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Winston-Salem Journal
What Peter Rodriguez sees ahead for Wake Forest, from Charlotte to college sports
"This is the opportunity of a lifetime for me," Wake Forest President Peter Rodriguez said. "Wake Forest has a wonderful history, great culture, and I am confident it is going to thrive in the future. I've been happy to get started and happy to come to work every day, so I'm just so optimistic about the future. I'd like them to know that." Rodriguez said he's eager to meet and learn from returning and incoming Wake Forest students as classes are set to begin Aug. 24.
August 16, 2026
The Washington Post (Ripple)
How American society shields perpetrators of child sexual abuse
"Widespread denial accompanied the public exposure of Jeffrey Epstein's decades-long sexual abuse and trafficking of girls and women."Why would billionaires, politicians, heads of state and academics proclaim their ignorance of Epstein's global network of sexual exploitation?" writes politics and international affairs professor Sarah K Lischer.
This story was originally published in The Conversation and was reprinted in news outlets nationwide including the Miami Herald, Seattlepi, and Yahoo!News.
August 14, 2026
uDiscoverMusic
Branford Marsalis Releases ‘Central Park West’
Branford Marsalis has shared “Central Park West,” his new version of the John Coltrane ballad, from the forthcoming tribute album Dedicated to You. Wake Forest University named Marsalis its 2025 Maya Angelou Artist-in-Residence, a role that included campus teaching and a masterclass.
August 14, 2026
MSN
Gen Z fights for financial freedom amid unpredictable economic times
America’s youngest adults, as it turns out, are doing relatively well wading through an endless stream of advice, said Jed Macosko, professor of physics, biophysics, and econophysics at Wake Forest University. “While they certainly face significant challenges–including high housing costs, student debt, and economic uncertainty–their emphasis on saving, avoiding unnecessary debt and taking an active interest in personal finance suggests that, overall, Gen Z is the most financially aware generation in the past half-century,” he said.
August 13, 2026
ConsumerAffairs
Want a career edge in the AI era? Build these human skills
“I believe that AI is actually making a great education—and particularly the kind of broad education that develops the whole person, like Wake Forest aspires to provide—more valuable, not less," said Andy Chan, vice president for innovation and career development. “The best college education should prepare students not just for their first job, but for a lifetime of work, learning, relationships, contribution and change. AI is extraordinarily good at helping us with the how. But human beings still have to wrestle with the what, the why, and the should.”
August 11, 2026
History as it happens
The American way of war is broken. Like many of his White House predecessors, Donald Trump is stuck in a stalemate of his own making. Politics and international affairs professor Will Walldorf, a Senior Fellow at Defense Priorities, is a guest on this podcast.
August 11, 2026
The Washington Post
How hospital monopolies are driving up the cost of your health care
“After 20 years of the hospital behaving itself, the state decided to terminate its oversight,” said Professor Emeritus of Law Mark Hall, who has written an account of the hospital’s merger history. Then, three years later, HCA, the largest hospital corporation in the country, bought Mission Health. “This put a prepackaged monopoly into the hands of the world’s largest for-profit hospital corporation,” Hall said.
August 9, 2026
WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
Clemmons business struggles stem from U.S. tariffs on South Korean goods
Kingdom Kpop and More in Clemmons is seeing more empty shelves than usual, but it's not for the reason most business owners would hope. Economics professor Robert Whaples says tariffs can put certain small businesses in a rough spot. "There's just a lot of volatility, a lot of changes," Professor Whaples said. "And all these things that make somebody who has to deal with this, importing goods from Korea for example, in kind of a difficult spot."
August 9, 2026
The Charlotte Observer
Did World Cup visit by Germany strengthen Winston-Salem’s future sporting opportunities?
When the Germans came to town for the World Cup soccer tournament, Forsyth County felt an economic boost, according to Wake Forest University and Visit Winston-Salem. Here are five questions and answers regarding what the German team meant to the region's bottom line. What economic impact did Germany's World Cup base camp have on Winston-Salem?
August 8, 2026
WMC-TV (Memphis, TN)
Best Life: Stopping knee pain before it starts
Shannon Mihalko, a behavioral psychologist at Wake Forest said, “Women are about, almost two times more likely to develop knee osteoarthritis than men are.…“We’re now looking at whether we can use exercise and diet in people who are overweight and obese to try to actually prevent knee osteoarthritis from developing,”
August 7, 2026
WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
WFU previews this season’s Face to Face Speaker Forum
This season will feature several guests, including Grammy-winning singer and actor Cynthia Erivo, documentarian Ken Burns and "Parks and Recreation" co-creator Michael Schur. WXII 12’s Kara Peters sat down with the program’s executive director, Sue Henderson, to learn more about what attendees can expect during the forum.
Henderson was also interviewed by WFMY News 2.
August 7, 2026
The Charlotte Observer
Governors and lawmakers say they’re getting serious about states’ rights
The revised policy will remind governors of the inherent authority of states in pushing back against the federal government, said politics professor John Dinan, a federalism scholar. Dinan said both political parties have leaned on federalism principles opportunistically over the years–depending on which party enjoyed national power. But now he sees strong agreement between Republicans and Democrats on strengthening the role of states. "It's attracting interest from people across the ideological spectrum."
August 6, 2026