On April Fools’ Day, Cindy Gendrich’s students may have an advantage when planning practical jokes. In the theater professor’s first-year seminar, “Why Do People Laugh?” they have serious discussions about what causes giggles and guffaws.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
As an undergraduate studying abroad at Oxford, Jessica Richard was introduced to tutorial-style grading. Now on the other side of the desk, she uses the "paper conference" as a way to help her students learn to become better writers.
With concern for healthier eating, community gardens are experiencing unprecedented growth. Experts offer insights into the benefits of sharing the work and the food.Categories: Community Impact, Environment & Sustainability, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Wake Forest Professor of Church History Bill Leonard and Divinity School graduate Rev. Yvonne Hines (MDiv. ’04) each received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Community Service at The Chronicle’s 26th annual Community Service Awards on March 19.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Community Impact, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
The late Bob Knott dedicated much of his time during his long career teaching art at Wake Forest to helping students build the Student Union Collection of Contemporary Art. Some of his artwork will be sold during this Friday's Gallery Hop in downtown Winston-Salem to continue his passion for the Student Union collection.Categories: Arts & Culture, Community Impact, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
Nuhu Yaqub, the Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence, will discuss how corruption in Africa has limited economic and political development in a continent rich with natural resources during a lecture on Monday. It's part of a new series, "Winston-Salem and the World Scene," sponsored by Wake Forest and other local colleges and universities.Categories: Community Impact, Global Wake Forest, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
Missing pieces in the biodiversity puzzle make it impossible to accurately predict the effects of climate change on most plant species in the Amazon and other tropical areas, according to a new study by Associate Professor of Biology Miles Silman. The scarcity of data on many species raises new questions for conservation biologists.
Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
If college counseling for underrepresented students does not become a crucial part of education reform, then reform will not bear nearly enough fruit, writes Omari Simmons, an associate professor at the School of Law.
Professor Emeritus of Chemistry Paul Gross, who taught from 1959 until 1987, died March 17. For nearly 20 years, Gross was the coordinator of the University’s interdisciplinary honors program. Categories: Research & Discovery
In Libya, the strategy of military intervention could spark a humanitarian crisis, says Associate Professor of Political Science Sarah Lischer. Author of "Dangerous Sanctuaries: Refugee Crises, Civil War, and the Dilemmas of Humanitarian Aid," Lischer studies refugees, humanitarian aid, civil war and African politics.Categories: Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery, University Announcements