Congratulations to Una Wilson! The Pulitzer Center awarded a fellowship to Una Wilson to be Wake Forest’s 2023 Reporting Fellow. The Pulitzer Center awards reporting fellowships to students from its Campus Consortium partners to cover a wide range of issues from climate change to migration and refugees. They receive funding and mentorship to report from…
Congratulations to the #Classof2023! 💛🎩 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, #WFU23!” 
AWARDS Foster Pierce won the Elton C. Cocke Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Student. Natalie Ellis won the Walter S. Flory Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Biology. Trey Ursillo won the Carolina Biological Supply Company Award for Undergraduate Research. Trey received Honors in Biology working in the lab of Professor David Anderson. The title of…
Special WFU Biology seminar and event to be held by Dr. Joseph L. Graves Jr. on Monday, April 3, 2023. Dr. Graves is the first African American evolutionary biologist in the country, and is a world-renowned advocate for evolutionary medicine. At 4 pm in Winston Hall 126 & Online, Dr. Joseph L. Graves Jr., N.C….
AWARDS Matthew Weimer won the Elton C. Cocke Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Student. Leonardo Silenzi won the Walter S. Flory Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Biology. Hannah Watson won the Carolina Biological Supply Company Award for Undergraduate Research. Hannah received Honors in Biology working in the lab of Professor Wayne Silver. The title of…
Congratulations to the #Classof2022! 💛🎩 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, #WFU22!” 
Congratulations to Landon Bradshaw and John Billos! They have been named 2022 Barry S. Goldwater Scholars for the 2022-23 academic year. Goldwater Scholars have impressive academic and research credentials that have garnered the attention of prestigious post-graduate fellowship programs. The Goldwater Scholarship is the preeminent undergraduate award of its type in these fields. As a…
Beta Beta Beta National Biological Honor Society Recruitment Beta Beta Beta, the Biology Honor Society on campus, is beginning the process to recruit new members for the 2022 year! What is Tri-Beta?: Beta Beta Beta is an honors society for students, particularly undergraduates, dedicated to improving understanding and appreciation of biological study and extending boundaries…
Sullivan Scholarships are designated “for expanding biological horizons.” Funds for undergraduate travel are provided from an endowment based on a bequest from the late Professor of Biology, Dr. Robert L. Sullivan. Students receiving awards this year will use them during spring break or summer to participate in field courses led by Wake Forest faculty. These courses are Bird…
The pandemic of 2020-21 (and 2022) came as no surprise to Wake Forest Biology Teaching Professor Pat Lord (Ph.D. 1986). She has been teaching about pandemics years before the Covid-19 outbreak. Pat Lord’s career has revolved around the teaching and research of virology– her work showed that a pandemic was in our past, present, and…
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