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Winston-Salem Journal
Corey Walker named interim dean of Wake Forest University School of Divinity
Professor Corey Walker has been named the interim dean of Wake Forest’s School of Divinity. Walker will begin his duties Jan. 1. He will continue to serve as professor of humanities and the director of Wake Forest’s African American studies program. “I am deeply honored to serve the School of Divinity and Wake Forest University in this capacity,” Walker said.
October 18, 2022
Associated Press
Clean Water Act at 50: Environmental gains, challenges unmet
Stan Meiburg, director of the Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability and a former EPA deputy administrator, favors requiring farms and other runoff sources to bear the costs of the environmental damage they cause if a workable system could be found. “But it’s not clear to me that such a thing exists in the real world,” he said. “I find it unlikely that any legislation any time soon is going to impose wide-scale restrictions on how farmers conduct their activities.”
October 17, 2022
Forbes
Here’s a question – how many lies have you told in the past 24 hours? Got the answer? Now here is a follow-up question. Is your answer higher, lower, or about on par with what you think other people will say about their own lying behavior?
October 17, 2022
Religion News Service
Jonathan Lee Walton named next president of Princeton Seminary
The Rev. Jonathan Lee Walton, an academician, preacher and administrator who has served on the faculties of Wake Forest and Harvard divinity schools, has been named the next president of Princeton Theological Seminary. He will be the first Black president of the seminary, which was founded in 1812, and is to officially begin his new role on Jan. 1, 2023.
October 14, 2022
Triad Business Journal
Winston-Salem business Storage Scholars, founded by WFU alums, makes deal on ‘Shark Tank’
“We are immensely excited and proud of Matt and Sam and their team,” said Betsy Brown, vice president of Winston Starts. “This says a lot about student startups coming out of the Wake Forest entrepreneurship program and the program we have here at Winston Starts helping founders scale and is fantastic exposure for Winston-Salem as a whole.”
October 14, 2022
Winston-Salem Journal
Kroger plans $24.6 billion grocery store megadeal for Albertsons
The Kroger Co., parent company of Harris Teeter, said Friday it plans to pay $24.6 billion for Albertsons Cos. Inc. in one of the largest deals ever in the grocery store sector. “The acquisition of Albertsons by Kroger is a great example of the expression ‘the best defense is a good offense,” said Roger Beahm, executive director of the Center for Retail Innovation.
October 14, 2022
Winston-Salem Journal
Marlboro pricing going up Sunday in latest increase for 2022
That tobacco manufacturers are able to consistently raise prices on traditional and electronic cigarettes is not surprising to retail expert Roger Beahm. “The judgments and feelings smokers have toward the attributes, benefits, and imagery are what motivates them to pay more for the brands they buy, even when those brands continue to raise prices aggressively.
October 13, 2022
Bloomberg Government
Ballot that doesn’t mention abortion actually about abortion
The outcome could spur interest in other states for reviving a process that’s been dormant for over 30 years, said state constitutional politics expert John Dinan. “It’s been so long since there has been a full-scale convention, since the mid-1980s, that it has become even more difficult for voters to conceive of saying yes to a convention, because it’s something that’s seen as done in prior generations.
October 11, 2022
On Point
What the U.S. can learn from the fall of democracy in Chile
Politics and international affairs professor Peter Siavelis participated in a panel discussion led by On Point radio host Meghna Chakrabarti. Siavelis, who has studied Chile for more than 30 years, is the author of the opinion piece “Latin America’s Lessons for U.S. Democracy.” In this discussion, he comments on what is happening in Chile and offers parallels to the United States. ”Democracy is difficult. Democracy is hard to run,” he said.
October 10, 2022
Mirage News
Scientists identify cognitive impacts of mercury exposure on Peru’s Matsigenka people
A new approach to measuring cognition has helped a research team led by Wake Forest psychologist Alycia Silman understand the health impacts of mercury exposure on the Matsigenka people of Peru. “They are living in their homeland but exposure to mercury may be limiting them as people and how their children grow and develop,” she said.
October 10, 2022
90.5 FM WSNC
Host Jim Steele talks with history professor Robert Hellyer about his book “Green with Milk and Sugar.”
October 10, 2022
Looper
Real-life teachers make it clear how they feel about ‘Abbott Elementary’
Communication professor Mary Dalton, who studies the representation of educators in media, said, “Janine Teagues is the first female teacher character in a comedy who has been portrayed in a positive light, and who is realistic — like a well-rounded person — in a very long time.”
October 9, 2022