July 2010 Faculty Focus
Categories: Research & Discovery
July 2010 Faculty Focus
Categories: Research & Discovery
Reynolds named law associate dean
School of Law Professor Suzanne Reynolds has been named to a three-year term as the school’s Executive Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.
Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute funds research by Wake Forest professor
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health, announced today that it will fund nine research grants to improve the safety of red blood cell transfusions.Categories: Research & Discovery
Professors argue against budget cuts
As pressure for federal deficit-reduction grows, professors Donald Frey and David Coates argue that cutting federal and state budgets now — in the midst of the continuing recession and high unemployment — is “madness masquerading as sense.”
Categories: Research & Discovery
Professor, noted film critic Peter Brunette dies
Professor Peter Brunette, a well-known film historian, author and critic, died unexpectedly June 16 while attending the Taormina Film Festival in Italy.
Brunette, who was 66, died of an apparent heart attack. He is survived by a sister, Rose Dean.Categories: Arts & Culture, Research & Discovery
June 2010 Faculty Focus
Categories: Research & Discovery
Professor Pat Roberts retires after teaching students the importance of words
Despite numerous run-ins with cars over the years, Pat Roberts still has a passion for running and cycling. Now that she’s retired from the School of Law, she may be trading her road bike for a mountain bike and heading to the wilds of Southern Utah to explore the sandstone and red-rock desert where her daughter gives guided mountain bike tours.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Professor Tom Roberts retires after finding a home at Wake Forest for three decades
Tom Roberts served in the Peace Corps in Ecuador years ago, and he’s spent time in the Amazon jungle. But even though he’s retiring this spring after 33 years teaching in the School of Law, he isn’t planning any exotic trips, for awhile at least.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Professor Larry West shared his passion for German with students for four decades
Boys being boys, they’ll dare each other on a whim to do wild and crazy stuff. Which explains why Larry West has enjoyed a long and venerable career as a college German professor.
That career, spent almost entirely at Wake Forest, drew to a close this spring with his retirement from the Department of German and Russian. Behind him, the 68-year-old West leaves a redoubtable legacy as a teacher, scholar and study-abroad administrator, along with a cadre of devoted colleagues and former students who have been inspired by his dedication and regaled by his wit.Categories: Arts & Culture, Research & Discovery