solutions for simplified, high-quality healthcare. These companies represent over 1 million employees and huge potential resources, of both finances and experience, to make this happen.Categories: Experts, Research & Discovery
Wake Forest University has begun a digital diabetes prevention clinical trial that features a virtual interactive program that provides personalized guidance and weekly interactive lessons to encourage healthy habits. It is the largest-ever single-blind, randomized control trial of a digital diabetes prevention program (DDP).Categories: Research & Discovery
The WFU Awards and Recognitions briefs celebrate milestones of faculty, staff and students at Wake Forest.Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Pope Francis’ visit to Peru on Jan. 15-22 takes him to the epicenter of the country’s informal and often illegal gold mining industry – the subject of groundbreaking environmental research by Wake Forest University scientists.Categories: Environment & Sustainability, Research & Discovery