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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
Triad Business Journal
WFU School of Medicine awarded $4.4 million PCORI grant to study telehealth
Telehealth experienced a boom during the Covid-19 pandemic. But health care workers are still figuring out how to best incorporate telehealth in routine care in a post-pandemic landscape. To help chart a path forward, researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have been awarded a $4.4 million grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
July 20, 2023
WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
Freedom School keeps kids reading and helps prevent summer slide in Winston-Salem
Dozens of elementary students in Forsyth County are getting a boost with their summer reading skills and getting a glimpse of college life on campus at Wake Forest University. They are participating in a six-week program known as Freedom School. It’s part of a national initiative developed by the Children’s Defense Fund. The Wake Forest program began six years ago and now serves nearly 70 students in grades K through 5 in Forsyth County.
July 20, 2023
Winston-Salem Journal
‘Underperforming’: After ‘thorough review,’ Lidl closes Thomasville store
The Lidl grocery store chain has exited the Davidson County marketplace with the closing of its Thomasville location. “Because it is not a banner (brand) people grew up with in the region, nor would they have been even if they came from other parts of the country, shoppers must come out of their comfort zone to change their grocery shopping habits. In smaller markets, there are fewer people willing to take that step,” said marketing professor Ro
July 19, 2023
Poynter Online
Announcing the Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellowship for 2023-24
The Poynter Institute and Stand Together Fellowships are proud to welcome 61 early-career journalists to the prestigious Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellowship program. Advisers include Chris Sheridan, professor at Wake Forest University and Poynter adjunct. Sheridan teaches courses in documentary and sports storytelling, digital and social media, and the business of sports media.
July 19, 2023
LearningWell Magazine
“We’re facing a crisis of leadership in our country where we don’t have many leaders that are embodying the kind of virtues and values that we need to lead with courage, humility, justice and compassion,” said humanities professor Michael Lamb, executive director of Wake Forest’s Program for Leadership and Character. “At the same time, institutions that once served as training grounds for moral formation are now playing less influential roles, leaving a gap for colleges and universities to shape the character of students, many of whom want guidance on how to live.”
July 17, 2023
WBTS-TV (Boston, MA)
Arrests in human remains trade tied to Harvard Medical School. Here’s what we know
There are laws in many states against grave robbing, but “the vast majority of states don’t have any law that has to do with human remains that haven’t been buried yet,” said law professor Tanya Marsh, author of several books about cemetery and human remains law.
July 17, 2023
NC Newsline
NC Elections Board approves list of university and government IDs that can be used for voting
Student IDs from all UNC system universities meet state requirements that allow them to be used for voting, according to information the state Board of Elections. Most of the community colleges, private universities, charter schools, and local governments that asked the state elections board to approve their student and/or employee IDs for voting use received the okay.
July 17, 2023
Associated Press
Arrests have been made in a human remains trade tied to Harvard Medical School
Law professor Tanya Marsh calls the sale of human remains “a gray market.” There are laws in many states against grave robbing, but “the vast majority of states don’t have any law that has to do with human remains that haven’t been buried yet,” she said.
July 16, 2023