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Center for Functional Materials Research Day celebrates innovation and collaboration

Wake Forest students and faculty members presented posters on their diverse research successes in Benson University Center for the Center for Functional Materials (CFM) Research Day. “The main idea of the center is to bring people together and foster internal collaborations, as well as external collaborations with other universities. This event gives us an opportunity to know what everyone is working on and to foster those discussions,” said Timo Thonhauser, Wright Family Professor of Physics and director of the CFM.

November 27, 2024

Barron’s

Election betting markets were 2024’s other winner. Embrace them.

“Political betting markets are more than just novelties. Legalizing and regulating these markets would harness their potential for the benefit of the national interest. The stakes are high, but if 2024 has proved anything, it’s that these betting markets will probably be more prominent in future elections. Rather than fight it, the general public, politicians and the regulators would be well served to embrace it,” writes economics professor Koleman Strumpf.

November 21, 2024