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Saving the Orangutans

by July 29, 2014

Author Kerry King recently published an article on recent grad Cassie Freund.  Cassie has recently become program director of the Gunung Palung Orangutan Conservation Program.  Cassie cites Dr. Miles Silman and Dr. Ron Dimock as her most influential mentors at Wake.  Cassie talks about what it is like working in the Read more »

FFA Magazine Features Katie Osborne

by May 21, 2014

FFA New Horizons magazine recently printed an article by Jessica Mozzo featuring Katie Osborne, a Biology major.  The article mentions her work in dairy research as well as her plans and goals for the future.
“Katie Osborne of Millerstown, Pa. may only be 19, but she’s already making an impact on Read more »

Drones to Add Flying Eye on Our Ecosystem

by February 12, 2014

From the Charlotte Observer, Feb 9, 2014 by Reid Creager
Sure, it resembles a spider on steroids. But a recently developed flying robot – soon to hover over the Peruvian cloud forest for the first time – has potential benefits for everyone.
About a year and a half ago, a small team Read more »

From One Forest to Another

by December 18, 2013

Several news agencies have published stories recently about unique research conducted by Max Messinger and Miles Silman in the Department of Biology. Dr. Silman’s group is making use of “flying robots” to photograph and measure data from the forest canopy.  Messinger is the local expert on how to turn these Read more »

Deacon Profile: David Anderson

by November 11, 2013

The Old Gold and Black recently ran a short piece on Professor David J. Anderson.  Dr. Anderson answers questions about why he is at Wake Forest, what he enjoys about teaching, and some interesting facts from his prolific research career.
Since 1982, I have been studying a population of seabirds called Read more »