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CNBC
Kids get the most out of school if they strengthen this key relationship
When Michele Myers’ daughter was in the 5th grade, she told her mom that she didn’t like her teacher very much. “My daughter said everything she did was met with complaints and resistance,” Myers said. Some parents’ knee-jerk reaction might be to become combative with the teacher. But Myers, an assistant professor of elementary literacy education at Wake Forest, took a different approach. She asked her daughter’s teacher what the two of them could do, as a team, to support her child.
December 13, 2023
Mongabay
COP28 ‘breakthrough’ elevates litigation as vital route to climate action
“In the past three decades, the United Nations has sponsored 28 annual climate summits. But that process has failed to provide a legally binding path to significant carbon emission reductions or to the phaseout of fossil fuels responsible for the climate crisis. The just concluded COP28 summit, held in Dubai and largely controlled by fossil fuel interests, has pledged ‘transitioning away from fossil fuels’ but that deal is also voluntary,” writes journalism professor Justin Catanoso.
December 13, 2023
Mid-Atlantic
Chile’s constitutional upheaval
Politics and international studies professor Peter Siavelis is a guest on this podcast that explores Chile’s political landscape from the 2019 protests to Gabriel Boric’s presidency.
December 12, 2023
District Administration Magazine
Reading as a remedy: One of the best ways to build resilience in students
One of the most important subjects schools teach—literacy—is linked to one of today’s most sought-after soft skills. In this Q&A, Michele Myers and Linda C. Mayes, authors of “The Educator’s Guide to Building Child & Family Resilience” – share several strategies. “An important part of mental health is having a positive self-identity and knowing who you are,” said Myers, assistant professor in elementary literacy education. “Books allow you to see that.”
December 12, 2023
WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
Wake Forest University student-athletes help wrap gifts for families in need
More than 100 Wake Forest student-athletes helped families in need – wrapping gifts to be delivered to local children. The community service is part of the Santa’s Helper program, which has been going on for almost 40 years. This year, just under 1,000 kids will be receiving gifts.
December 12, 2023
Discourse Magazine
Gun ownership as a hedge against the chaos
Sociology professor David Yamane’s research is featured in this piece on the move from sportsman-dominated gun culture to one driven by a desire for self-protection – a shift that began with the rise of crime and social unrest in the ’60s and ’70s. With COVID, race riots and a rising violent crime rate, 2020 turned out to be a watershed, with nearly 23 million guns sold in the U.S.
December 11, 2023
On Point (WBUR-FM)
Chile’s lessons and failures in writing a new constitution
In 2020, Chileans overwhelmingly supported writing a new constitution. In 2022, they overwhelmingly rejected it. This month, they will vote on a different version, but many say it’s worse than what they already have. Politics and international affairs professor Peter Siavelis, who’s studied Chile for more than 30 years, is a guest on On Point. He’s the author of the academic paper “Chile’s Constitutional Chaos,” published in the Journal of Democracy.
December 10, 2023
ArtDaily
“Good Impressions” on view at Reynolda House
“Good Impressions: Portraits Across Three Centuries from Reynolda and Wake Forest” is on view at Reynolda House Museum of American Art in the Northwest Bedroom Gallery of the historic house through October 27, 2024. “The museum and university are both strengthened by collaborations like this small yet glorious presentation of portraits,” said Allison Perkins, executive director, Reynolda House and Wake Forest University associate provost for Reynolda House & Reynolda Gardens. “More importantly, Wake Forest’s students and Winston-Salem’s community have the privilege of seeing extraordinary works in conversation on our walls.”
December 9, 2023
Baltimore Sun
Investigators plan to exhume the body of ‘The Keepers’ subject Joyce Malecki
Disinterment laws vary from state to state. In Maryland, elected prosecutors call the shots. The laws for disinterring human remains from a gravesite are different in each state, but all follow the standard that the dead have a right “to remain in the place they’re buried,” said law professor Tanya Marsh.
December 8, 2023
South Africa Today
Peru’s crackdown on illegal gold mining a success, but only briefly, study shows
Mining ponds typically show up as yellow to brown; this color is associated with high levels of suspended sediment in the water — a marker for gold mining activity, said the study’s coauthor Luis E. Fernández, executive director of Wake Forest University’s Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation, based in Madre de Dios. “We use the color changes in the mining ponds as a proxy for [mining] activity. As mining ceases and ponds are abandoned, the sediment settles, and the degree of yellowness diminishes — a pattern the researchers found in the raided areas following Operation Mercury. Conversely, when it turns back to a cappuccino color, we know it’s being mined again,” Fernández added.
December 8, 2023
Reckon
In this Q&A, Stan Meiburg talks with Reckon about the EPA’s enforcement of its rules. Meiburg was acting deputy administrator for the EPA between 2014 to 2017, capping a 39-year career with the agency. He is currently the executive director of the Andrew Sabin Family Center for Environment and Sustainability at Wake Forest University in North Carolina.
December 7, 2023
Booming Encore
Managing anticipation over the holidays
The accumulation of these mini-thrills means you’ll still reap the benefits of looking forward to something, even if it’s not a big-ticket reward, said Christian E. Waugh, a psychology professor at Wake Forest University who studies anticipation. “Plus, with the nearer stuff, there’s more of a sense it’s going to happen for sure,” he said. “You’ve got more control over a small gathering this evening than a vacation in six months.”
December 7, 2023