This form updates results automatically as you select options. Disable live searching
Spotify
The #1 mistake people make with New Year’s resolutions
Every January, we promise ourselves this will be the year we finally change. Better habits, bigger goals, stronger willpower. And yet, by February, most of those resolutions are already gone. So what’s really going on? In this podcast, psychology professor E.J. Masicampo talks about the psychology behind why New Year’s resolutions fail, and the surprisingly simple strategies that actually make change stick.
This podcast is also available on Apple Podcasts.
January 12, 2026
Associated Press
A $400,000 payout after Maduro’s capture is putting prediction markets in the spotlight
Proponents of prediction markets argue putting money on the line leads to better forecasts. Experts like Koleman Strumpf, an economics professor at Wake Forest University, think there’s value in monitoring these platforms for potential news — pointing to prediction markets’ past success with some election outcomes, including the 2024 presidential race. Still, it’s never a “crystal ball,” he noted, and prediction markets can be wrong, too.
January 11, 2026
The New York Times
How to make, and keep, New Year’s financial resolutions
This is the time of year when many people make New Year’s resolutions — “I’m going to boost my savings” or “I’ll pay off my credit card debt” — even if they failed to keep them in the past. “We tend to carve our life up into phases,” said psychology professor E.J. Masicampo, who is an expert on goal setting, and the start of another year “feels like a clean slate.” It’s wise to pare your list of goals to a few that are truly a priority and that you are enthusiastic about, Masicampo said. “When we feel like we ‘have’ to do something, it becomes much harder. When we want to do it, and it aligns with our beliefs, it becomes inherently interesting and fun." Masicampo was also interviewed for KCBS radio in San Francisco.
January 9, 2026
Yahoo Sports
Germany to set up base camp in North Carolina at the World Cup
The Germany national team’s base camp for the 2026 FIFA World Cup has been announced as North Carolina. Julian Nagelsmann’s team will set up shop in Winston-Salem, a little over an hour away from Charlotte, give or take. The team will stay at The Graylyn Estate and train on the grounds of Wake Forest University, which is just minutes away from the hotel. The announcement was covered by news outlets worldwide.
January 9, 2026
Deutsche Welle
2026 World Cup: Germany to be based at North Carolina hotel
Germany will be making The Graylyn Estate in Winston-Salem their base camp during next summer's World Cup. The hotel is just 10 minutes by bike from the three grass training pitches at Wake Forest University. The choice of headquarters has been seen as key to the national team's success — or failure at previous World Cups. "Due to the vast distances in the USA, we already cover long distances, which we therefore want to avoid as much as possible in our daily training routine. We've found a place that allows us to come together regularly, but still offers the necessary peace and quiet and opportunities for retreat," said Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann.
January 9, 2026
MarketWatch
My adviser seems like a ‘set-it-and-forget-it’ type of guy. What now?
Plenty of people want a real financial plan. They want someone they can call when life gets complicated, and they don’t want those services tied to a percentage of their investment accounts. The problem with an assets under management fee is that it charges you based on the size of your portfolio, not based on the work being done,” said finance professor Stephen Shipe.
January 9, 2026
Groundviews
A stern test for the government and an opportunity to prove its mettle
Politics and international affairs professor Neil DeVotta answers questions about the Sri Lankan government’s performance and what the future could hold.
January 9, 2026
Triad Business Journal
Four-time World Cup champions Germany to train in Winston-Salem ahead of 2026 tournament
The four-time World Cup champions will train at Wake Forest University's facilities while staying at a historic local estate throughout the tournament. “Wake Forest and Winston-Salem being selected as the temporary home for a national powerhouse like Germany preparing for the World Cup is an incredible honor for our facilities, our University and our entire city,” said Bobby Muuss, WFU head men’s soccer coach.
January 9, 2026
WFDD-FM (Winston-Salem, NC)
German Men’s National Soccer Team will make Winston-Salem home ahead of World Cup competition
The German Men’s National Soccer Team has chosen Winston-Salem as its home base for this year’s FIFA World Cup. This summer, after months of negotiations dating back to March of 2025, the four-time World Cup champions will move into their new headquarters: The Graylyn Estate. Five minutes north is Wake Forest University’s W. Dennie Spry Soccer Stadium, where they’ll train.
January 9, 2026
WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
An international soccer team will train in the Triad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup
The German National Team will have its home base in the Triad ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026. The four-time World Cup Champions selected Wake Forest University and The Graylyn Estate for their training site and team headquarters. WFMY and WGHP also covered this news.
January 9, 2026
Wake Forests News
The German Men’s National Team has selected Winston-Salem as its home base for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, choosing Wake Forest University and The Graylyn Estate as its official training site and team headquarters – bringing one of the world’s premier soccer programs to the Triad and placing Winston-Salem on an international stage.
January 9, 2026
Sojourners
After Maduro, Venezuelan Christians pray for end to U.S. imperialism
Earley Associate Professor of Catholic and Latin American Studies Elizabeth O’Donnell Gandolfo, told Sojourners that claims that the U.S. will rule Venezuela after the capture of Maduro and Flores are “extreme extensions of more than a century of U.S. interference in Latin American political and economic affairs.” She sees the abduction of Maduro as connected to a long history of economic exploitation in Latin America, long criticized by Latin American theologians.
January 8, 2026