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Major national and regional news organizations regularly interview Wake Forest faculty, staff, and students for their expertise and perspectives on current events, and to feature programs and activities on campus.

The Conversation

Is news bias fueled by journalists supplying slanted views or readers’ demanding them?

In this article by economics professor Tin Leung on “liberal bias” in media, Leung shares findings from research conducted with his colleague, economics professor Koleman Sturmpf. The two looked at how bias plays out in two of America’s leading newspapers: The New York Times, which people commonly believe leans left, and The Wall Street Journal, which is often viewed as leaning right. They analyzed more than 100,000 articles from both newspapers, as well as 22 million tweets linking to them, to tease out the factors that influence how long articles remain on digital homepages.

December 17, 2024

Bloomberg Environment

Environmental enforcement to evolve, but not vanish under Trump

Environmental enforcement is almost certain to dip under President-elect Donald Trump, but that doesn’t mean the EPA won’t keep looking for violations-just different ones, former agency officials say. The EPA might try to target groups that got billions of dollars in funding under the climate or infrastructure laws, surmised Stan Meiburg, a longtime EPA staffer and former acting deputy administrator. An easier path might be to scrutinize grant recipients “under the rubric of fraud, waste and abuse,” said Meiburg, now executive director of Wake Forest University’s environment and sustainability center.

January 3, 2025

High demand for Wake Forest contrasts national ranking

Demand for a Wake Forest education is at an all-time high. “The Class of 2028 was selected from a record applicant pool of 18,735, a…

High demand for Wake Forest contrasts national ranking

‘Wake the Arts’ this semester

The Wake the Arts Center’s opening celebration will be held on Thursday, Sept. 26, at 6 p.m. in Scales Lower Lobby. Faculty, staff and students…

‘Wake the Arts’ this semester

Faculty Senate Meeting Sept. 18

Wake Forest University Faculty Senate meetings are open to all members of the University’s faculty. In the 2024/25 Senate Year, University Faculty Senate meetings will…

Faculty Senate Meeting Sept. 18