A makerspace is a place to experiment, learn new skills and turn ideas into something tangible. At Wake Forest, WakerSpace offers faculty, staff and students a place to explore their creativity, try new tools and make something useful, whether for a class, a personal project […]
Categories: University Announcements
Hana Brown, professor of Sociology, has been awarded the 2026 College Board of Visitors Faculty Leadership Award. Established in 2017, the award recognizes a Wake Forest College faculty member who demonstrates an outstanding commitment to the mission of the College through academic leadership and dedicated […]
Categories: Awards & Recognition
The Vice Provost for Research, Scholarly Inquiry and Creative Activity and the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) invite the Wake Forest community to a reception celebrating fiscal year 2026 achievements in research and scholarly activities. A series of project slams will highlight the […]
Categories: Awards & Recognition, Research & Discovery
Assistant Professor of Psychology S. Mason Garrison and former Wake Forest students Xuanyu Lyu (MA ’23) and Rachel Good (’22, MA ’24) received Behavior Genetics’ Editors’ Choice Award, an honor given to the previous year’s outstanding behavior genetics study. Their paper, “Detecting mtDNA […]
Categories: Alumni, Awards & Recognition, Research & Discovery
The University began its search for the next provost in August. Faculty and staff are invited to help inform the job prospectus for the position by attending an upcoming listening session. Three in-person sessions will be held Sept. 10-11 in Pugh […]
Categories: Happening at Wake, Human Resources
The Center for the Advancement of Teaching (CAT) is pleased to announce the launch of the inaugural Student-Faculty Partnership Program, an initiative that will be piloted during the 2026-2027 academic year. Following a class-observation model, the program pairs two student partners with a […]
Categories: Happening at Wake
Professor Ovidiu Csillik’s classes map campus trees Ovidiu Csillik, an assistant professor of environment and sustainability studies, led a project to produce a publicly accessible, interactive 3D digital map of campus trees. It took one drone, 300 million laser data points and seven teams of […]
Categories: Environment & Sustainability, Research & Discovery
Wake Forest University will begin the search for its next Provost in August, launching the first of two coordinated national searches for academic leadership during the 2026–27 academic year. President Peter Rodriguez will chair the search committee with Vice President and Chief of Staff Ashleigh […]
Categories: University Announcements
Alumni Hall has a new look, a new purpose and a new role on campus. After an extensive redesign, the former office building is now a 52,000-square-foot academic space built around collaborative learning, connection, and the evolving needs of Wake Forest students and faculty. Serving […]
Categories: Campus Life, University Announcements
John Lukesh, associate professor and director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Chemistry, set out to create a course that would allow all of his students to benefit from a hands-on research experience. He and Graduate Assistant Devin Weaver (PhD ’27) developed a course-based […]
Categories: Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery