Kim McGrath

When policymakers and city officials plan for climate change, they rely on economic studies showing how extreme heat impacts violent crime, public health, energy grids, and crop yields. However, a new study published in the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists reveals a hidden problem in that research: the temperature proxies used…

Join the No Fear Army ROTC Battalion, based at Wake Forest University, for the annual Climb to Remember, which honors the 2,977 victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. On Friday, Sept. 11, participants aim to climb one stair at Allegacy Stadium for each of the victims. Students from Wake Forest, Winston-Salem State University and…

Scholars spend decades mastering the art of discovery, but few receive guidance on how to explain their findings to the general public. To close this gap, Wake Forest University has been selected as home for Scholars and Ideas in the Public Sphere, a premier program designed to help academic researchers learn to share their work…

Four Wake Forest students have been awarded Fulbright Scholarships to conduct research and teach English during the 2026-2027 academic year.   Since 1946, the Fulbright U.S. Student Program has provided nearly 450,000 students, scholars, scientists, professionals, teachers, and artists with life-changing opportunities to study, conduct research, and teach in over 160 countries and territories worldwide.  The…

With Federal Reserve communications, it seems intuitive that clearer, more precise information is always better—especially when dealing with money. But Wake Forest University economists Aeimit Lakdawala and Jinyoung Seo, together with Myungkyu Shim of Yonsei University, show that this is not always the case. The team’s new working paper, “On the Optimal Precision of Central…