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Life trustee Medlin passes away

John Medlin Jr., a former CEO of Wachovia and life trustee of Wake Forest, died Thursday, June 7, at the age of 78. “John was a true friend of Wake Forest and provided tremendous leadership as a trustee, Chair of the Board, and as a […]


School of Medicine center wins national award

The Northwest Area Health Education Center at Wake Forest School of Medicine has been named the recipient of a 2012 Center of Excellence Award in the continuing education category by the National AHEC Organization. The local AHEC was recognized for implementing a multifaceted program to educate […]


Graylyn awarded for work with exceptional children

For more than 12 years, the Graylyn Conference Center has worked with exceptional children  through the Community-Based Vocational Training Program of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools. Management at Graylyn has committed resources, staff and time to train students and allow them to explore careers in the […]


Intermittent wireless network outages Saturday

On Saturday, June 9, between 7 a.m. and noon, campus users may experience brief intermittent outages of the wireless network while Information Systems staff performs maintenance. As a reminder, the University reserves each Saturday from 7 a.m. to noon for regularly scheduled maintenance on campus […]


New campus initiatives support efficiency, sustainability

WF@Work Launched in January of this year, WF@Work supports the University’s commitment to sustainability, as well as to improving services to employees. The application provides employees secure online access to their pay and benefits information. Because of the successful launch of WF@Work, the University is […]


McNally reflects on Bradbury

Associate Professor of English John McNally shared his thoughts on writer Ray Bradbury, who died June 5 at the age of 91. A story written by McNally is included in the forthcoming anthology Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury, edited by Sam Weller […]


Proposals funded: Marsh, Jurchescu

Congratulations to Anthony P. Marsh, associate professor of health and exercise science, whose proposal entitled “Demo II: Loss of adipose tissue and physical function responses to exercises…” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the WFU Health Sciences (WFU funding agency) […]


Beasley Von Burg appears on Italian TV

Alessandra Beasley Von Burg, assistant professor of communication, appeared on the Italian television program “TV Talk” to discuss American views of Italian prime minister Mario Monti. Von Burg was in Italy as part of the Institute for the International Education of Students (IES) Abroad […]


Proposals funded: Kim-Shapiro, Bierbach

Congratulations to Daniel B. Kim-Shapiro, professor of physics, whose proposal entitled “Effects of Nitric Oxide in Sickle Cell Blood” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Congratulations to Ulrich Bierbach, professor of chemistry, whose proposal entitled “Novel DNA-metalating Hybrid Anticancer Agents” […]


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