Christina Bailey-Hytholt ’15, assistant professor of chemical engineering, has been named to the Leonard P. Kinnicutt Professorship for a three-year appointment.

After three years as Wake Forest University’s provost, Michele Gillespie will step down July 31 to return to the classroom.

In 1941, after the City of Topeka voted to support the school with public funds, the name was changed from Washburn College ...