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Michael Schur, TV producer and creator of “The Good Place,” to visit Wake Forest
Michael Schur, the television writer and producer who created the show “The Good Place” and co-created “Parks and Recreation,” will visit Wake Forest University Oct. 17. The 7:30 p.m. event, “How to be Perfect: An Evening with Michael Schur,” is free and open to the public and will be held in Brendle Recital Hall inside Scales Fine Arts Center.
October 7, 2022
Nature
DeepMind AI invents faster algorithms to solve tough math puzzles
Researchers at DeepMind in London have shown that artificial intelligence (AI) can find shortcuts in a fundamental type of mathematical calculation, by turning the problem into a game. Computer science professor Grey Ballard sees potential for future human–computer collaborations. “I’m excited for theoretical researchers to start analyzing the new algorithms they’ve found to find clues for where to search for the next breakthrough.”
October 5, 2022
WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
Wake Forest relay for cancer research: Hit the Bricks
Hit the Bricks is a day-long fundraiser in memory of Wake Forest football legend Brian Piccolo. He died at age 26 after being diagnosed with cancer. Students, faculty and staff race around the brick pathways on Hearn Plaza, competing to see which teams can run the most laps and raise the most money. This year’s student director, senior Erin Byrd, said, “Participation and fundraising for this event can really move the needle on cancer research.”
WGHP also covered the event.
October 5, 2022
Winston-Salem Journal
Wake Forest divinity school expands HIV initiative with focus on Black faith community
The Wake Forest University School of Divinity recently announced the next initiative in its collaboration with biopharmeceutical company Gilead Sciences. The focus is on “Black Faith and HIV” involving the divinity school’s Gilead Compass Initiative Faith Coordinating Center. In February, the divinity school received a $5 million grant from Gilead to help form the center, which at the time was the largest-ever grant to fight HIV and AIDS in the South.
October 5, 2022
Greensboro News & Record
Teacher representation on TV in ‘Abbott Elementary’
The ABC mockumentary “Abbott Elementary” centers on the experience of teachers at Willard R. Abbott Elementary. In this Q&A, communications professor Dalton discusses teachers on “Abbott Elementary” and puts them in context with other shows representing teachers in past decades.
October 5, 2022
WFDD (Winston-Salem, NC)
Carolina Curious: What’s the main role of the school board?
Dani Parker Moore is the director of the Schools, Education and Society minor at Wake Forest, which is a program that looks at education policies and laws. She explains how local school boards fit into the wider education system.
October 4, 2022
POZ
“Black Faith and HIV” aims to end the epidemic by engaging religious leaders
HIV disproportionately affects African Americans. Thus, given the important role faith-based organizations play in Black communities, it makes sense to engage religious leaders to help end the HIV epidemic. That’s exactly the goal of Black Faith and HIV, a new initiative launched by The Faith Coordinating Center at Wake Forest University School of Divinity.
September 30, 2022
Psyche Magazine
Asking one simple question can entirely change how you feel
The pursuit of happiness is many people’s primary goal in life, and a subject that’s occupied countless philosophers and psychologists over the millennia. It is usually painted as an effortful and difficult aim to accomplish, especially in trying times. Indeed, it’s through their promises to help us reach a happier place that many self-help gurus pay for their mansions on the beach. However, taking the first step to being happier could be a lot simpler than many people realize.
September 28, 2022
Winston-Salem Journal
Wake Forest business school makes new appointments
WFU School of Business announced the appointment and expanded responsibilities of four associate and assistant deans. Jeff Camm has been appointed as senior associate dean for faculty. Scott Shafer will serve as associate dean for the Master of Science in Business Analytics program. Bren Varner will serve as assistant dean for the Master of Science in Management program. Norma Ramirez Montague will continue in her role as senior associate dean of Academic Programs with expanded responsibilities.
September 28, 2022
WFDD-FM (Winston-Salem, NC)
North Carolina Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green to visit Triad
North Carolina’s Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green will make an appearance in the Triad Thursday. She’ll be reading both old and new poems at Wake Forest University as part of the Edwin G. Wilson Speaker Series. Ahead of the event, Shelton Green spoke with WFDD’s Bethany Chafin.
September 28, 2022
Triad Business Journal
Five Triad universities receive $15M to strengthen local teacher workforce
North Carolina began this school year with 4,400 teacher vacancies. Now, with the help of nearly $15 million from the U.S. Department of Education’s Teacher Quality Partnership grant program, five Triad universities will help recruit, prepare and retain teachers for high-need schools in the region. “We had a need to recruit and retain more effective teachers before the pandemic and that need is exacerbated now during the pandemic,” said Alan Brown, professor and chair of the education department.
September 26, 2022
ArtDaily Newspaper
Heritage Auctions’ October event spans centuries of Black American history
As Wake Forest University’s ZSR Library notes in its thorough history of Phillis Wheatley’s collection, “Reviewers invariably remarked on the unusual circumstance of an African slave writing serious literature, and several specifically pointed out the implications for the slavery debate.”
September 25, 2022