Wake Forest researchers have shown for the first time that drinking beet juice can increase blood flow to the brain in older adults – a finding that could hold great potential for combating the progression of dementia.Categories: Research & Discovery
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill left many feeling adrift about how to respond, but not Brian Yablonski (‘89). He mobilized forces to defend Florida’s coast and marine life.
Categories: Alumni, Pro Humanitate
Wake Forest's nationally competitive debate team moved from paper evidence files to digital this year, allowing it to become the first top-tier debate team in the country to go “open source” and share all its evidence and arguments online.
Categories: Campus Life, Experiential Learning, University Announcements
Researchers at Wake Forest's Institute for Regenerative Medicine have grown a miniature liver using human cells. Although it is too small to work for a human, the hope is to grow larger livers or to use them for testing.Categories: Research & Discovery
A new book by Assistant Professor of History Charles L. Wilkins offers a historical perspective that shows Muslim societies as complex and not solely focused on warmaking.Categories: Research & Discovery
Junior Brandon Turner's research integrates multiple fields and comes under the mentoring eye of Jacque Fetrow, dean of the college. He received the 2010-2011 American Physical Society Scholarship for Minority Undergraduate Physics Majors. 
Students turned Hearn Plaza into Hogwarts for this year’s Harry Potter-themed Project Pumpkin. The 22nd annual Halloween Festival brought more than 1,100 Winston-Salem area children from local agencies and organizations to campus for an afternoon of scary and not-so-scary fun.
Associate Professor of Communication Mary Dalton shares her insights into why horror movies are popular and makes recommendations for Halloween viewing.Categories: Arts & Culture
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine has ranked Wake Forest University 21st on its 2010 list of the best values in private universities.Categories: University Announcements
Megan Curran, a third-year law student, had a chance to argue before the N.C. Court of Appeals when judges heard arguments in two cases at Worrell Professional Center, the home of the School of Law.Categories: Experiential Learning, University Announcements