Kim McGrath

Wake Forest University will host a moderated conversation with jazz master Branford Marsalis on Sunday, Nov. 9 at 4 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public.  Jacqui Carrasco, professor and chair of Wake Forest’s Department of Music and education professor Ali Sakkal will join Marsalis for the conversation. During the event, Marsalis will be presented…

According to the International Rhino Foundation, on average, one rhino is killed by poachers every 15 hours. Despite aggressive anti-poaching measures, the global rhino population has continued to decline. Wake Forest economist Fred Chen’s decades-long research on rhino horn poaching examines the outcomes of defensive anti-trafficking efforts (such as rhino relocation, anti-poaching patrols, GPS trackers,…

Beth Norbrey & Larry D. Hopkins Hall isn’t just a building, their son David said at the dedication of the residence hall on Saturday, Oct. 25. “It’s about legacy. It’s about what it looks like to open doors for others, even when you had to break them down yourself.” Beth Hopkins ('73) has had a…

Wake Forest professor, economics expert and baseball enthusiast Todd McFall has been studying sports for two decades. He has been widely quoted in national, regional and local news on topics ranging from golf’s economic rebound to NASCAR rebranding to the lopsidedness of baseball’s World Series. In this Q&A, McFall looks at the options for Major…

The Intercontinental Exchange, the parent company of the NYSE, recently announced a strategic investment of up to $2 billion in Polymarket. This massive institutional buy-in is a watershed moment for the prediction market industry, moving it from the crypto-adjacent fringe directly into the financial mainstream. Wake Forest University economics professor Koleman Strumpf, a leading political…