Wake Forest physics professor Alejandro Cárdenas-Avendaño has received a $374,000 NASA grant to develop new tools for detecting and analyzing gravitational waves. https://wakefo.rest/4yp2VW2 #DeacsDo #WFUresearch

NASA grant offers Wake Forest students an opportunity to help develop new tools to understand gravity | Wake Forest News

NASA has awarded Wake Forest University Assistant Professor of Physics Alejandro Cárdenas-Avendaño a two-year, $374,000 grant to advance data analysis capabilities for the anticipated launch of NASA’s...

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A new lab is expanding what’s possible at Wake Forest. 🔬 NanoteQ supports quantum computing research, hands-on learning for students and partnerships that help turn discoveries into new technologies. Take a look inside, then read more: https://wakefo.rest/4jsMynw #WFUresearch #DeacsDo

Wake Forest made career development a University leadership priority in 2009. Today, The Chronicle of Higher Education highlights how Andy Chan helped reshape career support at WFU and inspired colleges nationwide to rethink their approach. Read more: https://wakefo.rest/4z0rz0m

College football's most unusual mascot? We know him. 🎩 Southern Living explores the history of our beloved Demon Deacon. Read the full story: https://wakefo.rest/4eI3rrc

How do GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy affect the brain? Wake Forest psychology professor Wayne Pratt studies the brain circuits that drive food motivation. https://wakefo.rest/4zmgsih #WFUexpert #WFUresearch

What the neuroscience of motivation has to say about GLP-1 drugs | Wake Forest News

If Wayne Pratt's research can help us understand how GLP-1 drugs work, it could lay the groundwork for the next generation of weight loss therapies.

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Wake Forest physics professor Alejandro Cárdenas-Avendaño has received a $374,000 NASA grant to develop new tools for detecting and analyzing gravitational waves. https://wakefo.rest/4yp2VW2 #DeacsDo #WFUresearch

NASA grant offers Wake Forest students an opportunity to help develop new tools to understand gravity | Wake Forest News

NASA has awarded Wake Forest University Assistant Professor of Physics Alejandro Cárdenas-Avendaño a two-year, $374,000 grant to advance data analysis capabilities for the anticipated launch of NASA’s...

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Wake Forest politics professor John Dinan breaks down the key races and ballot measures, from the U.S. Senate and state Supreme Court to constitutional amendments, and what the results could mean for North Carolina and the nation. Read more: https://wakefo.rest/4zDkl2m #WFUexpert #WFUresearch

North Carolina could play a key role in this year's midterm elections | Wake Forest News

Midterm election results in North Carolina could significantly influence the state and shape the national political landscape, says John Dinan, a Wake Forest University professor of political science....

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20 years of undergraduate research and discovery at Wake Forest! From science labs to theatre stages, students across disciplines are working alongside faculty mentors to explore big questions and share new ideas. https://wakefo.rest/4BqcS8G #DeacsDo #WFUresearch

Undergraduate research and discovery

For two decades, Wake Forest undergraduates have had opportunities to work with faculty on mentored research, scholarship and creative projects across all academic disciplines.

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What if quantum computing didn’t require temperatures colder than deep space? Wake Forest’s new Nano and Quantum Technologies Laboratory is giving researchers and students the tools to explore that possibility. Read more: https://wakefo.rest/4jsMynw

New research from Wake Forest economist Frederick Chen uses game theory to explain the surprising incentives behind museum security, law enforcement and the black market and why some seemingly obvious solutions to art theft can backfire. Read more: https://wakefo.rest/4iIWtFm #WFUresearch

Eroding coastal marshes are releasing more than 1.45 billion pounds of carbon into the ocean each year. New Wake Forest-led research uses satellite imagery to reveal a hidden source of carbon emissions along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Read more: https://wakefo.rest/4gWq3os #WFUresearch

Eroding coastal marshes leak billions of pounds of carbon, new research finds | Wake Forest News

Eroding soils from coastal marshes dump 660,000 metric tons of carbon pollution into the ocean every year, new research shows.

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What happens in the brain when GLP-1 drugs turn down “food noise”? WFU psychology professor Wayne Pratt explains what neuroscience tells us about GLP-1s like Ozempic and Wegovy, and what researchers are still working to understand. wakefo.rest/4zmgsih

What the neuroscience of motivation has to say about GLP-1 drugs | Wake Forest News

If Wayne Pratt's research can help us understand how GLP-1 drugs work, it could lay the groundwork for the next generation of weight loss therapies.

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Another record-setting year for Hit the Bricks! 🧱 2,406 runners and walkers raised nearly $407,000 for the Brian Piccolo Cancer Research Fund, supporting cancer research and patient services at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. #ProHumanitate https://wakefo.rest/4i1n93f

It’s another record-setting year for Wake Forest's Hit the Bricks | Wake Forest News

With the help of 2,406 runners and walkers, Hit the Bricks raised nearly $407,000 for the Brian Piccolo Cancer Research Fund.

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Join us Sunday, Oct. 4, at 11 a.m. for the 2026 Family Weekend worship service, featuring Chris Gilliam and the WFU Chamber Choir. The service is open to the entire Wake Forest community, family and friends. Watch live: https://wakefo.rest/4y1TKuJ

Wake Forest and Stanford will compete on the football field today. Off the field, they’re working together. Explore four areas where the two universities are collaborating to advance research, education and discovery ➡️ https://wakefo.rest/4dhTfVV #WFUResearch #ProHumanitate

From the Amazon to the Vatican. Wake Forest researchers with CINCIA and the Sabin Center briefed Pope Leo XIV on mercury pollution in the Amazon and its impact on people and the environment. Read more: https://wakefo.rest/4hW4g1z #WFUresearch #ProHumanitate

Wake Forest and Allegacy Financial have announced the continuation of their university-wide strategic partnership. Read more: https://wakefo.rest/4rD79HU

Wake Forest brought lawmakers, policy experts and students together in Washington, D.C., for a conversation about the future of public service, character and civil discourse. Read more: https://wakefo.rest/46Omufl

What if quantum computing didn’t require temperatures colder than deep space? Wake Forest’s new Nano and Quantum Technologies Laboratory is giving researchers and students the tools to explore that possibility. Read more: https://wakefo.rest/4jsMynw

This Thursday, Wake Forest will Hit the Bricks for cancer research. Since 2003, more than 20,000 participants have raised over $1.8 million through one of our most beloved campus traditions. 🧱 Read more: https://wakefo.rest/4daAeoa #ProHumanitate

New research from Wake Forest economist Frederick Chen uses game theory to explain the surprising incentives behind museum security, law enforcement and the black market and why some seemingly obvious solutions to art theft can backfire. Read more: https://wakefo.rest/4iIWtFm #WFUresearch

Great research shouldn’t stay inside academia. With support from a $2.7 million grant, Wake Forest will become home to a global initiative helping scientists, social scientists and philosophers bring their expertise to broader public audiences. #WFUResearch https://wakefo.rest/4xuDvGj

From research to headlines: Wake Forest to host public scholarship initiative | Wake Forest News

Supported by a $2.7 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation, the University will host 10 two-day workshops over the next five years, bringing lead

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The wait is over. 🎬 Our new Wake Forest commercial is here. See what happens when a Forest comes together to bring an idea to life. Visit wake.wfu.edu/commercial for the story behind the story.

Nearly 3,000 pieces of paper. Every element designed, engineered and assembled by hand. Go behind the scenes of Wake Forest’s new 30-second commercial and the idea that inspired it. https://wakefo.rest/4iEUIJd

Why Wake Forest made its new 30-second commercial out of paper | Wake Forest News

Making the new Wake Forest University 30-second TV commercial started with cutting nearly 3,000 pieces of paper into campus landmarks, trees and people. Every element was designed, engineered, and assembled by hand. The commercial is scheduled to air fo...

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Wake Forest Professor of Practice Ellen Murphy examines how AI tools could help millions of Americans navigate civil legal issues without an attorney, while also considering the risks and limitations. Her latest for The Conversation: https://wakefo.rest/4hwEFey

AI tools can help Americans meet their civil legal needs

The US legal system often fails to provide counsel for millions of Americans in civil cases. Generic and law-specific AI models can help address this justice gap of unmet legal needs.

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What makes a pathogen worth studying? Sometimes, it’s what makes it weird. Wake Forest chemist Rebecca Alexander is uncovering how an unusual bacterium survives inside human cells, revealing a potential new target for antibacterial therapies. #WFUResearch https://wakefo.rest/46X5XFI

How do human pathogens adapt? New Wake Forest research holds some clues | Wake Forest News

New research uncovering this unique bacterial structure could introduce a drug therapy target.

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Wake Forest and Historic Bethabara Park are partnering to preserve thousands of 18th-century artifacts in Winston-Salem. A three-year, $750,000 National Endowment for the Humanities grant is supporting the work. Read more: https://wakefo.rest/4xAJ2eq #wfuresearch #prohumanitate #deacsdo

AI agents can make life easier, but at what cost to your privacy? New Wake Forest research uncovered serious security risks in third-party AI agent skills, including leaked credentials that could expose private data. #WFUresearch https://wakefo.rest/3SxRzjZ

AI agents are all the rage—but research shows they leak private data | Wake Forest News

Ying Zhang of Wake Forest University researches how AI agents used by large language models make data vulnerable to attacks.

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The wait is over. 🎬 Our new Wake Forest commercial is here. See what happens when a Forest comes together to bring an idea to life. Visit wake.wfu.edu/commercial for the story behind the story.

What makes our paper Wake Forest world spin? Drum roll, please… Visit wake.wfu.edu/commercial to watch the new Wake Forest commercial and see how it was made.