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Westlaw Today
Q&A: Artificial intelligence in the law school classroom and beyond
Thomson Reuters asked law professor Raina Haque to discuss how law schools are using and addressing AI in the classroom and what they are teaching students about the use of the evolving technology in the legal profession. “To law students and those contemplating a legal career, I would emphasize that change is inevitable in any field. While AI will undoubtedly transform legal practice, it also presents exciting opportunities.”
December 22, 2023
High Point Enterprise
New charter school to focus on foreign languages
A proposed language-immersion charter school initially focused on Chinese and Spanish has gained state approval. Chaowei Zhu, the chairman of the charter school’s board and Wake Forest University assistant dean for global initiatives, has been involved with language-immersion schools in Charlotte and South Carolina, but he told the review board he left those in part because he wanted to try some things that those schools were not doing. “I have ideas,” he said. “I have some better models.”
December 21, 2023
Freakonomics
In this episode of “No Stupid Questions,” Angela Duckworth references psychology professor E.J. Mascicampo’s research looking at whether unfulfilled goals persist in our mind until they are fulfilled and then they exit.
December 20, 2023
The Boston Globe
Presidential debates weren’t always freak shows
During a debate in 2000, Wake Forest University, Bush and Gore not only gave intelligent answers to the questions posed, they repeatedly pointed to the common ground they shared.
December 20, 2023
Patheos
Christian nationalism & its threats to religious freedom
Melissa Rogers, visiting professor at Wake Forest University School of Divinity, said, “Christian nationalism perverts the gospel and the Constitution. As Christians, we pledge to confront this false teaching within our communities. As Americans, we pledge to insist on equal justice and liberty for all.”
December 20, 2023
Green Queen
New ingredient uses vegetable peels & trims for blended burgers
The Spare Food Co.’s new ingredient is specifically made for foodservice and catering operators, who can use the ready-to-eat ingredient in multiple ways. One of its early adopters is the Harvest Table Culinary Group, a college caterer that’s expanding its existing partnership with The Spare Food Co. to include the starter across its entire network of campuses, including Wake Forest University.
December 20, 2023
Inside Higher Ed: Academic Minute
On the Academic Minute, philosophy professor Christian B. Miller explains why a small group of people may lie more than others. “Lying seems to happen rarely for many people, even toward strangers and even via social media and texting. Where people need to be especially discerning, though, is in identifying – and avoiding – the small number of rampant liars out there.”
December 19, 2023
WFMY-TV (Greensboro, NC)
How artificial intelligence is transforming higher education
Improving the educational experience of students is a top priority for Betsy Barre. As the executive director of the Center for Advancement of Teaching at Wake Forest, she works to find innovative teaching practices for faculty. Her latest project is how to address the use of artificial intelligence.
December 18, 2023
Winston-Salem Journal
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to perform at Secrest Series
On Tuesday, Jan. 30, the Secrest Artists Series will host the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in Wait Chapel. The program will include works by Claude Debussy, Sergei Prokofiev and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Vasily Petrenko will be conducting. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is at the forefront of music-making in the United Kingdom and internationally, performing approximately 200 concerts each season with a worldwide audience of more than half-a-million people.
December 18, 2023
Newsweek
Wake Forest Debate ‘dream team’ builds path to college scholarships
At the beginning of the calendar year, the New York City Urban Debate League partnered with Wake Forest to create a team of NYCUDL debaters who can compete on the national circuit. One of the members of the championship team, in fact, is a former NYCUDL debater. “They have one of the most competitive policy debate teams in the country and a lot of their debaters are students of color, so they look like our debaters,” NYCUDL Program Manager Arielle Gallegos said. “They come from similar backgrounds as our debaters, so NYCUDL debaters could really see themselves in college spaces.”
December 18, 2023
Forsyth Women Magazine
People of Prominence: Professor Alessandra Von Burg
A Q&A with Alessandra Von Burg, associate professor in the Department of Communication. She is the co-founder of the Every Campus a Refuge (ECAR) chapter at Wake Forest University, residential programs for refugees and asylum seekers. Her research focuses on rhetorical theory, citizenship, mobility, noncitizens and nonplaces.
December 18, 2023
The Kuwait Times
US transition moves to cleaner energy carry risks of layoffs
While there has been some increase in workers transitioning from disfavored sectors into green jobs, fewer than one percent of workers who leave a “dirty job” have landed in a “green job,” according to a July 2023 paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Economics professor and paper coauthor Mark Curtis welcomes targeting coal-affected regions, but said his study underscored the challenges, especially for older workers and those without a college degree. One reason for optimism “is that 30% of workers leaving a fossil fuel industry go to manufacturing.”
December 17, 2023