Kevin Dias (’06) planned to open a real mini-golf course in Japan. But when he couldn’t secure enough financing, he changed course and developed a mini-golf app for the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android. It's a finalist in the annual Best App Ever contest.Categories: Alumni, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Global Wake Forest
Western amnesia encourages atrocity in Sudan, writes Political Science Professor Sarah Lischer in the Huffington Post, but the situation is not without hope. Lischer, an expert in humanitarian crises, military intervention, genocide and forced migration, studies the causes of these complex and controversial events, as well as the long-term consequences.Categories: Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
A new semester brings new opportunities and a chance to reflect on new ways of thinking. See some photos from a special exhibit by entrepreneurship students who were asked to re-imagine everyday objects.
Categories: Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, University Announcements
New classes, new professors, new semester. Set your goals, plan your time and know where to get help if you need it. Categories: Experiential Learning, University Announcements
Losing weight and exercising more consistently top Americans’ New Year’s resolution lists. Health and Exercise Science chair Michael Berry says that adults who include their kids in fitness goals could make working out and losing weight a lot more fun.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Rising media star, Tulane political science professor and Wake Forest alumna Melissa Harris-Perry (’94) makes her debut with her own television show on MSNBC from 10 a.m.-noon on Feb. 4. It will air Saturdays and Sundays.Categories: Alumni
Wake Forest’s global footprint is larger thanks to a focus in the last year on Latin America with new programs in Nicaragua, a semester-abroad program in Chile and a summer course in the Galápagos Islands.Categories: Global Wake Forest
Watching PGA tournaments, you might wonder how much the clubs used by pros ensure a successful season. Sports economist Todd McFall can help answer that question. Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
The Medical Alumni Association (MAA) of the School of Medicine honored William Louis Perry, M.D., Class of 1936, for his lifetime of service and leadership in medicine in his community. Perry, a resident of Chesterfield, S.C., celebrated his 100th birthday on Jan. 4. Categories: Alumni, University Announcements
For most of senior Meredith-Leigh Pleasants' young adult life, she was sure that she would follow the straight and narrow career path. But her journey took a right turn in the summer of 2011 after she spent three weeks in Zinkwazi, South Africa.Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, University Announcements