Wake Forest's fee for canceling football game vs. Ole Miss is covered by new Oregon State deal
Wake Forest canceled next year's trip to No.
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AmeriCorps grants $200,000 to health equity efforts in Winston-Salem
A free health care clinic hosted officials from AmeriCorps to show how local public health AmeriCorps members are working to increase the quality of health care in underserved communities.
Activists and educators host Palestinian scholar on Oct. 7 after Wake Forest University cancels lecture
Nearly two weeks ago, Wake Forest University canceled a lecture by a Palestinian scholar and activist scheduled for Oct. 7. Some Wake faculty members and community organizers rallied together to host the event in a local church instead.
Wake Forest University holds interfaith prayer for peace on anniversary of Hamas attack on Oct. 7
On the one-year anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on Israel, Wake Forest University hosted an interfaith prayer for peace amid tensions surrounding the cancellation of a lecture by a Palestinian activist.
Wake Forest University's decision to cancel Palestinian scholar's lecture on Oct. 7 gains national attention
Last week, Wake Forest University President Susan Wente and Provost Michele Gillespie canceled the lecture, and said the school would not host events deemed “inherently contentious.” The decision garnered criticism from some students, faculty, and on Monday, the Middle East Studies Association, a nonprofit made up of scholars across the world.
The art of collaboration: composer Jennifer Higdon and icarus Quartet
icarus Quartet pianist and Wake Forest University assistant professor of music Larry Weng discusses the collaborative process between performers and composers, highlighting the unique aspects of working with living composers like Jennifer Higdon. The Pulitzer Prize-winner then discusses her composition for icarus titled "Turbo Shift," inspired by Béla Bartók's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion. In her homage to the great Hungarian master, Higdon incorporates prepared piano techniques including hand crafted mutes and wedges for the piano strings that alter the instrument's timbre and mimic the sounds of a busy mechanical workshop, expanding her compositional palette.
Wake Forest University cancels 'inherently contentious' Palestinian activist lecture on Oct. 7
Wake Forest University announced Thursday that it would be canceling a campus lecture scheduled for Oct. 7 led by Palestinian scholar and activist Rabab Abdulhadi.
Wake Forest University announces inaugural Advancing Stewardship conference
The Sabin Center for Environment and Sustainability is days away from hosting its first conference focused on highlighting different approaches to environmentalism.
Drone training in the Piedmont inspires Indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon
A group of nine Indigenous Peruvian young leaders are spending four days learning new technologies to help monitor and protect their Indigenous lands from illegal miners, loggers and narco-traffickers.
Committee report finds mixed feelings on Wake Forest University's response to pro-Palestine protests
Back in May, law enforcement officers were called to disband a pro-Palestine rally and encampment at Wake Forest University. A committee charged with reviewing the school’s response to the protest released their findings last week.