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Honesty Project announces winners of funding competition

The Honesty Project, which launched in 2020 with a $4.4 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation, has awarded grants to 16 projects exploring the science of honesty and philosophical questions related to the virtue.The Project’s funding competitions drew hundreds of proposals from researchers worldwide who are investigating what determines honesty, how honest people are, and the consequences of honesty for relationships, groups and institutions.

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Anti-Racist Pedagogy Faculty Panel to be held April 7

The Wake Forest University School of Divinity will host a virtual faculty panel on anti-racist pedagogies on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, from 11 a.m. to noon. The event offers faculty across the University the opportunity to think more deeply, dialogue more broadly and act more decisively in implementing anti-racist pedagogies in their courses. The interdisciplinary panel will discuss the challenges and opportunities of engaging anti-racist pedagogy in the classroom.

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Conference explores character in the professions

Earlier this month, leading scholars joined physicians, attorneys, religious leaders, government leaders, engineers, educators, business executives and other professionals to explore the role of character in the professions at a three-day virtual conference. The Character and Professions Conference provided a unique opportunity for students, faculty, staff and professionals to explore the importance of character in various professional settings and consider ways of cultivating character in their personal and professional lives.

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An invitation from President Hatch: Character and the Professions Conference

The following message was emailed to the Wake Forest community on March 15 on behalf of University President Nathan O. Hatch: I write to invite you to participate in the virtual conference on Character and the Professions hosted on March 18-20 by the Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest and the Oxford Character Project at the University of Oxford. The conference will kick off on Thursday evening, March 18, with a keynote session with former U.S. Secretaries of State Dr. Madeleine K. Albright and Gen. Colin L. Powell.

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Leadership and Character conference to explore character in the professions

“Character and the Professions,” hosted by the Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University and the Oxford Character Project at the University of Oxford, will be held Thursday, March 18 through Saturday, March 20. Leading scholars and professionals will explore the role of character in the professions at a three-day virtual conference. Former U.S. Secretaries of State Madeleine K. Albright and General Colin L. Powell (ret.) will be featured in an opening keynote session in conversation with Wake Forest President Nathan Hatch.

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