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New York Magazine Intelligencer
What does an SAT score mean in a test-optional world?
In 2008, Wake Forest University became the first top-30 national university in the U.S. News & World Report rankings to go test optional; ten years later, the University of Chicago became the first top-ten university, and by 2019, more than a thousand colleges had gone test optional.
November 18, 2022
POLITICO Pro
Time running out for 3 Biden EPA nominees
Stan Meiburg, executive director of the Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, said all three nominees should be confirmed. “And it could be done easily.” If the Senate doesn’t confirm Biden’s EPA picks before it adjourns, the president would have to renominate them after the Senate reconvenes in January. “You have to start over from the beginning.…that would be unfortunate,”
November 18, 2022
Medscape
Knee pain eased in community-based weight-loss programs
Patients who are overweight or obese with knee osteoarthritis can find relief from pain through diet and exercise programs conducted in recreation centers, local gyms, fitness centers and other places close to home. “Diet plus exercise was 20% more likely to attain a clinically important 2-point improvement in pain,” said health and exercise science professor Steve Messier.
November 18, 2022
Healio Cardiology
Adding resistance training to diet & exercise program may aid adults with obesit
Research shows that adding resistance training to caloric restriction and aerobic exercise training is safe and does not adversely impact cardiac or arterial structure and function in older adults with obesity. “Clinicians should consider adding supervised resistance training to improve skeletal muscle strength and muscle quality of older patients with obesity,” said health and exercise science professor Peter H. Brubaker.
November 18, 2022
The Podcaster’s Guide to the Conspiracy
An interview with Matt Shields
Philosophy professor Matt Shields, author of “Rethinking conspiracy theories” (Synthese, 2022) is interviewed in this podcast – a humorous and informative analysis of conspiracy theories new and old.
November 18, 2022
WGHP-TV (High Point, NC)
Transgender Day of Remembrance 2022
Every year on Nov. 20, the LGBTQ community comes together in order to remember lives lost over the previous year. The LGBTQ+ Center at Wake Forest hosted several programs related to Trans Awareness Week and Trans Day of Remembrance over the course of the week.
November 18, 2022
Houston Chronicle
The 5 best poetry collections of 2022
“The Slain Birds,” by Michael Longley (Wake Forest University Press), is featured in this list of the 5 best poetry collections of 2022. “In a time when many poets feel compelled to turn up the volume to try to gain the public’s attention, the hushed and gentle beauty of Michael Longley’s work feels like an exquisite antidote to – or a radical rebuttal of – our chaotic cultural sphere.”
This list also ran in the Washington Post.
November 17, 2022
WFMY-TV (Greensboro, NC)
Advice from experts on how to get Taylor Swift tickets
“The high fees are just a reflection of larger market issues,” said finance professor Kenneth Ford. “Ticketmaster-Live Nation is a monopoly. That allows them to both impose high fees to manipulate the ticketing market to make it so that artists can’t earn money. You need to address the core business model issue that this is a monopoly that has to be broken up in order to bring more competition to the market.”
November 17, 2022
WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
WFU plans to donate 600 meals to those in need
Wake Forest University is cooking up a yearly tradition that gives back to the community. Turkeypalooza is in its 16th year. Students and staff are working at the Harvest Table Catering Kitchen to put together Thanksgiving meals with all the fixin’s for people facing food insecurity.
November 17, 2022
HYPEBEAST
Guilty By Association will present Its first ArtCities program
Guilty by Association (GBA) is a new digital platform that aims to empower underrepresented communities across the creative industry. On December 12, GBA will launch the ArtCities website with five artists who all hail from Winston-Salem. The artists selected, Krystal Hart, Ashley Johnson, Lakea Shepard, Mariam Aziza Stephan and Antoine Williams, were made in collaboration with Wake the Arts.
November 15, 2022
Association of the United States Army
Business professor Patrick Sweeney, director of the Allegacy Center for Leadership and Character, surveyed soldiers and found that for subordinates to trust their leaders, three characteristics were important: competence, character and caring.
November 15, 2022
Fierce Education
Mental health, wellness programs can boost wellbeing on campus
Campuses that are aware and support student mental health and wellbeing can help increase academic performance, retention, and graduation rates. Student wellness centers at Wake Forest and Ohio State have developed models that ensure student wellbeing on multiple levels, including the emotional, physical, social, intellectual and financial dimensions, according to the World Economic Forum.
November 14, 2022