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The News & Observer
Forsyth early voting popularity surges with 104,264 ballots cast
"I don't think we know for certain why early voting numbers have increased, not only in North Carolina, but also in other states," said politics professor John Dinan. "Certainly, early voting has become increasingly attractive to North Carolina voters in recent years, and in general we see increasingly more people drawn to the idea of casting their ballot during the early voting period rather than waiting until Election Day. The one thing we don't yet know is whether increases in early voting signal that we will see an overall increase in voter turnout by the end of the election period."
November 1, 2026
The Charlotte Observer
Wake Forest Jewish Student Center is next chapter for Campus Gas property
The former Campus Gas facility just off the Wake Forest University campus is being converted into a new Chabad Jewish Student Center facility. The nonprofit Chabad at Wake Forest University and Winston-Salem has paid $1.75 million for the property on Polo Road. The buyer is owned by Rabbi Levi Gurevitz, who leads the nonprofit with Shaina Gurevitz. The 1.2-acre property contains a 3,066-square-foot building with 33 parking spaces.
October 31, 2026
Winston-Salem Journal
Peter Rodriguez takes the helm as Wake Forest’s 15th president
In his speech, President Rodriguez said that Wake Forest shapes the future of its students and faculty members and is committed to teaching and research. “Wake Forest University welcomes people from all backgrounds and all histories,” Rodriguez said. The University will "deepen our commitment to our students, and to the expansion of knowledge through scientific research, and in all ways that humans seek to understand our world and ourselves."
WXII News 12, Spectrum News and WGHP Fox 8 also covered the inauguration. The event was also highlighted in WSToday.
October 30, 2026
Reuters
Hong Kong fire exposes entrenched triad networks in building renovation industry
A deadly fire at a Hong Kong housing estate has exposed how bid-rigging networks linked to criminal gangs exploited weaknesses in the city’s lucrative building renovation industry to influence contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Industry experts say bid rigging worsened when the government introduced hundreds of millions in subsidies alongside a scheme requiring owners to repair buildings more than 30 years old, creating a lucrative market for contractors. Economics professor Tommy Leung said his research showed renovation prices rose about 40% after the scheme began.
The story was shared in more than 90 news outlets worldwide, including Yahoo! News, the Miami Herald and U.S. News & World Report
October 30, 2026
WNYC: On the Media: Podcast
"We've had betting markets all the way back to George Washington." Prediction market expert and economics professor Koleman Strumpf is interviewed about the history of betting on elections and what lessons carry forward to today. The interview begins at [30:27]
Strumpf's research on the history of prediction markets was also featured on The Council on Foreign Relations website, "Betting on Democracy: The Promise and Perils of Election Markets." He was quoted in The Post on prediction markets vs. polls.
October 30, 2026
MSN International English
Is Donald Trump’s ‘Chinamaxxing’ pushing Beijing’s soft power?
Politics and China-Africa relations expert Lina Benabdallah said the changing tone between Washington and Beijing matters because it may give other countries greater room to maneuver. The relaxed atmosphere was "definitely allowing Beijing to signal to its partners in the Global South that they don't have to choose sides and can be moderate in their balancing between the two." Benebdallah is the author of the book, "Shaping the Future of Power: Knowledge Production and Network-Building in China-Africa Relations."
October 30, 2026
NBC News
Election betting odds became less accurate as primaries neared, report finds
“The problem with looking at one primary season is that the sample is small,” said economics professor Koleman Strumpf, who was not involved in the analysis by the Campaign for Accountability. Strumpf said polling has had its own problems as a forecasting tool, including the difficulty of figuring out who is a likely voter and the emergence this year of fabricated polls. “I’ll give a full-throated endorsement of markets over polls,” he said.
October 29, 2026
Curious by Nature Podcast
All eyes are on North Carolina
Switch on a TV in North Carolina right now, and you’ll see why this is one of the top six most closely watched states in the country for the upcoming elections on November 3. Politics professor John Dinan explores why North Carolina is one of a handful of states that are evenly split between the parties and why the race matters. The discussion also explores why data centers became a campaign issue, how the state legislature shapes everyday life, and asks who the independent voters are and what they might do on Election Day.
October 29, 2026
The Assembly
Sarah Stevens says judges called ‘frequently’ with requests to change laws
There’s a vigorous debate about appropriate bounds on judicial lobbying, partly because judges have expertise worth sharing. They are not “per se prohibited from pointing out to the legislature bad statutes simply because they wear the robe,” law professor Ellen Murphy said. But calls to legislators recommending specific changes to the law could cross an ethical red line.
October 29, 2026
WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
Wake Forest will inaugurate Peter Rodriguez Friday at Wait Chapel
Wake Forest University will inaugurate Peter Rodriguez as its 15th president Friday during a ceremony on the university’s Winston-Salem campus. The inauguration is scheduled for 3 p.m. Oct. 30 at Wait Chapel.
October 29, 2026
Psychiatric Times
Food noise and GLP-1 drugs: What research reveals about motivation and appetitive drive
In this interview with Psychiatric Times, psychology professor Wayne Pratt answers questions about GLP-1 drugs and how they may quiet cravings by reshaping brain reward and satiety signals, reducing food-seeking drive and binge-like eating. "We know these drugs can have powerful effects on eating and body weight, but we still have a great deal to learn about which neural and peripheral mechanisms are most important and how they interact," he said.
October 28, 2026
High Point Enterprise
Picture of filled-out ballot illegal in NC
North Carolina election statutes make it clear that taking a picture of your filled-out ballot isn’t just frowned upon by election officials; it’s against the law. Bans on "ballot selfies" are in place in North Carolina and a number of other states, said politics professor John Dinan. The prohibition is intended to protect against the possibility of anyone paying, coercing or in other ways trying to influence a voter to cast a ballot in a certain way, Dinan told The High Point Enterprise.
October 28, 2026