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From bugs and birds to drones and DNA
Harold Greeney (’93) took an untraditional path to build a research station in Ecuador — and helped win a $5 million prize for accelerating our learning about the rainforest.
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A network that worked
Two Wake Foresters took a class on entrepreneurship together. Twenty years later, they were in business together.
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Running for Freedom
Claire O’Brien (’11) and her sisters have long lamented the plight of women in Afghanistan — and they organized a run this fall to help.
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Embracing change
Betsy Rives (’08) uses what she learned as a studio art major to innovate at Google.
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After the water rose
Hurricane Helene left Asheville residents struggling to deal with a lack of services, including clean water. A Wake Forest alumna arrived to help.
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Looking for a Sign
In this presidential election season, you might be surprised by where a Wake Forester’s amazing trove of autographs and documents landed.
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Around the world on points
How an intrepid alumni couple travels in luxury on a shoestring.
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For the laughs
From Lilting Banshees to Disney to D&D podcast, Caldwell Tanner (’09) builds a successful and roll-of-the-dice comedy career
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Building Up Rural Communities
Patrick Woodie (’87, JD ’90) leads effort to strengthen small towns and farms across North Carolina.
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‘Blind Truths’
Former basketball star Gil McGregor (’71, P '16) shares lessons he learned while losing his sight.
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A skeptic’s take on tech
In a new book, Stuart Whatley (’07) argues that we put too much faith in finding new technology to fix problems we could tackle with the tools we have already.
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Bringing Home Bronze
WNBA star Dearica Hamby ('15) is the first Wake Forest woman athlete to win an Olympic medal.
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