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POLITICO Pro

GOP rule may dish ‘revenge’ for climate, energy agencies

Under the House Republicans’ proposed rules package, lawmakers could target officials’ salaries and program funding for budget cuts. Environmental and energy agencies could be in their sights. Stan Meiburg, executive director of the Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, comments in this article.

January 5, 2023

Yes! Weekly

Children’s Read-In Jan. 21 celebrates MLK’s legacy

Wake Forest University is partnering with Winston-Salem State University, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and HandsOn NWNC to host an event that honors the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The Read-In Day on Jan. 21 celebrates King’s achievements and teachings while promoting the importance of reading.

January 5, 2023

The Evolllution

What did COVID-19 change about the registrar’s role?

A few years ago, the world underwent more change than anyone was ready for. Every aspect of higher education was impacted, including the registrar’s office. But the switch to remote learning wasn’t the only thing that registrars had to tackle. “I see new technologies as tools for the jobs we are trying to do and the puzzles we are trying to solve with students and educational programs,” Matt Imboden, chief student services officer in the School of Business.

January 4, 2023

OAK Ridge National Laboratory

Berkeley to lead effort aimed at tackling sparsity in computing

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are part of a multi-institutional team that will receive nearly $14 million over five years to develop novel methods for tackling sparse computational problems in high-performance computing. Known as Sparsitute, the collaboration is led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and also includes Purdue University, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Wake Forest University and Indiana University.

January 3, 2023

U.S. News & World Report

Patient care and trust: What premedical students should know

Law professor Mark A. Hall and several colleagues examined trust in the medical profession. They wrote that in medicine, trust comes from a place of vulnerability. People who go to a doctor are inherently vulnerable because they are ill or concerned about illness.

January 3, 2023

Next Big Idea Club

“Living for Pleasure: An Epicurean Guide to Life”

Philosophy professor Emily Austin shares 5 key insights from her new book, “Living for Pleasure: An Epicurean Guide to Life.” The idea that pleasure is good might not sound like a “big idea,” but let’s not lose sight of how powerfully liberating it can be to hear that we should prioritize life’s rich and varied joys rather than treating them as an afterthought, she said.

January 3, 2023

Triad Business Journal

Simon Burgess, Mayfair Street Partners promise entertainment, housing, retail in busy 2023

Mayfair plans to recreate the Woolworth’s lunch counter, where in 1960 Wake Forest University and Winston-Salem State University students staged a sit-in a few weeks after the Greensboro Woolworth’s sit-in. That exhibit will be part of a 6,000 to 7,000-square-foot events center that can handle parties of up to 500 guests.

January 3, 2023

Upworthy

The amazing Archerfish nabs its prey by shooting jets of water

Although she has researched archerfish behavior, biology professor Miriam Ashley-Ross was not engaged in the most recent study. “It’s a pretty ambitious study,” she said in an email. She added, “It would be great to know if there are similar mouth morphologies in the widely separated fish taxa that can all make underwater jets.”

December 30, 2022

Winston-Salem Journal

Through Public Health AmeriCorps at Wake Forest, students learn and help community

Since fall, 15 members of the Wake Forest University community have had a chance to explore public health issues in a real-world context as part of Public Health AmeriCorps. The federally-funded program is designed to improve lives, strengthen communities and foster civic engagement through service and volunteering. “Students are able to gain first-hand experience in public health fields and deepen their understanding,” said Marianne Magjuka, executive director of the OCCE and assistant dean of students.

December 29, 2022

Tax Policy Center

Should Congress extend bonus depreciation?

Proponents often argue that increased investment has positive effects on employment, especially in an economic downturn. The idea: Firms with more capital also hire more workers. A recent study by economics professor Mark Curtis and colleagues finds bonus depreciation led to higher employment but not higher wages in the early 2000s.

December 29, 2022

Science Connected Magazine

Is drumming like singing? A focus on woodpeckers

In a recent study, scientists led by biology professor Eric Schuppe screened seven bird species of vocal non-learners for the presence of specialized circuitry in the brain. They found that woodpecker brains contain specialized circuitry, similar to the circuitry found in vocal learners, that was activated during drumming.

December 28, 2022

Grid

Are caskets dated?

“We are right now undergoing I think the most dramatic change in death practices certainly in American history, and probably the history of Western civilization,” said law professor Tanya Marsh, who teaches a course on funeral law. Marsh scrutinizes the rules around funerals — and how to change them.

December 28, 2022