News topic: People
Soccer, Clinton make year’s top 10
10. Influenza Virus When students returned to campus for Spring semester, they brought with them hopes for a new semester and a new chance at that glorious letter which begins our alphabet and lightens… Read »
Chelsea Clinton unexpectedly visits campus
At 6:30 p.m. on April 27, Chelsea Clinton made an unannounced visit to a faculty member’s house on Faculty Drive as a campaign stop for her mother, only a week and a half after Hillary’s appearance.… Read »
History professor receives fellowship
Sarah Watts, professor of history at the university, received a 2008 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship for her research in fine arts. The Foundation was established in 1925 by Senator… Read »
Law alum Hagan talks of her run for U.S. Senate
The heated and much-discussed primary contest for the Democratic presidential nomination between Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama won’t be the only national office on the ballot in North Carolina’s… Read »
Clinton, Angelou speak in Wait
Senator Hillary Clinton made a stop at Wait Chapel on April 18.
The New York Senator appeared with poet and longtime friend Maya Angelou, Reynolds professor of American Studies. Read »
Business dean appointed
Steve Reinemund, former PepsiCo chief executive officer and Chairman, was announced April 22 as the university’s new dean of business. “I have long admired Wake Forest and am deeply honored… Read »
Departing Fulbright scholar holds Arabic festival
Greene 162 was converted into an authentic Arabic festival with food, music and dancing April 21 thanks to Aly Daowd, a Fulbright Scholar from Egypt who has been a part of the university as a student and… Read »
Reynolda House hosts renowned poet
On April 22, at Reynolda House, William Stanley Merwin, 81, usually referred to as W.S. Merwin, read a number of poems. He began the reading with the work of another poet, a practice Merwin says he likes… Read »
Renowned poet will visit, read
W. S. Merwin, one of the most influential poets of the 20th century, will be reading from his work at 7 p.m. April 22 in Babcock Auditorium at Reynolda House. Merwin is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and… Read »
Horowitz talks about beliefs and goals
David Horowitz, founder of the David Horowtiz Freedom Center and a controversial conservative writer and activist, spoke at 9 p.m. on April 16 at the university in Pugh Auditorium. His speech concerned… Read »