We are pleased and excited to welcome our two new Faculty members, Dr. Regina Joice Cordy and Dr. Sheri Floge. The Undergraduate College published a brief article on our two new members that can be found below! Meet the New Teacher-Scholars: Biology When Cordy and Floge applied for the same Assistant Professor position, the department…
The WFU News Service recently featured a story about Dr. Pat Lord and Prehealth students involved with a very special program called Dining Dilemmas. This program, directed by Dr. Pat Lord, has held events which encourage students to explore bioethics and build community. Since the program began in 2012, Dining Dilemmas have drawn a diverse…
September 13, 2017 by Alicia Roberts | media@wfu.edu | 336.758.5237 Science educators at Wake Forest University are testing how automated feedback combined with new one-on-one teaching methods can improve scientific writing from STEM undergraduates – and result in better explanation of research to the public. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the research team…
Position Filled Spring 2018. The Department of Biology at Wake Forest University invites applicants for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level who are broadly trained in microbiology and who will complement our existing strengths with a thriving, extramurally-funded research program on Bacteria, Archaea, or microbial eukaryotes and their interactions with other species…
The documentary series “Now What” with Ryan Duffy, features the work of Max Messinger (BS 2013, MS 2015) and Professor Miles Silman in the Amazon. The piece follows Messinger’s work with drones in monitoring illicit gold mining in the Amazon and the scale of negative environmental impact these illegal activities have had. Messinger and Silman have worked…
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 small multi-bladed helicopters into a…
The Winston Salem Journal recognized Department of Biology outreach efforts directed by Gloria Muday and Carole Browne engaging WFU undergraduates to become teachers of science classes in the local schools. WFU students Kathleen Quigley (PhD. candidate) and Ashlyn Whitlock (senior) were also interviewed. Click the link to read the article at the Winston Salem Journal…
Susan Fahrbach recently authored a textbook entitled “Developmental Neuroscience: A Concise Introduction.” published by the Princeton University Press. August 2013. Click here to read more about the book: Developmental Neuroscience: A Concise Introduction. Link to Princeton University Press: click here to visit book website.
Twins combine interest in science, art By KASHA PATEL (’12), INTERN Office of Communications and External Relations The Blackburn twins are playing an integral role in the ongoing development of BioBook, an interactive biology e-textbook designed to improve persistence and success in college-level science courses created by an interdisciplinary research team at Wake Forest. However,…
PLOS (The Public Library of Science) is a non-profit publisher and advocacy organization recently published an article focusing on the work of Reynolds Professor of Developmental Neuroscience Susan Fahrbach and graduate student researcher Scott Dobrin (PhD. 2011). Fahrbach and her lab group have discovered that it is possible to train honey bees by SHOWING them….
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