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Faccinto exhibits work in New York
Categories: University AnnouncementsVictor Faccinto is having many of his works displayed at the Luise Ross Gallery in New York City for two months, beginning Nov. 20. “Victor Faccinto: A Three Decade Survey” includes paintings, sculpture, photography and video created between 1973 and 2010. Faccinto is the director […]
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Graduate School hosts state conference
Categories: Happening at WakeMore than 150 deans, assistant deans and staff members from all 20 graduate schools in North Carolina are meeting on campus Friday to discuss the future of graduate education. “This is a chance for institutions to talk about what they’re engaged in now and the […]
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Morosini receives fellowship in Italy
Categories: University AnnouncementsRoberta Morosini, associate professor of romance languages, received a fellowship to study at the Liguria Study Center in Bogliasco, Italy, earlier this year. She recently edited a book, “Boccaccio Geografo,” a collection of articles that examines the work of the 14th-century Italian geographer. He was […]
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Hall appointed fellow of Hastings Center
Categories: University AnnouncementsMark Hall, professor of law and public health, was appointed a Fellow of the prestigious Hastings Center, the country’s leading bioethics research institution. Hall is also chair of the steering committee for Wake Forest’s Center for Bioethics, Health and Society.
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Beet juice benefits older adults
Categories: University AnnouncementsWake Forest researchers have shown for the first time that drinking beet juice can increase blood flow to the brain in older adults – a finding that could hold great potential for combating the progression of dementia.
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Cindy Gendrich: Why do we laugh?
Categories: University AnnouncementsProfessor of Theatre Cindy Gendrich is one of those people who can’t stop herself from laughing, sometimes too loudly and at inappropriate times. “I adore it when people tell funny stories at funerals, for instance, since it seems to me to be a way […]
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88.5 WFDD reporters win awards
Categories: University Announcements88.5 WFDD has received 11 awards for excellence in radio journalism from The Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas. WFDD reporter LeShea Agnew took a total of five awards. She received first and second place awards for feature stories for “Kenny” and “Elkin,” […]
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Fetrow receives funding from NIH
Categories: University AnnouncementsJacquelyn Fetrow, dean of the College and professor of physics, has received funding from the National Institutes of Health and Wake Forest University Health Sciences for her proposal, “Integrin function in cartilage.”
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