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Winston-Salem Journal

Business Milestones: On the Move

Wake Forest University has named Jackie Krasas as the new dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, effective July 1. A highly-regarded sociology and women’s, gender and sexuality studies scholar, Krasas comes to Wake Forest from Lehigh University, where she currently serves as deputy provost for faculty affairs

March 26, 2023

WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)

Wake Forest students stand up to cancer during Wake ‘N Shake

More than a thousand Wake Forest University students danced the day and night away on Saturday to raise money for cancer research during Wake ‘N Shake. Organizers told WXII 12 news that dancers raised $248,234.50 just before midnight in the final hour of the dance marathon.

March 25, 2023

Winston-Salem Journal

Religion calendar: March 25

First Baptist Church, 700 Highland Ave., Winston-Salem, will have a Good Friday service at noon April 7. Students at the Wake Forest University School of Divinity will present “The Seven Last Words of Christ.” Live Stream is available at fbcwinston.org.

March 25, 2023

Yes! Weekly

Students stand up to cancer 12-hour dance marathon raises money for cancer research

More than a thousand Wake Forest University students will dance the day and night away on Saturday, March 25 to raise money for cancer research during Wake ‘N Shake. It’s the largest student-led philanthropic event on campus. The event will take place from noon to midnight in the University’s Sutton Center. “We will have dancing, singing, games and inspirational speakers each hour to keep us going,” said Jamie Wander, a junior finance major from Dallas.

March 24, 2023

Winston-Salem Journal

Krispy Kreme gains bullish upgrade from Truist Securities analyst

Partnering with McDonald’s offers Krispy Kreme a new “go-to-market strategy that seems to offer strong upside potential,” said marketing professor Roger Beahm. “This creates much greater access to the market virtually overnight. Consumers won’t need to go so far out of their way to reach a Krispy Kreme sales outlet. While the added convenience could cannibalize some of the Krispy Kreme factory store business, it will likely be more than offset by the incremental gains from the sale of products through McDonald’s restaurants.”

March 23, 2023

The Takeaway

Overincarcerating women and girls can’t be what healing looks like

“Even as it might seem that the war on drugs is drawing to a close, its brutal policies continue to create havoc in the lives of American women,” said The Takeaway host Melissa Harris-Perry, author of “Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America,” and the Maya Angelou Presidential Chair of Politics and International Affairs at Wake Forest University.

March 22, 2023

GCM Online

A golf course superintendent’s guide to success

Each year, professors from Wake Forest University’s School of Business lead interactive classes, providing ideas and tools to help superintendents with daily management and long-term planning. These classes and presentations are geared directly toward our industry and were the most engaging classes I have been a part of, leaving me craving to learn more.

March 22, 2023

Yahoo News

3 NC colleges among Top 50 in US

Three NC schools ranked inside the Top 50 of the U.S. News Best National University Rankings. The list ranks the top schools around the country. Duke University was the highest-ranked school in the state, coming in at 10. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Wake Forest University tied for 29th.

March 21, 2023

WFDD-FM (Winston-Salem, NC)

Miseducated: The awkward conversation

According to psychology professor Christy Buchanan, “One of the biggest pieces of advice for parents is to watch movies and shows with adolescents. And when an adult scene comes up, ‘What do you think about that?’ can be a springboard for perhaps more lighthearted conversation about what’s going on.”

March 20, 2023

Winston-Salem Journal

Ask SAM: Will the crosswalk safety light on Reynolda Road be repaired?

Cheryl Walker, the executive director of strategic communications (news) for Wake Forest University, told us what happened and what to expect. “We are working on the replacement of the pedestrian crosswalk. An automobile accident on Jan. 30, 2023, damaged one of the Reynolda Road pedestrian crossing poles. We determined that the damaged pole and components could not be fixed, so we ordered a new one. We expect it to be delivered in 8 to 10 weeks.”

March 20, 2023

WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)

Wake Forest organization to discuss culture and food access in Black communities

Wake Forest University will host a symposium about the various ways food connects with Black communities on Friday, March 24 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. in Farrell Hall. “This will be an event that will be unique in that it will bring together scholars, chefs, restauranteurs, farmers and advocates for food access in urban communities,” said associate professor of religion and culture Derek Hicks. To conclude the symposium, Jessica B. Harris, American culinary historian and author of the New York Times Bestseller “High on the Hog,” will participate in a keynote discussion with culinary artist Gabrielle Etienne in Porter Byrum Welcome Center at 6 p.m.

March 19, 2023

Mongabay

Brazil tackles illegal miners, but finds their mercury legacy harder to erase

As the details of the humanitarian crisis in the Yanomami Indigenous Territory unfold amid action to remove illegal miners, mercury left by the rampant gold mining in the area will remain a lingering toxic legacy. Experts say it’s no easy task to clean an area contaminated by mercury. But Luis Fernandez, executive director of Wake Forest’s Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation (CINCIA), said he agrees that the kind of approach taken by the UFPA researchers in their Tapajós project is necessary to support Amazonian communities who are highly dependent on fish and thus at elevated risk for mercury exposure. “That requires education, awareness raising, and finding culturally appropriate ways to suggest changing diets to basically decouple people from the pollution in the environment,”

March 17, 2023