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USAID awards an additional $2.14 million to WFU rainforest research center

April 23, 2019

Wake Forest University’s Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation (CINCIA) has received $2.14 million in additional funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), supporting the expansion of the research center’s study of mercury pollution and reforestation in the Peruvian Amazon.

Categories: Awards & Recognition, Environment & Sustainability, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements

Hold the mustard: What makes spiders fussy eaters?

April 15, 2019

It might be one of nature’s most agile and calculating hunters, but the wolf spider won’t harm an insect that literally leaves a bad taste in its mouth, according to new research by a team of Wake Forest University sensory neuroscientists, including C.J. "Jake" Saunders.

Categories: Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements

Smithsonian to showcase WFU exhibits at ACCelerate Festival

April 4, 2019

At the forefront of innovation and creativity, the 15 members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), including Wake Forest University, will come together for the second “ACCelerate: ACC Smithsonian Creativity and Innovation Festival,” April 5–7 at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.

Categories: University Announcements

Forty-foot art project to reflect diversity & inclusion at WFU

August 14, 2018

Wake Forest University students, faculty and staff will participate in a UNITY project to create an interactive public art project celebrating uniqueness and strengthening ties to one another.

Categories: Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Community Impact, Inclusive Excellence, University Announcements, Wellbeing

Pair female engineering students for projects, and they flourish

June 28, 2017

A female engineering students works in a lab at Wake Forest University

Female first-year students earn a higher grade when paired with at least one other female for group projects in introductory college engineering classes, according to new research by a Wake Forest University professor.

Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements

Commencement story ideas from Wake Forest

May 2, 2017

Experts available on job trends and mentoring new grads in the workplace. 2017 graduates include a first-gen from the neighborhood that made headlines for Freddie Gray's death and a blind student who never let her lack of sight keep her from succeeding.

Categories: Happening at Wake, Personal & Career Development, University Announcements

Chemistry professor receives NSF CAREER Award for $500K

May 1, 2017

Chemistry professor Michael Gross has been named a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program Award winner. The CAREER Award from the NSF Directorate for Engineering provides $500,000 over five years.

Categories: Awards & Recognition, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements

The Collaborative to Advance Equity Through Research releases first annual report

December 22, 2016

Melissa Harris-Perry and Provost Rogan Kersh with students at the White House.

This month, the Collaborative to Advance Equity Through Research released their first annual report, "Putting Women And Girls Of Color At The Center: Shifting The Tide Of Research Through Institutional Leadership and Sustained Investments." The report documents groundbreaking work.

Categories: University Announcements

Rolling Stones keyboardist turned conservationist Chuck Leavell to visit

November 2, 2016

Rolling Stones’ long-time keyboardist Chuck Leavell, who is also a leading tree conservationist, will visit Wake Forest Nov. 10 and 11 for a two-day celebration of environmental stewardship and land conservation.

Categories: Arts & Culture, Environment & Sustainability, Happening at Wake, University Announcements

Wake Forest University pledges as a Healthy Campus Partner

October 18, 2016

Wake Forest pledges as a Healthy Campus 2020 Partner, demonstrating its commitment to improve the health and wellbeing of students, faculty and staff.

Categories: Awards & Recognition, Campus Life, University Announcements, Wellbeing

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USAID awards an additional $2.14 million to WFU rainforest research center

Hold the mustard: What makes spiders fussy eaters?

Smithsonian to showcase WFU exhibits at ACCelerate Festival

Forty-foot art project to reflect diversity & inclusion at WFU

Pair female engineering students for projects, and they flourish

Commencement story ideas from Wake Forest

Chemistry professor receives NSF CAREER Award for $500K

The Collaborative to Advance Equity Through Research releases first annual report

Rolling Stones keyboardist turned conservationist Chuck Leavell to visit

Wake Forest University pledges as a Healthy Campus Partner

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