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Demand for online education is growing. Are providers ready?

Growing competition in online education providers may need to take bold action. Five strategic moves could help them compete and grow while meeting the needs of learners. Wake Forest is featured for its revitalized approach to career services and customized exposure to careers early in the student journey by using profiles on Handshake to connect students with organizations and companies based on their interests and qualifications.

January 14, 2023

WFDD-FM (Winston-Salem, NC)

Wake Forest awarded $1M grant for project focusing on environmental justice

Wake Forest University has been awarded a $1 million grant for a project focusing on environmental justice. The grant from the Mellon Foundation will support the creation of a model program for teaching issues related to climate change and environmental justice. The three-year effort will be led by Wake Forest Professor of Humanities Corey D.B. Walker.

January 13, 2023

High Point Enterprise

Lessons may emerge from pain of family slaying

The strongest predictor of a murder-suicide that’s family-based is a previous record of domestic violence, said Nathaniel Ivers, counseling professor and department chair. “In most cases where a murder-suicide occurs, it’s a man killing his wife, then killing children if they are involved, then killing himself.” In an effort to try to prevent murder-suicides, communities should provide resources to support healthy family development and offer opportunities for family counseling.

January 13, 2023

Scripps News

The Why

Economics professor Robert Whaples is interviewed on “The Why” to discuss the penny and why it should be eliminated. “The point of coins, the point of money is to facilitate commerce. We need something that’ll make transactions with each other easier, and the penny no longer fills that role because it is worth so little,” he said.

January 11, 2023

Science Magazine

Illegal mining has muddied tropical rivers worldwide

A comprehensive satellite survey spanning four decades shows river mining has surged over the past 20 years and today affects 173 large rivers in 49 countries. “It’s completely flown under the radar,” said Miles Silman, a forest ecologist at Wake Forest University and coauthor of the study. “The pervasiveness was really shocking to me. It’s just nuts.”

January 11, 2023

Inc.

5 science-backed tips to protect yourself from the office know-it-all

It’s usually that one work colleague who comes into conversations with their own anecdotes – ones that somehow outdo yours in every way possible. In a recent study that looked into the antecedents of b*llsh*tting, psychology professor John Petrocelli and team ran a series of experiments that examined the idea of a person having i) too little, ii) adequate, or iii) too much topic knowledge, and the extent to which they b*llsh*tted.

January 11, 2023

High Point Enterprise

Legislature convenes for long session

Roy Cooper and Republican leaders of the General Assembly will try to hash out a 2023-24 fiscal year budget by July 1, the start of the new fiscal year, said politics professor John Dinan. The state’s current spending plan totals $26 billion.

January 11, 2023

Winston-Salem Journal

The year in photos

A photo of Wake Forest President Susan Wente celebrating her inauguration on March 25 in Wait Chapel made this gallery of top images of the year as selected by Winston-Salem staff photographers Allison Lee Isley and Walt Unks. Photos of Composer-in-Residence and Professor of music Dan Locklair, author and journalism professor Phoebe Zerwick, and action shots of Wake Forest athletes and coaches are included in the collection.

January 7, 2023

Triad Business Journal

Will Winston-Salem become a global hub for regenerative medicine?

Winston-Salem wants to be the global hub for regenerative medicine. Wake Forest University School of Medicine has launched the Translational Biotechnology Master of Science program to prepare not just STEM professionals but also business leaders for the regenerative medicine industry.

January 6, 2023

POLITICO Pro

GOP rule may dish ‘revenge’ for climate, energy agencies

Under the House Republicans’ proposed rules package, lawmakers could target officials’ salaries and program funding for budget cuts. Environmental and energy agencies could be in their sights. Stan Meiburg, executive director of the Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, comments in this article.

January 5, 2023

Yes! Weekly

Children’s Read-In Jan. 21 celebrates MLK’s legacy

Wake Forest University is partnering with Winston-Salem State University, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and HandsOn NWNC to host an event that honors the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The Read-In Day on Jan. 21 celebrates King’s achievements and teachings while promoting the importance of reading.

January 5, 2023

The Evolllution

What did COVID-19 change about the registrar’s role?

A few years ago, the world underwent more change than anyone was ready for. Every aspect of higher education was impacted, including the registrar’s office. But the switch to remote learning wasn’t the only thing that registrars had to tackle. “I see new technologies as tools for the jobs we are trying to do and the puzzles we are trying to solve with students and educational programs,” Matt Imboden, chief student services officer in the School of Business.

January 4, 2023