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 John Graef, a PhD student in the Neuroscience program has received the 2010 Sulkin Award. The Norman Sulkin Award was established in memory of a former chairman of the Department of Anatomy, now the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy.  Funds were donated by Doctor Sulkin’s family, faculty associates and former students.  The award consists of a check for five hundred dollars, a personal plaque, and a name plate on the Department Plaque housed in the main hallway.  Criteria for selection of... read more »

Wake Forest University has been awarded a $3.6 million grant to study issues related to character. Christian Miller, an associate professor of philosophy, will direct the three-year project. William Fleeson and Michael Furr, both faculty members in the Wake Forest psychology department, also will be involved. Read the full story ….   read more »

Project will advance animal research education Two Ph.D. candidates in neuroscience have been selected by Americans for Medical Progress as the 2010-11 Michael D. Hayre Fellows in Public Outreach. Elizabeth Burnett and Scott Dobrin are in the Neuroscience Program at Wake Forest University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Bowman Gray campus) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Both share a passion for science education and advocacy and are leaders of the Wake Forest University Brain Awareness Council. Their project, Speaking Honestly—Animal Research Education (SHARE),... read more »