The Graylyn Estate has been named the #1 ‘Best Boutique Hotel’ by USA TODAY’s Readers’ Choice Awards. After a nomination by a team of travel experts and weeks of voting, USA TODAY 10Best announced the results today, naming Graylyn as the […]
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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, […]
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Wake Forest has again been recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Employers for Women, earning the No. 38 spot on the 2026 list, up seven places from No. 45 last year. Wake Forest is the top-ranked employer in North […]
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Wake Forest ranked No. 17 in LinkedIn’s Top Colleges 2026 ranking, climbing eight spots from its No. 25 debut on last year’s inaugural list. The ranking evaluates colleges and universities that best prepare graduates for long-term career success. Wake Forest also […]
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
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Congratulations to the following Wake Forest faculty and staff members whose proposals were funded through May and June 2026.
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Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Jackie Travisano was recently named to the Triad Business Journal’s 2026 C-Suite Award winners. Presented annually, the Triad Business Journal’s C-Suite Awards recognize outstanding chief executives and C-level leaders in the Greater Greensboro and Winston-Salem regions who […]
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