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NPR: All Things Considered
What happens when a wind farm comes to a coal town?
Economist Mark Curtis has studied this shift in the workforce. “We found that of workers that were leaving fossil fuel jobs, certainly less than 2% ended up in a renewable energy job. So it’s not a lot. And in a place like West Virginia, it was even smaller than that. Approximately 0.25% of workers that left fossil-fuel jobs were going to renewable energy jobs.”
February 16, 2024
Stimson
The pragmatic steps the United States needs to take in the Red Sea
“Protecting principles central to U.S. national security over the long term sometimes requires pragmatism in the short term,” writes politics and international affairs professor Will Walldorf. In short, better to be realistic today in order to protect U.S. national security (including a firm U.S. commitment to open sea lanes) tomorrow.
February 16, 2024
Science Magazine
Serengeti’s ‘breathtaking’ mammal migration shaped by grazers’ diets
Each April, some 200,000 zebras begin their journey 800 kilometers northward through the Serengeti in Tanzania and into Kenya. About 1.3 million wildebeests join the throng, and after nearly 1 month come 400,000 Thomson’s gazelles. The procession is “breathtaking,” said biology professor and savanna ecologist T. Michael Anderson. After watching the herds with camera traps for 8 years, tracking them with GPS, and collecting feces to understand their diets, Anderson and his research team have “unraveled the mysteries of one of most impressive natural spectacles in the world.”
February 15, 2024
Triad Business Journal
Michael Fulks makes TBJ’s Class of 40 Under 40
Wake Forest adjunct law professor Michael Fulks was named to Triad Business Journal’s list of 40 under 40. Fulks represents various clients including entrepreneurs, startups, investors, and businesses of all sizes, and teaches a class on entrepreneurship and the law.
February 15, 2024
Newsweek
Texas, Florida cities have a big inflation problem
“While there is uncertainty about how effective interest rates are, there is consensus among economists that raising interest rates does lower inflation somewhat,” said Assistant Professor of Economics Aeimit Lakdawala. “However, interest rates are a blunt tool and rising interest rates can have widely varying impacts on households and businesses depending on their financial situation.”
February 14, 2024
Vox
The Kansas City shooting puts a spotlight on the US’ unique gun problem
“America is unique in that guns have always been present, there is wide civilian ownership, and the government hasn’t claimed more of a monopoly on them,” said sociology professor David Yamane, who studies American gun culture.
February 14, 2024
Winston-Salem Journal
“The governor’s decision to protect additional landscapes and ecosystems can only help the water quality in North Carolina,” Stan Meiburg, executive director of Sabin Family Center for Environment and Sustainability at Wake Forest University said. “Wetlands function as the environmental kidneys. They help to cleanse water that comes into these wetlands before it is released further down the stream.
February 14, 2024
Winston-Salem Journal
Wake Forest medical school gains grant to help Black communities with healthcare access
Wake Forest University School of Medicine has been awarded $340,000 from The Duke Endowment to help patients in historically Black communities. The goal is enhancing access and helping people navigate the health systems and social service resources in Forsyth County. The program is a partnership with Forsyth nonprofit Neighbors for Better Neighborhoods.
February 12, 2024
Yahoo News
First votes of 2024 NC election set to be cast
Politics professor John Dinan said turnout for North Carolina’s primaries, which begins Thursday with the start of early voting, may be stunted across the board because of the uncompetitive presidential contests. “A key question is whether the lack of a competitive presidential primary will cause voter turnout to be significantly lower than in recent presidential primaries in North Carolina,”said Dinan. “In each of the last four primaries held in presidential years, voter turnout has exceeded 30% of North Carolina registered voters. But when presidential primaries haven’t been competitive, and in mid-term election years without presidential candidates on the ballot, voter turnout in primaries has fallen below 20%.”
February 9, 2024
El País
Mentir (mucho) puede afectar a tu autoestima – (Lying (a lot) can affect your self-esteem)
A pathological liar, according to philosopher Christian Miller, director of the Honesty Project at Wake Forest University, can experience severe anxiety symptoms due to the fear of being caught and the damage to their reputation. Another source of concern for the dishonest person lies in the intricate domains of guilt. “A moral condemnation of one’s own behavior is to be expected,” said Miller.
February 9, 2024
Business North Carolina
Bloomberg donating $56M for Charlotte, Durham schools’ health programs
Bloomberg Philanthropies is donating $26 million to the Atrium Health Foundation to support Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools as it develops curriculum to prepare students for health care jobs. Hawthorne Academy is expected to move to a new Second Ward high school in uptown Charlotte, within walking distance of Atrium Health’s Carolinas College of Health Sciences and the Charlotte-campus of Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
February 8, 2024
WFDD-FM (Winston-Salem, NC)
Exhibit, performance commemorate voices from the Holocaust
An exhibition at the Lam Museum of Anthropology on the campus of Wake Forest University combines literature, music and performance to form connections with those who witnessed or lost their lives in the Holocaust. The exhibit is called “Words, Music, Memory: Re(presenting) Voices of the Holocaust.” It highlights writers bearing witness, including Elie Wiesel, Anne Frank and Nelly Sachs.
February 7, 2024