• Congratulations to Natalie A. Holzwarth, professor of physics, whose proposal entitled “ES12: The 24th Annual workshop on Recent Development in Electronic Structure Theory” has been funded by the Army Research Office (ARO).



• Congratulations to Freddie Salsbury, associate professor of physics, whose proposal entitled “Targeting the MSH-2 dependent Apopototic Pathway” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

The Physics Department, together with the Society of Physics Students, will be hosting a free public talk entitled “Time, Einstein, and the Coolest Stuff in the Universe” by Nobel Laureate Dr. William Phillips of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Phillips will speak at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 20, in Brendle Recital Hall.

For further information, please see: http://www.wfu.edu/academics/physics/sps/phillips.html
or contact ecarlson@wfu.edu.

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• Congratulations to Richard T. Williams, Reynolds professor of physics, whose proposal entitled “Physics of Scintillator Nonproportionality” has been funded by the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
• Congratulations to Walter J. Rejeski and Tony Marsh, professors of health and exercise science, whose proposal entitled “Cooperative Lifestyle Intervention Project (CLIP II)” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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• Congratulations to Daniel Kim-Shapiro, professor in physics, whose proposal entitled “The Effects of Selective Adenosine A2B Receptor Antagonist GC-6201 on Adensine-induced Red Blood Cells Sickling in SCD Patients” has been funded by the Gilead Sciences, Inc., and the University of Pittsburgh.
• Congratulations to Will Fleeson, the Ollen R. Nalley professor of psychology, whose proposal entitled “Integrating Process and Structure in Borderline Personality Disorder” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health.

• Congratulations to Timo Thonhauser, assistant professor of Physics, whose proposal entitled “Novel theoretical and experimental approaches for understanding and optimizing hydrogen-sorbent interactions in metal organic framework materials” has been funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and the University of Texas-Dallas.
• Congratulations to David Phillips, associate professor of Humanities, whose proposal entitled “Wake Forest University Humanities Institute” has been funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).

Gloria Stickney, the business manager in the physics department, will appear on WGHP (Fox 8) today and Tuesday in the segment called “Roy’s Folks.” Host Roy Ackland visited Stickney’s home in Winston-Salem to feature her quilting business, Sew Fabulous Inc. The segment will air today at 5 p.m. and during the morning show on Tuesday.
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• Congratulations to Jacque Fetrow, Dean of Wake Forest College and Reynolds Professor of Computational Biophysics, whose proposal entitled “Integrin function in cartilage” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and WFU Health Sciences.
• Congratulations to Steve Messier, professor of Health & Exercise Science and director of the J. B. Snow Biomechanics Laboratory, whose proposal entitled “Intensive diet and exercise in arthritis (IDEA) follow-up study” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and WFU Health Sciences.