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Proposals funded: Ballard, Bonin, Curtis

Congratulations to Grey Ballard, assistant professor of computer science, whose proposal entitled “Communication-Avoiding Tensor Decomposition Algorithms” has been funded by the National Science Foundation.

Congratulations to Keith Bonin, professor of physics and associate provost, whose proposal entitled “Chromatin mobility in response to DNA damage” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and by (subaward/subcontract from) WFU Health Sciences.

Congratulations to Mark Curtis, associate professor of economics, whose proposal entitled “How Does Capital Investment Affect Workers?” has been funded by the Washington Center for Equitable Growth and by (subaward/subcontract) from Duke University.

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Mazumder appointed Dean of Baylor's Hankamer School of Business

Sandeep Mazumder, former professor and chair of the Department of Economics at Wake Forest, has been selected as The William E. Crenshaw Endowed Dean of Baylor’s nationally ranked Hankamer School of Business. His appointment is effective July 1.

Mazumder joined Wake Forest in 2009 and became chair in 2017. He served a one-year appointment as Chair of Chairs for Wake Forest College, representing all department chairs with the Dean, and he was promoted to the rank of full professor in 2020.

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Proposals funded: Cordy, Curtis, Miller, Rejeski, Sizemore

This is part two of seven highlighting proposals funded during the fall of 2020.

Congratulations to Regina Cordy, assistant professor of biology, whose proposal entitled “A systems biology investigation of the interplay between gut microbes and blood metabolites in the development of malarial anemia” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Congratulations to Mark Curtis, associate professor of economics, whose proposal entitled “How Does Capital Investment Affect Workers?” has been funded by the Russell Sage Foundation and by (subaward/subcontract from) Duke University.

Congratulations to Christian Miller, professor of philosophy, whose proposal entitled “The Honesty Project” has been funded by the John Templeton Foundation.

Congratulations to Jack Rejeski, research professor of health and exercise science, whose proposal entitled “Pepper Older Americans Independence Center and Coordinating Center: Clinical Research Core” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and by (subaward/subcontract) from WFU Health Sciences.

Congratulations to Shelley Sizemore, director of community partnerships in the Office of Civic & Community Engagement, whose proposal entitled “Forsyth County Youth Service Zone: Building capacity for youth leadership & service” has been funded by the Youth Service America.

Macroeconomics conference to be held here in August

Sandeep Mazumder

The 14th Annual Conference of Macroeconomists from Liberal Arts Colleges will be held at Wake Forest on Aug. 7 and 8.

At the conference, macroeconomists from liberal arts schools nationwide will gather to present their research to one another in an effort to promote high-quality research and collaboration, according to Sandeep Mazumder, associate professor of economics and chair of the Department of Economics.  Mazumder is the conference’s lead organizer.

He added that the conference is also aimed at helping junior faculty members and faculty members from under-represented groups.

Some of the colleges and universities represented will include Pomona College, Sewanee: The University of the South, Davidson College, Vassar College and the University of Richmond.

Last year’s conference was held at Davidson College.

For more information, visit the conference’s website.

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Nobel Prize recipient Muhammad Yunus to speak in Wait Chapel

Muhammad Yunus, who won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for founding the global microfinance movement, will discuss his vision for “A World of Zero Poverty” in Wait Chapel on Dec. 6.

Yunus will present the inaugural Noesis Lecture at 4 p.m.  The event is free and open to the public.

He is often called the “banker of the poor” and the father of social business.  Yunus founded Grameen Bank as a non-profit in Bangladesh to provide small, collateral-free loans to the poor, most women, to start their own businesses.

The lecture is sponsored by Wake Forest’s Eudaimonia Institute: the Center for Bioethics, Health and Society; the School of Business; the Graduate Programs in Sustainability; the Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability; and the Department of Economics.

More details.

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