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Wake Forest University to open on-site child care center for employees
One of North Carolina’s notable employers is recognizing the increased need for child care as parents return to the office. Wake Forest University – which employs nearly 3,000 people – will launch an on-site child care and early education center in September for faculty, staff and students. It will also be open for community enrollment as space is available. Partnering with KinderCare Learning Companies for Employers, Wake Forest will house its child care center at its University Corporate Center.
March 5, 2024
WGHP-TV (High Point, NC)
Political experts weigh in on North Carolina’s biggest primary races
Politics professor John Dinan participated in a discussion on “Swing State” a program hosted by FOX 8 senior political reporter Bob Buckley. “Republicans have the advantage in North Carolina in national elections. Republicans do not have the advantage in gubernatorial elections. It shows that you can still have a split electorate,” Dinan said.
March 5, 2024
Winston-Salem Journal
Carolina Panthers chooses FanDuel as sports wagering partner
Sports economist Todd McFall said the sports wagering operators should benefit from the 10-day window for creating an account.“These initial visits will be habit-forming, and the more bettors an operator can attract initially, the better they’ll be in the near term,” McFall said.
March 5, 2024
BNN Breaking
Wake Forest biologist wins award for breakthrough Bullfrog Brain Hypoxia study
Lara Do Amaral-Silva, an assistant professor of biology at Wake Forest, has been recognized with the prestigious FaunaBio Translational Research Award by the American Physiological Society. Her groundbreaking research into how American bullfrogs adapt to live without oxygen for up to four hours highlights potential pathways for treating human brain disorders caused by oxygen deprivation.
March 4, 2024
WUNC-FM (Chapel Hill, NC)
What’s at stake for education in the NC superintendent of public instruction race?
According to Dani Parker Moore, the director of the Schools, Education and Society minor at Wake Forest University, it’s a race to watch. “We’re in a perfect storm of thinking about public education,” she said. “A new governor, new superintendent, parents’ rights advocates bills, the expansion of vouchers to go to private schools, and our current governor has sounded the alarm that public education is under fire.”
March 4, 2024
Morganton News Herald
NC sheriffs’ ICE bill may ride coattails of Texas immigration debate
The N.C. House Republican quest to place the state on the side of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in the divisive immigration border dispute may carry a coattail effect for a controversial bill that would force all sheriffs to cooperate with federal ICE officers. The House letter may be to stoke the embers of immigration concerns among voters, potentially making it a front-burner election issue, said politics professor John Dinan.
March 4, 2024
High Point Enterprise
Voters have ultimate say today
“We are very likely to see some primary races going to a run-off,” said politics professor John Diana. For example, there are 11 candidates running in the GOP statewide primary for lieutenant governor and 14 candidates seeking the Republican nomination in the 13th Congressional District primary east of the Piedmont. “There are some high-profile candidates running in each race.”
March 4, 2024
Axios Charlotte
Wake Forest University and other North Carolina employers add onsite child care
Wake Forest University is adding an on-site child care center to its University Corporate Center at its Reynolda Campus in Winston-Salem, joining a national trend of employers trying to support and retain working parents. North Carolina is in the midst of a child care crisis that’s only gotten worse with the expiration of pandemic-era funding. Offering child care on site is not common, but it’s catching on among employers.
March 3, 2024
WFDD-FM (Winston-Salem, NC)
Democrats in Triad’s 6th District feel left out with no one to vote for Congress
Politics professor John Dinan notes, it’s an unusually deep bench of candidates. “Sometimes you see four or five candidates in the race, and one or two has endorsements, name recognition, and money,” he said. “Here, we have at least four candidates in that race who have some significant source of support. Dinan says it’s easy to imagine that — with so many well-known Republicans in the race — none of them will be able to reach the 30% threshold needed to avoid a runoff.
March 1, 2024
Washingtonian
LGBTQ+ gun owners are breaching the right-wing arms bubble
Sociology professor David Yamane uses the term “Gun Culture 2.0” to describe this shift. His research shows that new gun owners are “more female, more racial minority, more urban.” People on the left have long had reasons to be fearful, Yamane said, but “what maybe is new is people saying, ‘Hey, how do I defend myself against this? Maybe I should get a firearm.’”
February 29, 2024
Substack
Melancholy is the happiness of being sad
Eric Wilson, English professor and author of “Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy,” said we’ve changed the way we’ve diagnosed depression. “What once would’ve been categorized as normal sadness, like mourning the loss of a loved one, now if it lasts a little too long, it can be seen as clinical depression. We have a faster trigger finger for diagnosing someone as depressed.”
February 29, 2024
Science Magazine
Peru’s zoning amendment endangers forests
William Farfan-Rios, a researcher with Wake Forest’s Andrew Sabin Center for Environment and Sustainability is one of the co-authors on this piece.
February 29, 2024