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
What do Indian food and filmmaking tell us about America? Under the guidance of Assistant Professor Sandya Hewamanne, students Bridget Bagel and Meenu Krishnan conducted research, which they presented at the Conference on South Asia.Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Mentorship, 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
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.
In Tina Boyer's first-year seminar class, students meet dragons, giants and other mythological creatures.Categories: Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
To mark International Education Week, Wake Forest visits with some of its students studying overseas. Today, junior Keeley Lawner talks about her experiences at Wake Forest's Casa Artom in Venice.Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, University Announcements
Some of the students who participated in Wake Forest’s first service-learning program in Ghana last summer found the experience so rewarding that they’re planning on returning -- on their own -- next year. The trip is part of the new African Studies minor.
Categories: Global Wake Forest, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements