When Emily English applied to Wake Forest, she had no idea of the impact that sociology professor Joseph Soares already had made on her life. Soares' research pushed the University toward its test-optional admissions process, which has attracted many students like English. Soares now has a new book detailing the negative impact of standardized tests.
To make sure Halloween festivities are full of fun, not fear, Professor of Psychology Deborah Best suggests that parents and volunteers try to experience the holiday through children’s eyes.Categories: Research & Discovery
Professor Steve Nickles recently taught a course for the School of Law. Only Nickles and his students weren't actually in the school. The course was taught in a virtual environment. Last spring, Wake Forest became the only university in the world with a site-wide license for WebEx from Cisco, making this level of interaction possible.Categories: Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Who knew a fish out of water could be so coordinated? Biologist Miriam Ashley-Ross is on a team of researchers who discovered several species of fish can make impressive leaps on land that shed light on evolutionary questions.
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Wake Forest's “Great Teachers” class gives students the opportunity to learn from the best by planning and executing visits from four leading communications researchers.Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
With an esteemed group of faculty, Wake Forest often is a source for the media on important news topics. Recently, professors Polly Black, Paul Pauca and Ananda Mitra shared with the media their perspectives, gratitude and lessons learned from Steve Jobs' remarkable life.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
From stem cell research to genetic testing to inequities in health care, bioethics questions are part of conversations throughout the United States every day. Two Wake Forest professors, Nancy King and Michael J. Hyde, explain why talking about bioethics is so important and share insights from their new book.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
In the U.S., the population identifying itself as Hispanic or Latino grew by 43 percent from 2000 to 2010, compared to 9.7 percent overall growth in the population. Professor Peter Siavelis talks about how we can best prepare for embracing cultural change.Categories: Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
The producer and director of photography on the Oscar-nominated documentary “Hoop Dreams” adds his expertise to the Documentary Film Program — teaching both graduate and undergraduate courses.Categories: Arts & Culture, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
How do honesty, compassion, empathy and other traits combine to create human character? That’s what the first grants from The Character Project, a three-year, multi-million dollar program, aim to discover. Twelve grants totaling nearly $2 million have been awarded to psychology scholars.Categories: Research & Discovery