NPR Illinois
Illinois law requires transparency when police kill people. Many cases stay in the dark
The plain text implies that the investigating agency — in Madison and St. Clair counties, usually the Illinois State Police — and not the state’s attorney’s office, is responsible for the public release of the report, said law professor Eileen Prescott, director of Wake Forest's Accountable Prosecutor Project. “This strikes me as inefficient,” she wrote in an email, “but the General Assembly may have meant to keep the investigators independent even from the State's Attorney's Office.”
January 17, 2025
National Public Radio: 1A
For the “Dot Gov” series on the national news program “1A,” Executive Director of the Sabin Center for Environment and Sustainability Stan Meiburg explains what the EPA does and how it works to protect the health of Americans and the environment. “The EPA regulates the quality of the air, quality of the water, the quality of your drinking water, how hazardous waste is handled, pesticides and toxic substances, and a myriad of other activities. So under the various statutes, that we have in the United States, it's a very broad reach.”
January 15, 2025
Rolling Stone
Carter’s Funeral, Trump Resistance, and the National Cathedral
Stan Meiburg, executive director of the Andrew Sabin Family Center for Environment and Sustainability at Wake Forest, was, after graduating from Johns Hopkins in 1977, just starting what became a 39-year career at the EPA, during which he rose to become deputy administrator during the Obama administration. “I had great pride in being a part of Carter’s administration,” he said.
January 15, 2025
WFMY-TV (Greensboro, NC)
Wake Forest University is hosting a 2025 MLK Day Read-In on Saturday, Jan. 25, from 10 a.m. to noon. The program is organized with Winston-Salem State University and HandsOn NWNC. Children between kindergarten and 5th grade will be paired with a "Reading Buddy" who will lead them through various educational activities. At the event, each child will receive one age-appropriate book and one new civil rights-themed book.
January 15, 2025
WSJS Radio
WFU Secrest Series event to celebrate Rev. Martin Luther King Day
WSJS radio interviewed Tonality, vocal ensemble founder and artistic director Andrew Lloyd Blake ahead of the group's performance in Wait Chapel as part of Wake Forest and Winston-Salem State University’s annual collaborative celebration to honor the legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Tonality was joined by the Winston-Salem State University Singing Rams, Wake Forest's Chamber Choir and a string quintet from Wake Forest’s Symphony Orchestra.
January 14, 2025
Triad Business Journal
Innovators to Watch in 2025: Dan Cohen grows WFU Center for Entrepreneurship with $30M
The Wake Forest University Center for Entrepreneurship is about to practice what it teaches. A $30 million gift, donated anonymously in December, will allow the program to grow and scale – a crucial part of any entrepreneurial journey. “Our mission is to create entrepreneurial leaders that are capable of creating immense economic and social value,” said Dan Cohen, the John C. Whitaker executive director. “This gift will allow us to do what we already do well — on steroids. It’s nothing short of transformative.”
January 13, 2025
cryptocompass.com
Kalshi names Donald Trump Jr to advisory role, takes strategic step ahead of Polymarket
Polymarket’s success in predicting Trump’s win has thrown prediction markets to the forefront of event forecasting. Many believe they are very accurate, and for good reasons. People are more decisive with their money, so they pick outcomes they think will happen, not just ones they want to happen. “When they actually put their money behind what they say, they’re putting themselves out there,” said economics professor Koleman Strumpf. He believes that prediction markets will last a long time and only get bigger.
January 13, 2025
Freakonomics
Cannabis is booming, So why isn’t anyone getting rich?
Economist Koleman Strumpf has been studying legal and illegal cannabis markets in the U.S. “It is rare for police to permanently shut down a store. In short, this comes back to jurisdictional confusion; demoralization of police (essentially they were told they were villains in the war on crime, and now they have to figure out not if a drug is legal but if the seller is legal); and perseverance by illegal stores (after an arrest, they often re-open a store right near where their old store was).”
January 13, 2025
Greensboro News & Record
Andrew Wyeth at Kuerner Farm: The Eye of the Earth will open in the Mary and Charlie Babcock Wing Gallery at Reynolda House Museum of American Art on Feb. 15 and will be on view through May 25. "I am delighted that citizens in Winston-Salem and our region have the opportunity to experience Andrew Wyeth through his evocative interpretation of the people and landscape at Kuerner Farm," said Allison Perkins, executive director for Reynolda House and associate provost for Reynolda House & Reynolda Gardens.
January 12, 2025
Forbes
New study identifies warning signs of impatience
In this Forbes piece, philosophy professor Christian Miller writes: "Is there a pattern to what tends to make us impatient? And if you are designing a space where you know people are going to have to wait, what would you do to keep their impatience to a minimum? Thanks to newly published research by the University of Riverside psychologist Kate Sweeny and her colleagues, we have some data which helps to address these questions."
January 11, 2025
InsuranceNewsNet
HCA-CMC deal could lead to higher costs
Law professor Mark Hall has done extensive research on HCA's acquisition of Mission Hospital in Asheville and warns of possible challenges ahead at Catholic Medical Center (CMC). "While HCA brings much-needed resources to CMC, based on experiences at other HCA hospitals, I expect that patients in financial need will find it more difficult to qualify for charity care unless it is an emergency," Hall said. "Also, HCA is likely to reduce patient-care staffing, which could lead to a drop in the quality of care as measured by patient surveys."
January 11, 2025
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
How the EPA administrator protects public health, air, water and the environment
Stan Meiburg, executive director of the Sabin Center for Environment and Sustainability, writes about the work of the Environmental Protection Agency. "From the time you get up in the morning until you go to bed at night, and even while you are asleep, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency affects your life. The air you breathe, the water you drink, the chemicals under your sink, the car you drive, products you buy, food you eat and a host of daily routines depend on actions of the agency and the EPA administrator – the equivalent of a Cabinet secretary."
The article was originally written for The Conversation and also appeared in the Connecticut Post, the Albany Times-Union and other media outlets.
January 10, 2025