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Triad Business Journal
Innovation Quarter creates new leadership role to develop Winston-Salem’s life science industry
Innovation Quarter is creating a new leadership role to work with Greater Winston-Salem, Inc. to develop the city’s life sciences industry as it looks to become a global hub of regenerative medicine and a leader in biotechnology and clinical trials. Isaac Perry has been named the head of biotech and life sciences ecosystem development at Innovation Quarter.
January 24, 2023
Winston-Salem Journal
Innovation Quarter names head of biotech economic development unit
Innovation Quarter officials announced that Isaac Perry has been hired as head of its Biotech and Life Science Ecosystem Development program. “Isaac will serve as a bridge between collaborators, external partners and life sciences companies and concentrate all of those efforts into attracting tenants, partners and growing our innovation ecosystem,” said Terry Hales, executive vice chief academic officer in administration, for Wake Forest University.
January 24, 2023
WFDD-FM (Winston-Salem, NC)
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist will study health effects of Winston Weaver Fire
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is recruiting participants for a study examining the health impacts of the Winston Weaver Fertilizer Plant fire, which forced mass evacuations in Winston-Salem nearly one year ago. The study was prompted by concerns from residents about the fire’s physical and emotional health effects. Wake Forest engineering faculty and students will look at the quality of the air, water and soil within a two-mile radius of the plant.
January 23, 2023
KMGH-TV (Denver, CO)
More than 1.5 billion people to celebrate the Lunar New Year
According to the Timothy S. Y. Lam museum of Anthropology at Wake Forest, the holiday has a history of about 3,500 years. The holiday is full of stories and myths. During the Tang, Song, and Qing dynasties, the festival became more of what it looks like today with firecrackers and entertainment. Each year, the date of the holiday depends on the lunar calendar.
January 19, 2023
WBTV-TV (Charlotte, NC)
Ground broken for ‘The Pearl’ innovation district
A huge project in midtown Charlotte is underway. It’s for the future of Wake Forest University School of Medicine and “The Pearl” innovation district. “With an additional medical school campus, we will be able to provide training to even more students, many of whom come from diverse backgrounds that are underrepresented in medicine as we educate and prepare the next generation of healthcare leaders,” said Dr. Julie Ann Freischlag, CEO of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist.
January 17, 2023
Local Today
India’s major role in recovering from Sri Lanka’s worst economic crisis
Sri Lanka has announced spending cuts including cutting its military by a third to 1.35k by next year in a bid to recover from its worst economic crisis on record. Neil DeVotta, professor of politics and international affairs, told SCMP that the “worst foreign policy that Sri Lanka can pursue is the one that threatens India.”
January 17, 2023
WCNC-TV (Charlotte, NC)
Construction begins on long-awaited Wake Forest University School of Medicine Charlotte
“We are proud that Wake Forest University School of Medicine is among the top 50 research institutions in the U.S.,” Dr. Julie Ann Freischlag, executive vice president and chief academic officer for Advocate Health said. “Adding this second campus will allow us to expand our health technology, research, and education capabilities at both campuses, and allow us to enhance the educational experience for our students who will shape the future of medicine as the next generation of healthcare leaders.”
January 17, 2023
WXII
WFU holds 22nd Annual MLK celebration featuring U.S. soccer legend as keynote
Briana Scurry has a story to tell: there’s her trailblazing career on the soccer field, her role in advocating for changes in women’s sports including equal pay for female athletes and a new book and documentary about her life. Scurry, the first Black, openly gay starting goalkeeper on the U.S. Women’s National Team that won the 1999 Women’s World Cup, served as the keynote speaker for a joint Wake Forest/Winston-Salem State MLK Day Celebration.
January 16, 2023
POZ
HIV & Faith Ambassador Initiative champions the faith and justice work of Martin Luther King Jr.
The Gilead COMPASS Initiative® Faith Coordinating Center at Wake Forest University School of Divinity in partnership with Old North State Medical Society announces the official launch of the “HIV and Faith Ambassadors” initiative. Similar to the justice work forged by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and others, the program believes that faith leaders have a critical role to play alongside health providers in the effort to end the HIV epidemic.
January 16, 2023
Mirage News
WFU Secrest Artists Series presents pianist Emanuel Ax
The Wake Forest University Secrest Artists Series will present world-renowned pianist Emanuel Ax on Thursday, Jan. 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Wait Chapel. Ax will perform a solo recital of works by Schubert and Liszt. At 6:40 p.m. music professor Larry Weng will lead a pre-concert discussion of the music. The talk will take place in the Wait Chapel balcony room and seating is limited.
January 16, 2023
Winston-Salem Journal
The day the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. came to Wake Forest University
The Winston-Salem Journal reprinted a story that originally appeared on Oct. 12, 1962, the day after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at what was then Wake Forest College. The speech is believed to be King’s first in Winston-Salem. Two years later, the Civil Rights leader spoke at Goler Metropolitan Church, which erected a marker commemorating King’s visit there.
January 16, 2023
Winston-Salem Journal
Weaver fire sparks $1 million WFU environmental justice grant
The January 2022 fire at the Winston Weaver fertilizer plant was a “wake-up call” that inspired a $1 million Melon Foundation grant to Wake Forest University for the creation of a program aimed at advancing environmental justice locally. “This is an opportunity to develop a cross-institutional program that leverages the strength of our liberal arts tradition and models new ways to engage the humanities and sciences to address the pressing challenges facing our society and world,” said humanities professor Corey D.B. Walker.
January 15, 2023