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Media advisory: High schoolers showcase STEM research at WF Leap

This summer, 25 high school students from six Title I Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools are participating in the Wake Forest LEAP ( (Lab Experiences: Academics and Professions) program. Among them is Autumn Taylor, a 15-year-old rising junior at Glenn High School who loves building theater sets and dreams of becoming an architect or structural engineer. WF LEAP offers these students a unique opportunity to gain hands-on lab research experience while earning a paid internship. The goal is to increase the number of traditionally underrepresented youth and minorities in the STEM education pipeline.

Disentangling media bias

image of electronic devices featuring "news" content New research by Wake Forest economics professors Tommy Leung and Koleman Strumpf examines front-page editorial bias in The New York Times (NYT) and The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).

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High stakes: WFU expert previews first 2024 presidential debate

Millions of Americans are expected to watch the first 2024 presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. In this Q&A, Wake Forest University associate teaching professor Nate French, an expert on political communication, explains how this first presidential debate differs from first debates in past elections and why the stakes are so high for both parties.

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