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Diverse: Issues In Higher Education
Jacqueline Travisano has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Travisano holds an MBA from Chatham University in Pittsburgh and a doctorate in higher education leadership from Nova Southeastern University.
August 14, 2023
Los Angeles Review of Books
On Howard J. Curzer’s “Virtue Ethics for the Real World”
In this book review, philosophy professor Christian Miller writes that “Howard Curzer is to be commended for putting together the virtue-ethical pieces in a way that is novel and more plausible than most of the options currently out there in philosophy. And that makes his book required reading for anyone interested in the subject.”
August 13, 2023
Chemistry World
Metal-organic framework encourages iron centre in ferrocene to oxidise
Physics professor Timo Thonhauser and colleagues devised a cobalt-based MOF to overcome ferrocene’s unreactive iron centre. The cobalt atoms form chains that can either be ferromagnetic or anti-ferromagnetic in nature.
August 11, 2023
Defense One
Time to change US policy toward Niger and its West African neighbors
“The coup in Niger last week should be a wake-up call for U.S. policymakers: the current approach to security in West Africa isn’t working. The United States is using too much force against too little threat in the region. Leaders must resist the temptation to escalate in the current crisis. Instead, they should draw down forces from Niger, limit missions to reconnaissance, and focus on peacemaking in conflict zones,” writes politics and international affairs professor Will Walldorf in this opinion piece.
August 9, 2023
Katie Couric Media
The complex legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
While her impact on women’s rights looms large, Ginsburg did not. At 5-foot-1, the Brooklyn native was known to be both soft-spoken and shy. But those who knew her personally saw a different side. “She had a very quick wit and she was funny,” said law professor Shannon Gilreath at Wake Forest, where Ginsburg was a frequent guest lecturer. “She was also a very feminine woman. I think people don’t think that feminists and femininity can coexist, but they did in her.”
August 9, 2023
Triad Business Journal
Wake Forest University Health Sciences buys Innovation Quarter building for $38 million
After leasing it for seven years, Wake Forest University Health Sciences has purchased an Innovation Quarter building for $38 million. A filing with the Forsyth County Register of Deeds shows that WFUHS purchased Building 60 in Innovation Quarter. Located at 409 Vine Street, the 0.76-acre building contains a 194,370-square-foot building.
August 9, 2023
WGHP-TV (High Point, NC)
Could North Carolina voters change the process for adopting constitutional amendments?
“A number of other states in the last several years have been trying to make their constitutions harder to change, generally with an eye to limiting access to voter-initiated amendments that are currently an option in 17 states,” John Dinan wrote in an emailed response to questions. “These efforts have occasionally been successful…and various states have raised the threshold of signatures needed to be collected to place voter-initiated amendments on the ballot.”
August 9, 2023
The Times Literary Supplement
The Epicurean search for happiness and serenity
“Living for Pleasure: An Epicurean Guide to Life” by philosophy professor Emily Austin is featured in this Times Literary Supplement book review. Austin’s contribution, which focuses on the ancient philosopher Epicurus and his school of Epicureanism, “cannot be praised too highly,” writes Morgan.
August 8, 2023
Medical Xpress
When facing difficult life experiences, study shows coping strategies matter
As more research becomes available about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on people’s lives, a new study shows the well-being benefits for older adults who approach challenging experiences positively. The findings are part of a study co-authored by Wake Forest University undergraduate students and psychology professor Eranda Jayawickreme. Their work takes a deeper look at how younger and older adults processed difficult life experiences and stress during the pandemic.
August 8, 2023
U.S. News & World Report
How to become a college mascot
“A lot of people want to feel really involved in something and maybe they haven’t found the right club or the right thing,” said Christy Creson, director of spirit programs and events at Wake Forest. “But they love coming to games and have huge school spirit. They really just want to be more involved but don’t know quite where they fit yet. And I feel like being a mascot sometimes is a great fit for that because one, no one is going to know who you are, so you get to go and be your best silly self.”
August 8, 2023
Triad Business Journal
Dr. David Zaas to succeed Dr. Kevin High as president of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist has hired interim medical specialist Dr. David Zaas as its next system president, effective Sept. 1. It is the No. 2 executive post for the Winston-Salem system. Dr. Julie Ann Freischlag is the system’s chief executive. Zaas also will be a professor of internal medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. “He is an accomplished leader in academic medicine as a physician, scientist and educator, and he will help guide us…as we work together to improve the lives of those in our communities, our nation and the world,” Freischlag said.
August 8, 2023
Winston-Salem Journal
The Bookhouse hopes to be a gathering spot for coffee, wine, books and more
In an era when bookstores are more often closing than opening, Winston-Salem got a new one. The Bookhouse opened last month at 120 Reynolda Village off Reynolda Road in the former location of Jukebox Oldies, on the northern end of the village. The Bookhouse sells air-roasted local coffee from Magic Beans. It offers the usual espresso drinks, including lattes and Americanos, and a modest selection of flavorings. They also have hot tea, chocolate milk and apple juice. Beer in cans is all from local craft brewers.
August 8, 2023