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Bringing classroom vibrancy to the residence halls 23 Aug 2013 | 07:51 pm
Nineteen professors taking part in the new Faculty Fellows program will become familiar faces in the first-year residence halls. Each residence hall will have at least three faculty members assigned w...
New living area is a dynamic duo 20 Aug 2013 | 11:22 pm
Stand in the courtyard between Wake Forest’s Dogwood and Magnolia Halls and look south. The view of the iconic Wait Chapel, framed on either side by the recently completed buildings, is jaw-dropping. ...
Crash course in computer programming 16 Aug 2013 | 04:55 pm
A team of Wake Forest computer scientists hosted the second Google-sponsored CS4HS workshop for local middle school and high school teachers. The goal: teach educators the basics of computer programmi...
Gilbert gets the flu 14 Aug 2013 | 05:27 pm
“It was a dark and stormy night.” This is how Janna Raley started her mathematical economics paper. Surprised? So was her professor. But, writing the assignment in the form of a children’s book led to...
The changing shape of solar 9 Aug 2013 | 08:55 pm
The Hybrid Sterling Energy Generator (HySterE) panel is one of the world’s first combined photovoltaic and thermal collection generators. Developed by researchers at Wake Forest, it could transform ho...
Lights, camera, censorship? 6 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
Senior Lizzie Woods spent 10 weeks researching 20th century censorship and the Hollywood Production Code. Originally interested in book censorship, Woods found herself intrigued by the film and soon l...
Not your typical fish out of water 2 Aug 2013 | 07:35 pm
The amphibious mangrove rivulus is an extraordinary fish. It can survive out of the water for up to 66 days. Ph.D. student Benjamin Perlman is shedding new light on how the 3-inch rivulus moves across...
Student Storyteller: energy and diplomacy 31 Jul 2013 | 10:14 pm
This summer, junior Alex Buchholz lived in Azerbaijan and studied the relationship of energy and political outcomes in Central Asia. His research focused on the political ‘game’ newly independent stat...
Engineering at the atomic scale 29 Jul 2013 | 11:58 pm
Senior Brian Shoemaker is helping a national team of scientists answer a million-dollar question: Could a substance that resembles baby powder curb global carbon emissions?
LENS @ Wake Forest 26 Jul 2013 | 03:00 pm
LENS @ Wake Forest has given 38 high school students from 15 states and Puerto Rico a sneak-peek at college life, service and the opportunity to study sustainability and apply this knowledge to the co...
