In the battle against Covid-19, the economics of boosters
Economics professor Tina Marsh Dalton weighs in on the economics of Covid-19 booster shotsCategories: Experts, Research & Discovery
Economics professor Tina Marsh Dalton weighs in on the economics of Covid-19 booster shotsNew African American Studies program underway
Wake Forest University has been working to establish an African American Studies program for a few years. Last week’s launch of the program is timely given the country is experiencing increased racial tensions, states are passing stricter voting laws and virtually everybody is uttering the term “woke.”Categories: Experiential Learning, Inclusive Excellence, Research & Discovery
U.S. lessons from Afghanistan: Move away from nation-building
As the Biden administration faces a self-imposed Aug. 31 deadline to evacuate Americans, Afghan partners and NATO allies from Afghanistan after the collapse of that country’s government, U.S. foreign policy expert C. William Walldorf Jr. sees an opportunity to rethink how the United States approaches operations abroad.Categories: Experts, Research & Discovery
Reports on breakthrough COVID cases causing confusion about vaccine effectiveness
Statistics professor Lucy D’Agostino McGowan is taking aim at misconceptions about the number of COVID-19 breakthrough cases and vaccine effectiveness.Categories: Experts, Research & Discovery
Wake Forest in the News (July 12-18)
Selected news clips courtesy of Wake Forest News & CommunicationsCategories: Research & Discovery
Vice President for Campus Life Penny Rue announces plans to retire
Penny Rue announced today she will retire as Wake Forest University’s Vice President for Campus Life.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
New study looks at gender, teaching contracts and grade inflation
Using data from a large, public research university, a new study looks for incentives to award high grades that might be linked to both gender and contract status.Categories: Research & Discovery
Wake Forest graduates first class of liberal arts engineers
Gabrielle Prichard will begin work as a cloud solution engineer with Oracle. Lucy Vaughn will start her career as a research and development engineer with AstraZeneca. John Hobson will serve in the U.S. Army as a combat engineer commander.Three WFU students named 2021 Goldwater Scholars
Joseph McCalmon, Ashley Peake and Samuel Schwartz have been named 2021 Barry S. Goldwater Scholars. The three are among 410 college students from across the U.S. to receive the award for the 2021-22 academic year.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Research & Discovery
Trust in leadership: Why it matters
A recent Pew Research study found that just 20% of U.S. adults say they trust the government in Washington to “do the right thing” just about always or most of the time. Health care professionals, lawyers and business leaders also rely on mutual trust with those whom they serve to succeed in their careers.Categories: Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery