Research & Discovery Archives

Educating Character Initiative launches new nationwide effort with $8.5 million grant

August 6, 2026

Wake Forest and the ECI have received $8.5 million in a joint grant—$3.5 million from the John Templeton Foundation matched by $5 million from Lilly Endowment Inc.—to organize new communities around specific interests within character education, provide new opportunities for emerging leaders in the field, […]

Categories: Awards & Recognition, Leadership & Character, Research & Discovery, University Announcements

2026 Reynolda campus faculty book publications: July update

August 4, 2026

The following titles represent recently published works from current and retired Wake Forest faculty members. Spanning disciplines across the arts, humanities, sciences, and professional schools, these publications reflect a breadth and depth of scholarship. July June May April March January

Categories: Awards & Recognition, Research & Discovery

Jeremy Rouse receives Selfridge Prize for best paper at international symposium

July 31, 2026

Jeremy Rouse, professor of mathematics and graduate program coordinator, received the Selfridge Prize for the best paper presented at the 17th Algorithmic Number Theory Symposium (ANTS XVII) at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen in the Netherlands. The prestigious award recognizes research that combines mathematical depth with significant […]

Categories: Awards & Recognition, Research & Discovery

Kristen Beavers receives prestigious National Institutes of Health grant

July 31, 2026

With a passion for advancing healthy aging, Professor Kristen Beavers recently received a five-year National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant totaling more than $800,000 to enhance research and educational capacity in emerging areas related to aging, obesity, and body composition at Wake Forest University. This […]

Categories: Awards & Recognition, Research & Discovery

Wake Forest’s FIFA World Cup success highlighted at ACC Emergency Managers Conference

July 30, 2026

Amanda Chesser, assistant emergency services manager, represented Wake Forest at the 2026 ACC Emergency Managers Conference, co-hosted by the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University, on June 23–25. Chesser presented “From Germany to Mother So Dear: Inside Germany’s 2026 World Cup Base Camp at […]

Categories: Awards & Recognition, Research & Discovery

Faculty and staff proposals funded, May-June 2026

July 28, 2026

Congratulations to the following Wake Forest faculty and staff members whose proposals were funded through May and June 2026.

Categories: Awards & Recognition, Research & Discovery

2026 Reynolda campus faculty book publications: June update

June 10, 2026

The following titles represent recently published works from current and retired Wake Forest faculty members. Spanning disciplines across the arts, humanities, sciences, and professional schools, these publications reflect a breadth and depth of scholarship. May April March January

Categories: Awards & Recognition, Research & Discovery

Faculty and staff proposals funded, February-April 2026

May 13, 2026

Congratulations to the following Wake Forest faculty and staff members whose proposals were funded through February and April 2026.

Categories: Awards & Recognition, Research & Discovery

Amanda Vincent receives distinguished book award

May 12, 2026

French Studies Associate Professor Amanda Vincent was recently awarded the 2026 Elisabeth Blair MacDougall Book Award by the Society of Architectural Historians for her book, “Constructing Gardens, Cultivating the City: Paris’ New Parks, 1977-1995.” The Award recognizes the most distinguished works of scholarship in the history […]

Categories: Awards & Recognition, Research & Discovery

Publication Q&A with Derek Lee: Parascientific Revolutions

May 7, 2026

Derek Lee, Assistant Professor of Literature, published his book Parascientific Revolutions: The Science and Culture of the Paranormal with University of Minnesota Press in August 2025. Inspired by his mother’s ghost stories and his own background in biochemistry, Dr. Lee invites readers to examine how […]

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Inside WFU

Educating Character Initiative launches new nationwide effort with $8.5 million grant

2026 Reynolda campus faculty book publications: July update

Jeremy Rouse receives Selfridge Prize for best paper at international symposium

Kristen Beavers receives prestigious National Institutes of Health grant

Wake Forest’s FIFA World Cup success highlighted at ACC Emergency Managers Conference

Faculty and staff proposals funded, May-June 2026

2026 Reynolda campus faculty book publications: June update

Faculty and staff proposals funded, February-April 2026

Amanda Vincent receives distinguished book award

Publication Q&A with Derek Lee: Parascientific Revolutions

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