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Beet juice benefits older adults

Wake 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.


Cindy Gendrich: Why do we laugh?

Professor 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 […]


88.5 WFDD reporters win awards

88.5 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,” […]


Fetrow receives funding from NIH

Jacquelyn 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.”


Agnew wins five awards

LeShea Agnew received five awards recently from the The Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas. She is a reporter for 88.5 WFDD. She received first and second place awards for feature stories for “Kenny” and “Elkin,” respectively. She also received a first place […]


Tiberii receives four awards

Jeff Tiberii received four awards recently from The Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas. He is a reporter/host and sports commentator on 88.5 WFDD. He won first and second place awards for his sports commentaries “Athletes & Mental Illness” and “Hype: When the […]


November 2010 staff milestones

35 Years Bernice Cook, Accounts Receivable Representative, Financial and Accounting Services 30 Years E. Preston Stockton, Manager, Reynolda Gardens 15 Years Carl D. Fulp, Analyst/Programmer, Information Systems


Meet Jean Kimmer, Registrar’s Office

Jean Kimmer, associate registrar, degree evaluation, spends her days assisting students and faculty with questions about degree requirements, new courses and academic rules. Kimmer, who was named the Employee of the Year in 2009, has worked at Wake Forest for 20 years, 18 of those […]


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