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Bioethics Center names first director
Categories: University AnnouncementsCloning. Genetic testing. Stem-cell research. Medical experiments. End-of-life decisions. With new breakthroughs in science and medicine often racing ahead of ethical concerns, Wake Forest’s new Center for Bioethics, Health and Society is addressing some of the most relevant issues at the heart of biotechnology, medical […]
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Roniger publishes two articles, chairs panel
Categories: University AnnouncementsLuis Roniger, Reynolds Professor of Political Science, has published two articles: “Exile and its Impact on Shifting Perspectives on Politics, Institutions and Collective Identities”, in Spanish, in the Revista de Ciencias Sociales (Costa Rica), 125: 83-101, in October 2010; and “Massive Exile, Political Inclusion and […]
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Gisser named associate chaplain for Jewish life
Categories: University AnnouncementsRabbi Michael I. Gisser has been named associate chaplain for Jewish life, a new part-time position in the Chaplain’s Office. He is the first Jewish staff chaplain at Wake Forest. He is also assistant dean and department chair of the Jewish Studies Department at American […]
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Meet Keith Brace, Military Science
Categories: University AnnouncementsLieutenant Colonel Keith Brace, chair of the military science department and a 19-year Army veteran who was injured in Iraq, now helps prepare young men and women to be the future leaders of the Army.
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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 […]
