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Moore, grad school host N.C. Conference
Categories: University AnnouncementsLorna G. Moore, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, is president of the N.C. Conference of Graduate Schools. She chaired the organization’s annual meeting held at Wake Forest on Oct. 5. Read more.
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Lincoln, White Racism, and Civil War America
Categories: University AnnouncementsOn the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, Reynolds Professor of History Paul Escott offers some provocative arguments that challenge what we thought we knew about Abraham Lincoln in his book, “ ‘What Shall We Do with the Negro?’: Lincoln, […]
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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 […]
