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GIS Reports

America’s response to the Global South

In another major challenge for Washington, several major powers have significant interest and activity in the Global South. None of them directly align with the U.S. “China is identifying itself as a member of the Global South family,” argues politics and international affairs professor Lina Benabdallah. “This makes them more appealing to countries in the Global South, as well as a model for countries aspiring to be great nations.”

August 3, 2023

Winston-Salem Journal

Political leaders and city residents have mixed views about the latest indictment against former President Donald Trump

Politics professor John Dinan said that the third criminal case against Trump poses questions about his presidential candidacy. “Focusing on the political dimension of this indictment and the other indictments and possible additional indictments of Donald Trump, the question is whether they help or hurt Trump in his bid to win the Republican nomination and then the general election,” he said.

August 3, 2023

Amstat News

Florence Nightingale Day encourages students to pursue statistics, data science

Florence Nightingale pioneered data visualization and was the founder of modern nursing. As the creator of the pie chart, used universally in data visualization to this day, she used data in a novel and effective way to provide better care for wounded soldiers in the Crimean War and improve public health more broadly. Pre-college students worldwide attended Florence Nightingale Day events, including at Wake Forest University.

August 1, 2023

ABA Journal

How retainers can lead to ethics issues

Lawyers must tread carefully when they take a client’s money, particularly when labeling funds as “nonrefundable” and assuming they have earned the entirety of that fee even if the attorney-client relationship ends early. The enduring impact of the opinion, according to law professor Ellen Murphy, is that it reiterates the difference between earned and unearned fees. “Fundamentally, there are just two types of fees: earned and unearned.”

August 1, 2023

Texas Tribune

Texas backlash to Obama fueled conservative drive to reinterpret U.S. Constitution

“It’s a place where, if you have ideas about the size, nature and scope of the administrative state … It’s really an opportunity for those ideas to be tested,” said Enrique Armijo, a law professor at Wake Forest who clerked at the same time as Oldham. “I myself got more sympathetic to the idea that there is a reason these agencies exist and there’s a reason Congress created them.”

July 31, 2023

WS Chronicle

9th Wonder details the history of hip-hop during master’s course

If you’re a real hip-hop head who truly understands the culture and its significance, you can probably recall the exact moment when you fell in love with hip-hop. Patrick Douthit, who is better known as 9th Wonder, remembers that day like it was yesterday. Today, 9th Wonder teaches courses at Duke University, Elizabeth City State University, Wake Forest University, and he is a Harvard University Fellow. He is also a member of the executive committee for hip-hop and rap at the National Museum of African American History and Culture at the Smithsonian.

July 28, 2023

South Africa Today

‘What we need to protect and why’: 20-year Amazon research hints at fate of tropics

In its bold outlines, many informed people understand that climate change is reducing tropical biodiversity and thereby degrading the functionality and ecoservices of tropical forests. But what are the specific mechanisms by which these forests are being diminished over long time frames? Miles Silman – biology professor, tropical ecologist and researcher with the University’s Center for Energy, Environment & Sustainability – has been helping study the impacts of climate change on a wide range of plant and animal species and soils with the international Andes Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research Group.

July 26, 2023

The Company of Dads

Challenging myths and lies about dads

Do babies really bond better with moms? Do dads sacrifice less than moms? Are dads less empathetic, less compassionate, and less skilled at communicating than moms? These are all myths that hold fathers back, said education professor Linda Nielsen. She is an internationally recognized expert on father-daughter relationships. And most recently she’s the author of a book “Myths and Lies About Dads: How They Hurt Us All.” She’s also written two books on father-daughter relationships and how to improve them.

July 25, 2023

Winston-Salem Journal

Petco to open in some area Lowe’s stores. Lowe’s will also have monthly Vetco clinics

By focusing on suburban and rural markets at this point, Lowe’s is capitalizing on a logical synergy between its traditional offerings and those of Petco, said marketing professor Roger Beahm. “In rural and suburban markets, where farm and home are closely linked and where distances from specialty stores and home improvement stores can be greater, the Lowe’s-Petco partnership can provide a valuable one-stop-shopping benefit to those consumers.”

July 25, 2023

The Wall Street Journal

Birds are the secret weapon in your fight against anxiety

Psychology professor John Petrocelli was thrilled when the two bird feeders he put in his backyard attracted dozens of bright red cardinals. He says that watching and feeding them made him feel less stressed and more useful. He has a strategy to help him feel closer to the birds. When he refills the feeders, he wears a big, red sweatshirt. “I think the cardinals think I’m one of their own.”

July 24, 2023

Inter-American Dialogue

Does the opposition stand a chance in Venezuela’s vote?

“In a recent poll, 72 percent of Venezuelans expressed a desire for regime change, and others show Machado with almost 60 percent of the vote of those intending to participate in the opposition’s primaries. However, despite these numbers, the ban creates some profound problems for the Venezuelan opposition, and by extension for any potential nascent democratic transition in the country,” said politics and international affairs professor Peter Siavelis.

July 24, 2023

PaperCity Magazine

Maya Angelou’s phenomenal life tackled in a new Houston play

It’s hard to imagine a lovelier compliment than the one given Angelou after her death by provost emeritus Edwin Wilson at Wake Forest University, where she taught American studies for 32 years. Angelou, Wilson said, brought “distinction and her unique grandeur” to the University.

July 21, 2023