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The Cap Times
What do proposed constitutional amendments mean for Wisconsin voters?
“It may seem unusual to see amendments being advanced for the purpose of bypassing gubernatorial opposition or insulating policies from state court reversal, because we don’t see similar amendments advanced at the federal level. But state constitutions and state constitutional amendments have their own distinctive purposes and dynamics, said politics professor John Dinan, an expert in state constitutional amendments.
November 8, 2023
Baptist News Global
Revisiting ‘natural law’ and gun rights
“We have to find a way to talk to one another, or the shouting is just going to get louder — and, I’m afraid, so will the gunfire,” writes John Carter, visiting assistant professor at Wake Forest University School of Law and in the Program for Leadership and Character and as visiting assistant professor of religion, law and public life at the School of Divinity.
November 8, 2023
WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
What to expect with new voter ID requirement following 2023 election day
“In some ways that’s concerning because some of the most important decisions are made in government not at the presidential level, not at the state level but at the town level and through mayors,” said politics professor John Dinan. “And yet those elections are not usually enough to motivate huge numbers to come out to the polls.”
November 7, 2023
Phys.org
Q&A: ‘Hot hand’ in sports is real, but there’s a catch
Fans and players both feel it in the gut when the “hot hand” shows up in sports. Wake Forest economist Erik Nesson investigated the hot hand phenomenon using statistics from NBA 3-point shooting contests from 1986 through 2019. He and co-researcher Robert Lantis of Indiana University found that hot hand exists, but only for shots taken from the same location. The paper, “The Hot Hand in the NBA 3-Point Contest: The Importance of Location, Location, Location,” will be published in the Journal of Sports Economics.
November 6, 2023
U.S. News & World Report
3 questions to ask about MBA career services
At Wake Forest University’s School of Business, a part-time program, the career services center focuses less on job placement and more on helping students pivot within their current company, said Mark Noonan, the school’s associate director of market readiness and engagement.
November 6, 2023
Christian Science Monitor
Fight over Black land loss comes to one grandmother’s front door
“We live in a country which has always seen land as the major source of wealth, and, as a result, there are a bunch of people both empowered and disempowered – we’re now living with 300 years of that having played out,” said law professor Scott Schang, director of the Heirs’ Property Project at Wake Forest University. “What’s changed is suddenly some people have rights again, and now you’re trying to untangle a legal system that tries very hard to make sure property ownership is clear and uninterrupted – and that’s clashing with people trying to save not only their wealth but also their sense of identity and culture.”
November 3, 2023
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Asking students to work together in class is a hallmark of an active-learning classroom, but it’s not the only way to use groups to build community. Since he became a professor in 2018, philosophy professor Francisco Gallegos has put students into small discussion groups and asked them to meet outside of class, using a format adapted from a consulting company where he had worked before. He teaches courses that are usually capped at either 18 or 28 students.
November 2, 2023
Science Magazine
In Peru, a 20-year study charted Amazon forests and revealed how warming has changed them
The effort, known as the Andes Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research Group involves researchers has produced thousands of data points and scores of publications that have offered new insights into how warming and drying are reshuffling tropical ecosystems. Many of the students who helped hack out the original study plots went on to earn doctorates and academic posts and are now helping train a new generation of Peruvian scientists. The initiative became a “cradle of biologists,” said William Farfán-Ríos, a Peruvian ecologist at Wake Forest University who was one of those machete-wielding students. WFU ecologist Miles Silman and WFU graduate Kenneth Feeley are also included in this story.
November 2, 2023
WS Chronicle
Local man competes on The Price Is Right
For Harold Holmes, the number 13 was his lucky number during a recent visit to California where he was invited to “Come on down” to compete in The Price Is Right. Harold is the former dean and associate vice president of Wake Forest University and has continued to work there since his retirement. He is active in Leadership Winston-Salem and is a past Seven Over Seventy award recipient.
November 2, 2023
The Wall Street Journal
Trading startup sues regulator in effort to launch election-betting market
Online-trading startup Kalshi sued the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, arguing the regulator wrongfully denied its application to launch a market for derivatives tied to results of congressional elections. Several states outlaw gambling on elections—a fact that was key to the CFTC’s rejection of Kalshi’s plan. But demand could be high. One overseas platform, Betfair.com, handled more than $2 billion of bets on the 2020 presidential election, according to data scraped by Wake Forest economist Koleman Strumpf.
November 1, 2023
Christian Science Monitor
Americans have a right to guns. How about to public peace?
Sociology professor David Yamane, a gun owner and scholar, said: “This is an incredibly fraught and emotionally trying issue. You’re balancing between individual rights and the common good. What sorts of individual sacrifices do we make as fellow citizens in order to try to achieve some greater public safety?”
November 1, 2023
Mongabay
Ahead of COP28, pope spurs policymakers, faith leaders to push climate action
Journalism professor Justing Catanoso writes: “In his October 4 papal declaration, Pope Francis called unequivocally for climate action in the face of a disastrously warming world. The pope’s message comes at a decisive time, as world leaders prepare to meet for the COP28 summit, in a United Nations climate process that many critics say is broken and has largely stalled since the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement.” Catanoso is a regular contributor to Mongabay.
October 31, 2023