What does it mean to serve the public good today? Rooted in its motto, Pro Humanitate (For Humanity), Wake Forest University's Wake Washington Center brought lawmakers, policy experts and students together for a discussion at the National Press Club to examine the nature of public service and the character required to lead. The panel included…
Categories: Leadership & Character, University Happenings
When a multi-million-dollar masterpiece vanishes from a museum, the public calls for tougher criminal penalties and better-funded police task forces. But research from Wake Forest University suggests that some of these intuitive solutions can backfire, resulting in more art crime, not less. In their paper published in the Journal of Cultural Economics, Wake Forest Professor…
Categories: Experts, Research & Discovery
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…
Categories: Research & Discovery
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…
Categories: Happening at Wake
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…
Categories: Happening at Wake