This week at Wake Forest University
HOW THE U.S. IS RESPONDING TO TERRORIST ATTACKS
Wake Forest faculty members will present “Responding to Conflict: Military, Diplomatic and Humanitarian Approaches” tonight at 8 in Benson University Center’s Pugh Auditorium. Panelists will address how the United States and its allies are responding to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. They will also discuss possible alternative responses. The public event is part of Wake Forest’s Year of Unity and Hope: Pro Humanitate at Work. To arrange coverage or an interview with one of the panelists, contact Vanessa Willis at willisv@wfu.edu or 758-5237.
WFU COMPETES IN ‘POINTS FOR PINTS’
Wake Forest is taking its rivalry with 18 other National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) schools an extra step this year through the American Red Cross’s new Points for Pints program. Between Oct. 1 and March 1, 2002, Points for Pints blood drives will be held at 19 NCAA schools. At the end of that period, during the NCAA basketball tournament, the school with the highest percentage of student, faculty and staff donors will be presented with a trophy. Wake Forest student-athletes will be volunteering during the drives. The next drive at Wake Forest will be in Wingate Hall on Nov. 5, 1-5:45 p.m. For more information, contact Vanessa Willis at willisv@wfu.edu or 758-5237.
WORKING MOTHERS AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
One of the first psychologists to document that women-just like men- benefit from combining work and family roles will speak at Wake Forest Nov. 8 and 9. Faye Crosby, professor of psychology at the University of California at Santa Cruz, is a recognized authority on social justice and diversity in the workplace. Her book, “Juggling,” is credited with changing employers’ views of working mothers. Her presentations will be in Benson University Center’s Pugh Auditorium on the Reynolda Campus, and Commons Conference Rooms 1, 2 and 3 on the Bowman Gray Campus. To arrange an interview with Crosby, contact Natalie Barrett at 713-4230.
STUDY FINDS FAVOR FOR OVERCONFIDENT FINANCIAL ADVISORS
People prefer overconfident financial advisors, according to a new Wake Forest study. “People judge a more confident advisor to have made more correct judgments and to be more knowledgeable, even when that is not the case,” said Eric Stone, co-author of the study and associate professor of psychology at Wake Forest. Using computer software, Stone conducted a series of experiments involving fictional financial advisors who evaluated the chances that 24 fictional stocks would increase in value. For more information, contact Cheryl Walker at walkercv@wfu.edu or 758-5237.
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