WFU in the news: April 4-10

FEATURED NEWS

Dan Locklair’s new CD includes a Requiem that is written for the living as it honors the dead
By Fran Daniel | Winston-Salem Journal
Composer-in-Residence and Professor of Music Dan Locklair finished his third symphony last year but recently released his first requiem. “Composers rarely ever do more than one requiem in their lifetime,” he said. “You do one requiem, and that’s kind of it. I like to think that maybe I got it right on this one.” – 4/09/2022

NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL

Just how isolated is Russia after Ukraine invasion?
By Adam Taylor | The Washington Post
As a consequence of its invasion of Ukraine, Russia has become isolated. “Biden could sanction all or most of the Russian economy and then threaten anyone who trades with Russian companies with being cut off from the dollar system. I think there are good political reasons why he wouldn’t,” said history professor Ben Coates. – 4/08/2022

What everyone gets wrong about Black women and depression
By Julia S. Jordan-Zachery | Harper’s Bazaar
The higher Black women climb, Julia S. Jordan-Zachery argues, the more they are expected to control and suppress their emotions—to often debilitating effect. Jordan-Zachery is a professor and chair of the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department. She is the author of many books, including most recently “Black Girl Magic Beyond the Hashtag.” – 3/30/2022

Russia debt investors in limbo as default risk increases
By Davide Barbuscia, Alexandra Alper, Karin Strohecker | International Business Times (U.S.)
Russia’s ability to fulfill its debt obligations is in focus after sweeping sanctions in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. “Bondholders could sue Russia for nonpayment, and perhaps they would try to get courts to attach frozen Russian assets as payment,” said history professor Benjamin Coates who is investigating the history of economic sanctions in the 20th century. – 4/07/2022

Sanctions against Russia are damaging, but more is on the table
By Elliott Davis | U.S. News & World Report
“Certainly Russia’s the largest and most integrated economy ever to be hit with sanctions of this magnitude,” adds Ben Coates, an associate professor who is researching the history of economic sanctions in the 20th century. – 4/05/2022

REGIONAL & TRADE

Michele Gillespie, current dean, named Wake Forest University provost
By Lillian Johnson | Triad Business Journal
Wake Forest University has promoted the current dean of Wake Forest’s College of Arts and Sciences to provost of the university. Michele Gillespie will succeed Rogan Kersh, effective July 1 for an initial two-year term. With Gillespie’s appointment and the recent presidential inauguration of Susan Wente, the top two roles at Wake Forest will be held by women. – 4/05/2022

The Winston-Salem Journal also covered this news.

LOCAL

The ascension of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court is a historic moment
By John Hinton | Winston-Salem Journal
Ketanji Brown Jackson being confirmed as the first Black woman to sit on U.S. Supreme Court will inspire young people to achieve that goal in their lives,” said Alison Ashe-Card, a lawyer and an associate director of diversity and inclusion at Wake Forest School of Law. “The face of our profession is changing, and it’s so important that we have a diversity of experience, opinion and thought (on the Supreme Court) because the world is changing.” – 4/10/2022

What’s in the name Carolina Core? Economic development region faces challenge in building an identity
By Richard Craver | Winston-Salem Journal
The Carolina Core “has little visibility when it comes to adding credibility or promoting the success of these individual sites. It’s still building its own brand identity and awareness, and has limited brand equity.” For the Carolina Core brand to become more relevant, more work needs to be done from a marketing standpoint to create that connectivity, said marketing professor Roger Beahm. – 4/05/2022

Dr. Sanjay Gupta Coming to Wake Forest University
Yes! Weekly
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, neurosurgeon and multiple Emmy-award-winning chief medical correspondent for CNN will join the Face to Face Speaker Forum for an evening of conversation on Tuesday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m. in Wait Chapel. The conversation will be moderated by Dr. Julie A. Freischlag, Chief Executive Officer of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Dean of Wake Forest School of Medicine, and Chief Academic Officer of Atrium Health Enterprise. – 4/08/2022

Garden Party celebrates the life and legacy of Maya Angelou
By Tevin Stinson | WS Chronicle
Dozens of people gathered at Bailey Park last weekend to celebrate Maya Angelou’s birthday. The iconic words of Maya Angelou blared through the speakers at Bailey Park las dozens of people came together to celebrate her birthday and legacy. – 4/07/2022

WAKE FOREST NEWS

ACCelerate Festival to showcase WFU exhibits at Smithsonian
By Cheryl V. Walker | Wake Forest News
More than two dozen Wake Forest faculty and students will take part in this year’s “ACCelerate: ACC Smithsonian Creativity and Innovation Festival,” April 8-10 at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. The ACCelerate Festival is a celebration of creative exploration and innovative research happening at the intersection of science, engineering, arts and design from across the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the Smithsonian. – 4/08/7022