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‘Losing to Win:’ Race and college athletics

Scholars, journalists, coaches, athletes, and athletic administrators will examine the complex racial issues affecting intercollegiate athletics during a major conference at Wake Forest April 13 and 14. The conference, “Losing to Win,” will be held in the Benson University Center. It is free and open […]

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Dancing to support the homeless

Several Wake Forest staff members, professors and students are putting their dancing shoes on — and their pride on the line — to raise money for the Bethesda Center for the Homeless. Fifteen teams of local “celebrities” paired with dance instructors or student dancers […]


Professor’s works to benefit art collection

The late Bob Knott dedicated much of his time during his long career teaching art at Wake Forest to helping students build the Student Union Collection of Contemporary Art. Knott, who also was an accomplished studio artist and photographer, left behind a collection of […]

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The curse of corruption in Africa

Six institutions in Winston-Salem have joined together to establish an ongoing series of lectures and programs to bring their students and faculties together and engage the community in taking a closer look at world events. The series, “Winston-Salem and the World Scene,” is focusing […]

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Humanities at the heart of education

The humanities aren’t an idea whose time has passed, but a content-rich trove of knowledge that should be actively shared to help students and others understand the past and present, historian Edward Ayers said during his keynote address Friday at the official launch of Wake […]

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Symposium to focus on the humanities

The importance of the humanities to a liberal arts education will be on full display during a two-day symposium marking the official launch of the Wake Forest Humanities Institute on March 18 and 19. Two nationally known advocates for the humanities — historian Edward Ayers […]

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Symposium to examine race, health care

With numerous reports documenting poorer quality of health care and outcomes for racial and ethnic minorities, several prominent experts will take on the issue of disparities in health care during a symposium on campus March 16. The symposium, “Race, Genetics, Medicine and Health Disparities,” is […]

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Faculty, staff show medley of art

Art students at Wake Forest University are being exposed to a broad array of practices, styles and mediums. That much is clear even with just a quick look at the works in a show by art department’s faculty and staff, now on view in Wake […]

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It takes a village to put on ‘The Grapes of Wrath’

Sharon Andrews and her colleagues in the theatre and dance department would like to make the University Theatre the community’s theatre. Andrews, an associate professor of theatre, is directing the University Theatre’s current production of “The Grapes of Wrath” on the Mainstage Theatre. The […]

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