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Student Honors & Announcements 2025

June 25, 2025
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WFU Biology Announcements

AWARDS Jack Carson won the Elton C. Cocke Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Student. Hank Laxton won the Walter S. Flory Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Biology. Hope Nitsche won the Carolina Biological Supply Company Award for Undergraduate Research. Hope received Honors in Biology working in the lab of Professor Erik Johnson. The title of her…

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Teacher-Scholar Legacies: Pat Lord

June 9, 2025
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Dr. Pat Lord

The WFU Department of Biology is proud to celebrate the career and extraordinary service to Wake Forest of Teaching Professor Pat C.W. Lord on the occasion of her retirement. Congratulations, Pat! Dr. Lord has been one of the most versatile educators in the Biology Department, teaching a wide range of courses during her 25-year career…

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WFU 2025 Biology Honors and Award Recipients

May 14, 2025
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WFU 2025 Biology Honors and Award Recipients

Congratulations to the #Classof2025! 💛🎩 From the entire WFU Biology department: “We appreciate your dedication and efforts to support the missions of the Department and University. We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors. Congratulations, #WFU25!” 

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Neuroscience Seminar: Paul J. Laurienti

March 19, 2025
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WFU Neuroscience seminar on Monday, March 31, 2025, at 4 pm in Worrell Hall 1312. Paul J. Laurienti, MD, Ph.D., Professor of Radiology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, will give a seminar talk titled “Neuroscience, Society, & Me.” This talk will discuss the dynamic interplay between the brain and society. We will examine…

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Neuroscience Seminar: Kenneth Kishida

March 7, 2025
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WFU Neuroscience seminar on Monday, March 17, 2025, at 4 pm in Winston Hall 126. Ken Kishida, Ph.D., Professor of Translational Neuroscience at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, will give a seminar talk titled “Neuroscience of Consciousness, Choice, and Computation (NC3): What’s dopamine got to do with it (i.e., Neuroscience and Society)?… Everything!” This…

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Proposals Funded in 2024

October 11, 2024
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WFU Biology Announcements

Congratulations! We are proud to announce that WFU Biology members have had the following proposals funded: Dr. Sheri Floge‘s proposal entitled “Collaborative Research: A matter of life & death: Assessing bacterioplankton as sources of vitamin B1 and vitamers to the surface ocean” has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Ke Reid‘s proposal…

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WFU students named 2024 NIH IRTA and Amgen Scholar

May 24, 2024
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WFU Biology Announcements

Congratulations to Eric Wang and Hope Nitsche! They have been featured in the University’s Scholars Program spring roundup of nationally competitive award-winners. Eric Wang (’24) was selected for the postbaccalaureate National Institutes of Health [NIH] Intramural Research Training Award [IRTA]. The NIH IRTA program is for recent college graduates considering graduate or professional school in…

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Student Honors & Announcements 2024

May 24, 2024
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WFU Biology Announcements

AWARDS Hope Nitsche won the Elton C. Cocke Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Student. Alexandria Latuda, Isabella Tjan, and Josh Marett won the Walter S. Flory Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Biology. Eric Wang won the Carolina Biological Supply Company Award for Undergraduate Research. Eric received Honors in Biology working in the lab of Professor…

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Faculty Honors & Announcements 2024

May 23, 2024
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WFU Biology Announcements

RETIRING FACULTY The following faculty members are retiring in the 2023-2024 Academic Year. Thank you for your incredible dedication and commitment over the years! Dr. James F. Curran Dr. David J. Anderson Dr. William K. Smith   FACULTY TENURE AND PROMOTIONS Congratulations to the following faculty members who have received promotions, effective July 1, 2024:…

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Teacher-Scholar Legacies: Bill Smith

May 23, 2024
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Dr. Smith and research truck

The WFU Department of Biology is proud to celebrate the career and extraordinary service to Wake Forest of Professor William K. Smith on the occasion of his retirement. Congratulations, Bill! Dr. Smith has published 243 peer-reviewed papers! This large body of work has shed light on the adaptive strategies employed by plants in response to…

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