WFU awards and recognitions briefs
The WFU Recognitions and Awards brief celebrates milestones of faculty, staff and students at Wake Forest University. The WFU Recognitions and Awards brief celebrates milestones of faculty, staff and students at Wake Forest University.HB2: one year later
With the first anniversary of the passage of North Carolina House Bill 2 (HB2) approaching this week, several Wake Forest experts are available to comment on the original legislation, appeal proposals, court challenges and the impact on the state.Categories: Experts, Research & Discovery
Update on Wake Forest student diagnosed with meningitis
Wake Forest University Student Health Service has received updated information about the student who was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis on March 16. The student is in stable condition and expected to make a full recovery.WFU student tested positive for meningitis
Wake Forest University Student Health Service has been informed that an undergraduate student tested positive for bacterial meningitis this morning. The student is currently being treated for this condition at a local hospital. No other recent cases of meningitis have been reported at Wake Forest.Students purchase art during WFU’s one-of-a-kind New York art acquisition trip
Once every four years since 1963, Wake Forest students have traveled to New York City over spring break on a Student Union Art Acquisition Trip to purchase art on behalf of the University. They are asked to choose contemporary artwork that reflects the times.Pros penalized off the tee at The Masters are more likely to take risks
Research by Wake Forest University sports economist Todd McFall suggests that a faction of players beginning holes with penalty strokes will regularly take greater risks in their subsequent shots to avoid any additional strokes—a decision predicted by behavioral economics that can lead to disastrous consequences for golfers’ performances.Categories: Experts, Research & Discovery
Two-day conference explores frontiers in consciousness research
Leading researchers in the fields of perceptual studies and neurobiology will explore the latest scientific findings on consciousness and near-death experiences at a two-day conference March 22-23 hosted by Wake Forest University and Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.Categories: Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
Special prosecutor: Answer for investigation of Trump ties to Russia?
Katy Harriger, author of The Special Prosecutor in American Politics, can comment on the possible appointment of a special prosecutor for an investigation of ties between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. Harriger, professor and chair of the politics and international affairs department at Wake Forest University, says this may not be the best solution.
Categories: Experts, Research & Discovery
The effects of repealing the Affordable Care Act in NC
What would potential repeal of the Affordable Care Act mean for North Carolina? Hana Brown, associate professor of sociology at Wake Forest University, says it would be disastrous. Brown studies the political consequences of social inequality and state welfare policymaking.Categories: Experts, Research & Discovery
Trump surpasses expectations in address to Congress
Wake Forest's Allan Louden, an expert in political communication, presidential rhetoric and argumentation theory, is available for comment on Donald Trump's speech to Congress last night.Categories: Experts, Research & Discovery