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Teaching with Tomatoes

by November 2, 2012

Peter Chawaga of the Wake Forest News Service recently published an article about the outreach efforts of Drs. Gloria Muday and Carole Browne.  These professors along with the support of graduate and undergraduate students execute an outreach program to the public schools.  The focus of this program is to teach Read more »

Conner Honored for Biology and Entrepreneurship

by September 22, 2011

Professor of Biology William E. Conner has been named the first David and Lelia Farr Professor of Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship.
The chair was established by David (’77) and Lelia (’77) Farr of St. Louis, Mo., to recognize Conner and his work with the Wake Forest Program in Innovation, Creativity and Read more »

Art and Biology: What Do You See in the Andes?

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Famous painting is ‘reading’ assignment for first-year students
More than 1,200 first-year students and their advisers visited Reynolda House Museum of American Art on Sunday as part of this year’s summer “reading” project. Rather than reading an assigned book before they arrived on campus, new students instead studied a painting, Frederic Read more »

Green Fruit, Deep Roots

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Wake Forest University’s Campus Garden overflows with tomatoes. But, with names like Never Ripe and Green Ripe, many will never be the rich, red orbs you’d slice up for sandwiches. These tomatoes – mutant varieties bred for research – will help Gloria K. Muday, Ph.D., a professor of biology, determine Read more »

Professor Peter Weigl: Renaissance Man of Biology

by September 5, 2010

Renaissance man Pete Weigl of biology becomes the first in his department to retire in 20 years.
An article recently published by David Fyten of the  Office of Creative Services highlights the career of Peter D. Weigl.
As an ecologist, Weigl has conducted research at and taken student and travel study groups Read more »