With most violent crimes committed by men, it’s time to consider “masculinity as one part of the explanation” and not simply attribute violent behavior to job stress or marital conflict, writes Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology Andrew Smiler.

Gov. Bev Perdue visited Dr. Anthony Atala and the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and announced plans to brand North Carolina as “the state of innovation.”

Professor of Physics Daniel Kim-Shapiro and a collaborator at the University of Pittsburgh have been awarded a $2.8 million, four-year federal grant to study why the quality of stored blood degrades over time and to investigate ways to make transfusions using older blood safer.

A program celebrating the life and career of nationally known debate director Ross Smith (’82), who died in July, will be held Saturday in conjunction with the Shirley Classic Debate Tournament. A reception will be held at 6 p.m. in the Benson University Center, followed by the program at 7 p.m.

On Friday the 13th, Associate Professor of Physics Eric Carlson talks about the origins of superstitions in Christian traditions and pagan practices, while standing under a ladder and breaking a mirror.

Images of the American soldier — captured by photographers on battlefields from the Civil War to Iraq and Afghanistan — have changed over time, according to Charlotte C. Weber Professor of Art David Lubin, who studies iconic images.

Henry Stroupe (’35, MA ‘37), the founding dean of the Graduate School and Professor Emeritus of History, died in Winston-Salem on Thursday. Stroupe joined the faculty in 1937 and served as dean of the graduate program from 1961 until retiring in 1984. Funeral arrangements are pending.

Professor Emeritus of English John A. Carter Jr. has died. Carter, who was 77, joined the faculty in 1961 and taught Victorian literature until retiring in 1997.

Whether through a scholarship, grant, or endowed teaching position, the generous support of benefactors has opened doors and opened minds for generations of Wake Forest students and faculty. Be inspired by some of their stories here.