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CARE team is a key to safe campus

As the academic year begins, we want to inform you of the work of the Wake Forest University Campus Assessment, Response and Evaluation (CARE) Team.  CARE teams arose on our nations’ campuses after the tragedy at Virginia Tech and other institutions.  Our CARE Team serves […]


Bill Smith, biology, and Natalie Holzwarth, physics

Congratulations to Bill Smith, whose proposal entitled “Collaborative RUI Proposal: Effects of Contrasting Cloud Regimes on Plant Carbon/Water Relations at Treeline” has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Congratulations to professor Natalie Holzwarth, whose proposal entitled “First principles simulations of battery […]


Wayne Silver, biology

Congratulations to Wayne Silver, whose proposal entitled “Undergraduate neuroscience training cooperative between WFU and WSSU” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).


WFU named CUDA Teaching Center

Wake Forest has been named a CUDA Teaching Center by NVIDIA Corporation. Dr. Sam Cho, assistant professor in computer science and physics, will coordinate the Teaching Center activities, which include teaching, research, and training. The department was awarded 50 GTX 480 GPU cards valued […]


Daniel Kim-Shapiro, physics

Congratulations to Daniel Kim-Shapiro, whose proposal entitled “Role of nitrite reduction to NO by hemoglobin in control of fetal vascular tone” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center.


Retired professor Carl Harris dies

Professor Emeritus Carl V. Harris (’44), whose gentle ways and love of the classics inspired generations of students, died Aug. 9 in Winston-Salem. He was 88. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24, at Salemtowne Retirement Community in […]


Retired professor Bob Beck dies

Professor Emeritus of Psychology Robert C. Beck, whose 50-year tenure ranks as one of the longest in Wake Forest history, has died. Beck, who retired two years ago, died on Aug. 18 in Winston-Salem after a brief illness. He was 79. A memorial service […]


Former WFU president Scales honored

Dr. James Ralph Scales, who served as president of Wake Forest from 1967 to 1983, was honored by his alma mater, Oklahoma Baptist. A statue of Dr. Scales, who also served as president of OBU in 1961, was unveiled and dedicated on OBU’s Quadrangle on […]


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