Up to 65 percent of runners sustain an overuse injury each year. Wake Forest researchers, funded by a $600,000 grant from the U. S. Army, plan to find out why.Categories: Community Impact, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Senior Bo-Shan Xiang, who is on a mission to build American interest in the study of philosophy, has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship. Xiang plans to study metaethics at the University of St. Andrews.Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Leadership & Character, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
David Weinstein, a professor of political science and one of Wake Forest’s most prolific scholars in the humanities, often inhabits two intellectual worlds. As he moves between them, he’s extending Wake Forest’s academic reach to Israel, Germany, Italy and England.Categories: Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Wake Forest students have taken the holiday to those most in need. Volunteers cooked traditional Thanksgiving day meals on campus and delivered them to local agencies as part of Turkeypalooza.
Categories: Community Impact, Environment & Sustainability, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Tough economic times may make people more thankful this Thanksgiving, says Samuel T. Gladding, professor of counseling and an expert on families.Categories: Community Impact, University Announcements
Identifying and diagnosing sports concussions quicker is at the heart of a collaborative effort between the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University Center for Injury Biomechanics and Toyota Motor Corp.Categories: Athletics, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
The UPS Store in Poteat Residence Hall is closing Nov. 30 and will be replaced by a U.S. Postal Service contract post office, which will open Dec. 1.Categories: University Announcements
Sophomore volleyball player Andrea Beck has been named First Team ESPN Academic All-District by the College Sports Information Directors of America. As a biology major and Spanish minor, she maintains a 3.97 grade point average.
Thanks in part to efforts of School of Law professors and students, some local high school students recently visited college campuses in the Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia areas. The trip was designed to enhance their level of enthusiasm for the college selection process.
In Tina Boyer's first-year seminar class, students meet dragons, giants and other mythological creatures.Categories: Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements