• Congratulations to Anthony P. Marsh, associate professor of health and exercise science, whose proposal entitled “Physical Exercise to Prevent Disability Pilot Study – LIFE Field Center” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
• Congratulations to William E. Conner, professor of biology, whose proposal entitled “Acoustic Aposematism, Mimicry, and Sonar Jamming in the Bat-Moth Arms Race” has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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Johnson

Nesbit

After seven years of weekends, breaks and vacations spent dedicated to Hortus Medicus, the medical garden at Bethabara Park, Wake Forest employees Dan Johnson and Bev Nesbit are moving on.

Johnson, a senior lecturer in biology, is involved in developing an electronic textbook. Nesbit, a dietitian and researcher, is involved in the Wake Forest Translational Science Center.

“Dan and Bev have done wonders in this garden,” Ellen Kutcher, Bethabara’s director, said.

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• Congratulations to Gloria K. Muday, professor of biology, whose proposal entitled “Arabidopsis 2010 Project Collaborative Research: Modeling Biological Networks in Arabidopsis through Integration of Genomic, Proteomic, and Metabolomic Data” has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
• Congratulations to Mary Foskett, associate professor of religion, whose proposal entitled “Wake Forest University Humanities Institute” has been funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).

• Congratulations to T. Michael Anderson, assistant professor of biology, whose proposal entitled “Collaborative Research:  Mechanisms of tree recruitment limitation across a savanna soil moisture availability gradient Date Submitted” has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
• Congratulations to Patricia Nixon, associate professor of health and exercise science, whose proposal entitled “Pre-natal Events, Post-natal consequences II (Competitive Renewal)” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the WFU Health Sciences (WFU funding agency).

• Congratulations to Dave Anderson, professor of biology, whose proposal entitled “LTREB: Evolutionary Ecology of Seabird Reproductive Life Histories (DEB 0842199)” has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
• Congratulations to Mary Foskett, associate professor of religion, whose proposal entitled “Wake Forest University Humanities Institute” has been funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).

The Provost and the Undergraduate Admissions Office invite faculty and staff to Thursdays at Porter B. Byrum Hall (the Welcome and Admissions Center) on Feb. 9.

A wine and cheese reception will run from 4-4:30 p.m., followed by a program from 4:30-5:15 p.m. that will feature Ellen Kirkman, Dan Johnson and Ananda Mitra.

Kirkman, a professor in mathematics, will discuss mathematical research in invariant theory.

Johnson, senior lecturer in biology, will talk about BioBook, a novel eText platform built on our growing understanding of how we learn naturally, and proven best practices to help students truly master biology.

Mitra, the chair of the Communication Department, will be joined by Kendall Hack (WFU Fellow), Racheal Handel (’12) and Carrie Stokes (’12) to describe the unique service-learning opportunity they have developed in India.

• Congratulations to William K. Smith, professor of biology and Charles H. Babcock chair of botany, whose proposal entitled “CBIN: A Research Network for Sustaining Barrier Island Ecosystems in a Changing Gobal Environment” has been funded by the National Science Foundation.
• Congratulations to Sarah Lischer, associate professor of political science, whose proposal entitled “Voices of the Living, Voices of the Dead: Atrocity Narratives and Reconciliation After Genocide” has been funded by the Berghof Foundation.

• Congratulations to Bill Smith, whose proposal entitled “Collaborative RUI Proposal: Effects of Contrasting Cloud Regimes on Plant Carbon/Water Relations at Treeline” has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
• Congratulations to professor Natalie Holzwarth, whose proposal entitled “First principles simulations of battery materials” has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Congratulations to Wayne Silver, whose proposal entitled “Undergraduate neuroscience training cooperative between WFU and WSSU” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).