Not all species would survive spending 40 hours a week in a lab, but senior Kevin Cooper, one of only 15 students nationwide to receive a prestigious summer research fellowship, is thriving there.

In his new book, Professor of Economics Donald Frey argues that two differing views of morality have shaped — and continue to shape — economic thought and today’s “culture of excess.”

Reynolda House Museum of American Art will showcase the Student Union collection of contemporary art — featuring works by Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and Alex Katz, among others — developed entirely by students since 1963, in an exhibit this fall.

For some students with idiosyncratic interests and ambitions, one academic major isn’t enough. Meet eight students with especially creative cross-disciplinary majors that are taking them down academic paths less traveled.

Christian and mainstream romance novels both emphasize love and a happy ending, says author and religion professor Lynn Neal, but in Christian novels the heroine and hero have to overcome spiritual issues to live happily ever after. More faculty news »

Thirteen students and two professors are on a new service-abroad trip to Nicaragua, where they are volunteering in a school and health clinic. Follow the students' experiences in their blog »

Vice President Joe Biden told the Class of 2009 that their generation enjoys greater opportunities to shape the future than any in modern history. Commencement photo galleries, retiring faculty stories and more »

The New Students Web site, for undergraduates entering in August, is now online. In addition to information that your student will need, there’s a special section of information just for parents.

The redesign of the Wake Forest web site will continue this summer. Read more about the changes that have already been made and are upcoming, and send you suggestions to the blog.

When is Commencement? When is New Student Orientation? When is Parents’ Weekend? For the answers to these questions and more, see the new FAQ section on this Web site. Have a question? .