Cheryl Walker

Executive Director, News and Communications

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NC Elections: WFU politics professor John Dinan available

Wake Forest University politics professor John Dinan says several races in Tuesday’s North Carolina midterm elections will be worth watching. Outcomes of state house and senate races could significantly influence policymaking and judicial race winners could shift the balance of power on the state’s highest court.


NBC News features Wake Forest’s research in the Peruvian Amazon

A new NBC News investigation into illegal gold mining in Peru highlights the work Wake Forest University researchers – both Peruvian and American – are doing to make trees thrive in a landscape devastated by mining. Through Wake Forest’s Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation (CINCIA), based in the Madre de Dios region of the Peruvian Amazon, scientists like Miles Silman, Luis Fernandez and an international team of researchers are developing ways to reforest the land while protecting human health and natural systems.


What’s ahead for the British monarchy?

Queen Elizabeth II was a symbol of national unity and purpose, said Worrell Professor of Politics and International Studies Mark Vail. And, that will be difficult to replace.

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