Journalism students report on COVID-19 pandemic from their homes
Justin Catanoso knows one of journalism’s sacred rules is that reporters shouldn’t use friends and family members as sources.Categories: Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
Justin Catanoso knows one of journalism’s sacred rules is that reporters shouldn’t use friends and family members as sources.Citizen science project tracks blue-footed boobies on social media
Wake Forest biology researcher Jenny Howard is using the sixth annual World Seabird Twitter Conference (#WSTC6) to spread the word about her effort to track the declining population of blue-footed boobies via social media.Categories: Research & Discovery
Birds of a feather learn together
When first-graders at Brunson Elementary were learning about birds, 17 Wake Forest students visited their classrooms to connect the biology lessons with the arts by exploring how birds move and leading bird-themed creative projects.Categories: Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
When dance goes digital at WFU
In mid-January, a 3-hour dance audition was held in studio D101. 50 Wake Forest students were selected by 12 student choreographers to perform in the Spring Dance Concert – a usually sold-out event held on the University’s Tedford Stage in Scales Fine Arts Center.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
Drumming class finds a new rhythm with creative connections
When music professor John Beck’s Afro-Cuban drumming class moved online, his students didn’t miss a beat – even though only one of the 17 seniors in his class had access to a drum.Categories: Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
Pink Floyd vs. Pink: Modern music class bridges generations
For an assignment from Elizabeth Clendinning’s modern popular music class, students were tasked with listening to Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon.” The goal: to experience a concept album. The result: their families engaged, too.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
Addressing black students’ concerns about belonging in college has benefits in adulthood
The benefits of a brief “social belonging” exercise completed by black students in their first year of college followed them into adulthood, with participants reporting greater career satisfaction, well-being and community involvement almost a decade later.Categories: Research & Discovery
English professor’s poems weave couplets with quantum physics
“To think like a poet, you have to follow your curiosities,” Wake Forest English professor and poet-in-residence Amy Catanzano tells her students. Categories: Research & Discovery
From economic theory to a living case study of coronavirus
Economics professor Megan Regan revised her syllabus to focus on a living case study of the coronavirus. Most of the assigned readings “went in the dumpster fire,” she said, as current events aligned with the broader topics she planned to teach.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Coping with Corona: WFU professor creates video series to help
Christian Waugh, associate professor of psychology and expert in stress and coping, has created a video series discussing the science behind coping with the coronavirus pandemic.Categories: Research & Discovery