Wake Forest University

It's the time of year when people worry about the money they've wasted, but there's more at stake than a holiday splurge. Think bigger -- about the thousands of dollars people waste without a second thought. Many just spent weeks looking for the best...

Wake Forest University is spending $1 million to better understand virtue and vice. The Character Project awarded eight grants on the philosophy of character and eight on the theology of character from 170 submitted proposals.   “Those selected...

From Caltech in the West to Wake Forest University in the East, colleges are offering up mind-stretching, offbeat or downright freaky essay questions in an effort to gain better insights into young people's minds and personalities....

A three-year, multi-million dollar study at Wake Forest University called  The Character Project will attempt to determine the mysteries of human character. How do traits such as honesty, compassion and empathy combine to create character? “The...

Alright, after taking a couple of days off to heal up and unwind, the Florida State Seminoles return to the practice fields Monday afternoon to resume preparations for their next opponent and to continue their season. With injuries littering the roster,...

A new study of video games found that a player's perception of enemies as human, not alien, led the player to be more verbally aggressive afterward. The study also found that men were more physically aggressive than women in behavioral tests taken after...

While the University of Maryland won't be able to reap most of the rewards of joining the Big Ten athletic conference until the move becomes official in July 2014, it will start benefiting from its academic counterpart — the Committee on...

Ted and Mary Jo Pankau of Lake Geneva, Wisc., announce the engagement of their daughter, Erin Pankau, to Trevor McEvoy, son of Rick and Shelley McEvoy of Bel Air. Pankau is a graduate of Badger High School and Wake Forest University and is a faculty...

NY Magazine has a new article titled, “All Joy and No Fun: Why Parents Hate Parenting.” The headline caught my attention because A) it’s incredibly sensationalistic, and B) I was unaware that so many parents had such contempt for their...

As soon as I asked the question, I asked myself why I had asked the question. Even as I was mouthing the words, the stodgy side of me whispered to the daring side, “What do you think you’re doing?” She has been a resident in the long-...

Mary Love Mezzanotte, a registered nurse who later became a lawyer, died Thursdayof liver cancer at her West Friendship home. She was 56. The daughter of a career naval officer and a homemaker, Mary Love Green was born in the Canal Zone in Panama and...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A number of obstacles may stand between a person and exercise, and hairstyles may be one of them for African-American women, according to a new study. Researchers found about two of every five African-American women said...