Bin Laden’s death spurs WFU celebration
A spontaneous rally occurs on the Quad in light of President Obama’s announcement about Osama bin Laden.
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Meredith-Leigh Pleasants’ confession
I knew I had to find the applicant who made a name for herself at the Siler City Chicken Festival.
Read MoreFarewell, Peggy Smith
"I am just retiring from teaching," said Peggy Smith. "I'm not dying."
Read MoreWFU alums’ cabinet of curiosities
The road to the second annual international Obscura Day led to — you guessed it — Demon Deacons.
Read MoreA postcard from Paris
I love Paris in springtime, and I love that Amanda Bowers ('12) followed her passion in the heart of the city.
Read MoreWFU innovator building better batteries
Jeffrey P. Chamberlain (’88) is in the lab trying to bring us ultimately a more affordable electric car.
Read MoreSnow falling on campus dancers
Musings on snow, dance steps and drama from the halls of the administration to the coach’s corner….
Read MoreThe Social Animal
David Brooks’ conversation about educating the emotions continues — beyond the themes he shared with the Wake Forest community last summer. His new book: “The Social Animal.”
Read MoreDelicacies, deliciousness, perchance danger
From ‘Ace of Cakes’ to ‘Survivor’ meets ‘Hell’s Kitchen’: The WFU food network is sizzling.
Read MoreEditor Al Hunt (’65) honored in D.C.
A Wake Forest journalism star received a citation for his long record of professional excellence and his mentoring of journalists across Washington. He and his wife, Judy Woodruff, will speak at WFU on April 13.
Read MoreWhat’s so special about Wake Forest?
A conversation with Leslie (’91) and Phillips Bragg (’93) in Charlotte led me to Carter Cook (’94, JD/MBA ’98) and his e-mail answering a ninth grader’s queries about what makes Wake Forest “a special college.”
Read MoreClass of 2011: Familiar sentiments
Remember how you felt that last semester of your senior year?
Read MoreDishing details of a spymaster
Douglas Waller’s (’71) latest book “Wild Bill Donovan: The Spymaster Who Created the OSS and Modern American Espionage” went on the sale this week and is already garnering praise.
Read MoreA Vanity Fair shoot for a Demon Deacon
From The Wall Street Journal to Vanity Fair, best-selling author Emily Giffin (’94) is making news in 2011.
Read MoreThe passing of a national treasure
The United States lost an acclaimed American novelist on Jan. 20 when Reynolds Price died of complications from a heart attack at age 77. A native of Macon, N.C., and a Rhodes Scholar, Price found a mentor in Eudora Welty.
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