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Symmetry Magazine profiles poet, professor Amy Catanzano
Categories: University AnnouncementsWake Forest poet and professor Amy Catanzano is currently profiled in online magazine Symmetry, which describes itself as the place where readers can “get the latest news, meet people behind the scenes, and get the background information you need to gain fluency in the language of particle physics.”
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Proposals funded: Holzwarth, Miller, Dagenbach
Categories: University AnnouncementsCongratulations to Natalie Holzwarth, professor of physics, whose proposal entitled “Computational study of solid electrolytes” has been funded by the National Science Foundation. Congratulations to Gary Miller, professor of health and exercise science, who proposal entitled “Enhancing Undergraduate Education and Research in Agin to Eliminate Health Disparities (ENGAGED)” has been funded by the National Institutes of…
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$3 million grant supports search for heat-tolerant tomatoes
Categories: University AnnouncementsWhen your tomato plants won’t bear fruit during the dog days of summer, a team of Wake Forest researchers led by Gloria Muday will be in the lab, trying to find a plant that thrives despite the heat.
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You can show you’ve got rhythm this week in an innovative class project
Categories: University AnnouncementsIf you’ve got rhythm and want to join others in an innovative class project this week, now is the time to jump in and share in the fun.
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Proposals funded: Donati, Huang, Iltis
Categories: University AnnouncementsCongratulations to George Donati, associate research professor of chemistry, whose proposal entitled “Copper is a Host Effector in Protection Against Urinary Tract Infection” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and by (subaward/subcontract from) Texas A&M University.
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Office of Civic & Community Engagement launches Wake Reads
Categories: University AnnouncementsThe Office of Civic & Community Engagement (OCCE) has launched Wake Reads, a program designed to provide “storytime” for children while giving parents a break as they juggle working from home and caring for their children who are out of school due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Faculty books: March 2020
Categories: University AnnouncementsEscott, Paul D. (History, Emeritus). The Worst Passions of Human Nature: White Supremacy in the Civil War North. University of Virginia Press. 2020.
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Roniger awarded prize by Middle Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies
Categories: University AnnouncementsThe Middle Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies has awarded its 2020 Harold Eugene Davis Prize to Luis Roniger, Reynolds Professor of Latin American Studies in the Department of Politics and International Affairs, and his co-author Leonardo Senkman of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in recognition of their article “Conspirationism, Synarchism and the Long Shadow of…