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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
Bollyinside
Expanding the science of honesty: Key insights on honesty’s impact and cultivation
The Honesty Project, a three-year exploration of the truth about honesty led by Wake Forest University, has concluded. The project aimed to improve our understanding of honesty and its importance in individuals, organizations, and societies. It found that honesty is widely regarded as an important virtue and ranked number one among 60 different characteristics.
October 31, 2023
Discover Magazine
Being humble about what you know is just one part of what makes you a good thinker
What does it mean to be a good thinker? Recent research suggests that acknowledging you can be wrong plays a vital role. But is being humble about what you know or don’t know enough? I now think my recommendation was incorrect. It turns out good thinking requires more than intellectual humility – and, yes, I see the irony that admitting this means I had to draw on my own intellectual humility.
October 30, 2023
Spectrum News Charlotte
As Halloween creeps up on us and most kids prepare to go trick-or-treating Tuesday, other events around the state have been helping kids celebrate the holiday. Project Pumpkin, a student-led fundraiser, has raised more than $5,000 Isabelle Zeidner has been involved with the initiative for three years The money raised goes towards the Wake Forest University Freedom SchoolWake Forest University held its annual Project Pumpkin event and raised more than $5,000.
October 30, 2023