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Showcasing Brilliance: Wake Forest’s URECA Day Celebrates Undergraduate Research and Mentorship

September 30, 2023
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Wake Forest University’s annual URECA student research day celebrated a diverse array of undergraduate research projects, drawing participation from 140 students and over 120 faculty mentors. The projects, showcased in both posters and oral presentations, spanned topics from Evan Harris’s exploration of the Hindu religion in Bali to Jocelyn Huang’s investigation into the impacts of…

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Dr. H. Keith McDowell (’66) Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient

August 2, 2023
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We are proud to recognize Dr. H. Keith McDowell (’66) as the 2022 WFU Friends of ChemistryDistinguished Alumni Award recipient. He has accomplished at the highest levels of academic researchand administration. Below are some highlights from his career.-He went from Wake Forest to Harvardwhere he worked with Nobel Laureate, Martin Karplus. -He took a teaching…

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STEM Fellowship Recipients Awarded

May 5, 2023
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Three students from Wake Forest University have been awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. The fellowship aims to support graduate students in STEM by providing three years of financial support to those pursuing research-based degrees. The recipients include seniors Ashley Peake and Malindi Whyte and chemistry doctoral candidate Scott Dawson. Peake plans to…

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Al Rives – Teacher/Scholar Legacy

June 1, 2022
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(This article was written jointly by Bruce King, Chair, and Thurman D. Kitchin Professor of Chemistry, Christa Colyer, Professor of Chemistry, and Willie Hinze, Professor of Chemistry) Al Rives’s career and life are intimately intertwined with Wake Forest University. His varied relationships with and commitment to Wake Forest have both defined and enriched his teaching…

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Who says science can’t be funny?

October 26, 2021
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Kasha Patel (’12 Chemistry) is a scientist by day and a stand-up comedian by night. Why not? Patel, the 2019 Young Alumni Award winner, has always had a passion for science. Her day job for the past 8 years has been as a scientist with NASA and lately, science journalism with the Washington Post. She…

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