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Peter Rodriguez

The Board of Trustees of Wake Forest University announced the appointment of Peter Rodriguez as the University’s 15th President. A distinguished economist and transformative academic leader, Rodriguez currently serves as the dean of Rice University’s School of Business.


  • Come celebrate the grand opening of ‘One Button Studio’

    A guest post from Mur Muchane, Vice President for Information Technology & CIO Please join us on Friday, September 7, from 1 p.m to 4 p.m., for the grand opening celebration of…

  • Proposals funded: Bonin, Messier, Rejeski

    Congratulations to Jack Rejeski, 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…

  • WFU Life Trustee and former Board Chair James Williams dies

    Wake Forest University ​Life Trustee James Thomas Williams Jr. (Butch) (’62, JD ’66) ​passed away on September 3, 2018. Born July 21, 1940, Jim is survived by his wife, of 56…

  • Reminder: Test of Wake Alert to be held Sept. 5

    This announcement was e-mailed to faculty and staff on Sept. 4 by Communications and External Relations: This is a reminder that Wake Forest will conduct a test of its Wake Alert…

  • Proposals funded: Alexander, Cordy, Jurchescu, Rejeski

    Congratulations to Rebecca Alexander, professor of chemistry, whose proposal entitled “Role of tRNA base modifications in genetic code accuracy and bacterial fitness” has been funded by the National Science Foundation.