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Winston-Salem Journal
Fishing for garbage: ‘Trash Trout’ to trap Silas Creek litter
The Yadkin Riverkeeper found a willing partner in Wake Forest University, which owns the Reynolda property, for the Trash Trout – a device designed to trap plastic and other human-made litter carried along the waterway.
July 10, 2023
WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
‘Trash Trout’ installed in Reynolda Village to help keep Yadkin River clean
The Yadkin Riverkeeper organization installed a litter collection device called a “Trash Trout” in Silas Creek in Reynolda Village. Local partners on this project include Wake Forest University and Asheville GreenWorks. Installation of the Trash Trout will reduce litter entering the Yadkin River and make clean-up and removal easier, organizers of the project say.
July 10, 2023
Washington Post Opinions
Hope is a virtue, not a feeling. And it’s practical, too.
In this opinion piece, E.J. Dionne refers to leadership and character scholar Michael Lamb’s book, “A Commonwealth of Hope,” as a fascinating revisionist view of the political thought of St. Augustine. “Lamb highlights the high cost of despair in politics, which he argues ‘can license apathy or fatalism, encouraging citizens to withdraw from politics rather than stretch toward difficult political goods,’” writes Dionne.
July 9, 2023
WorldAtlas
Best College Towns In North Carolina
The county seat of Forsyth County, Winston-Salem, located in the northwestern Piedmont region, is the state’s fifth-most populous city. Winston-Salem is home to six higher learning institutions: Carolina Christian College, Carolina University, Forsyth Technical Community College, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem State University, University of North Carolina School of Arts, and Salem College.
July 9, 2023
WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
Many NC universities seek approval for students to use college IDs when voting
Students at Wake Forest University are joining dozens of other colleges and universities across the state waiting to find out this month if their student IDs will be valid for voting in the 2023 and 2024 elections. The North Carolina State Board of Elections will decide by the end of Ju
July 5, 2023
Forbes
Black Harvard and Princeton students graduate at higher rates than classmates overall
Harvard and Princeton aren’t the only institutions that have achieved similar results. At Cal Tech, 100% of Black students graduated in the most recent cohort for which data are available. The University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins University, Case Western Reserve University, and Wake Forest University are other highly-selective private schools from which Black students have graduated at rates higher or comparable to peers from other racial groups.
July 3, 2023
Law.com
Is it legal to sell human remains?
“There is actually very little federal law regarding the dead,” writes law professor Tanya Marsh. “The most significant is the Federal Trade Commission’s Funeral Rule, which requires funeral homes to provide certain disclosures to consumers. Instead, the vast majority of law respecting the dead is state law, which varies significantly.”
July 3, 2023
Yahoo Life
Is it legal to sell human remains?
Law professor Tanya Marsh writes: “As a scholar whose research is centered on the laws regarding the status, treatment and disposition of human remains, I am often asked about the legality and ethics of selling bodies, especially when stories like the Harvard morgue case or a TikTok user selling human bones begin to circulate. My answers often surprise people.”
July 3, 2023
New Haven Register
Taking students to the range to learn about gun culture firsthand
Sociology professor David Yamane, an expert in American gun culture, answers questions about his “Sociology of Guns” class for The Conversation’s Uncommon Courses feature. “The course teaches students to approach this fraught topic in a more objective and nuanced manner encompassing both the everyday uses and abuses of firearms. This knowledge then helps students better understand their own personal beliefs about and relationship to guns,” he said.
July 3, 2023
NC Newsline
Senate Bill 171 carves out exemption for wood pellet industry, up for a vote today
Justin Catanoso, a communication professor and journalist, interviewed a whistleblower from inside Enviva, who is quoted as saying: “The company says that we use mostly waste like branches, treetops and debris to make pellets,” the whistleblower told me. “What a joke. We use 100% whole trees in our pellets. We hardly use any waste. Pellet density is critical. You get that from whole trees, not junk.”
July 3, 2023
Winston-Salem Journal
U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling strikes down affirmative action in college admissions
The court’s landmark decision left colleges across the nation searching for new ways to promote student diversity. President Susan Wente of Wake Forest University said in a statement that her school “will not waiver in its commitment to creating and sustaining inclusive, diverse learning communities. We will continue to recruit and enroll academically qualified students of diverse backgrounds who seek an intellectual home at Wake Forest where they belong and thrive, and in compliance of the court’s ruling.”
July 2, 2023
Medium
Do we actually grow from adversity?
“In our culture, there’s this idea that enduring a tragedy can be good for your personal growth. You’ll have a newfound appreciation for life. You’ll be grateful for your friends and family. You’ll learn from the experience. You’ll become more resilient,” write co-authors and psychology professors Eranda Jayawickreme and Arizona State University’s Frank J. Infurna. “This theme appears in media coverage, time and again, in the wake of natural disasters and terrorist attacks. But what does the science say?”
July 2, 2023