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National Institutes of Health
How can strength training build healthier bodies as we age?
A team of NIA-supported scientists is researching innovative ways to bring resistance training to the homes of older adults who are trying to lose weight. Gerontology and geriatric medicine professor Barb Nicklas and health and exercise science professor Kristen Beavers have developed a project known as Incorporating Nutrition, Vests, Education, and Strength Training in Bone Health (INVEST).
June 30, 2022
Mirage News
Wake Forest hosts Freedom School for children
Wake Forest University is hosting Freedom School, a free six-week literacy-based summer program aimed at strengthening children’s reading skills and closing achievement gaps. The program, part of a national initiative developed by the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), is serving 75 students in grades K through 8 and runs from June 20 to July 27.
June 30, 2022
Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Why the infrastructure investment and jobs act is good economics
Recent research by economics professor E. Mark Curtis and Ioana Marinescu of the University of Pennsylvania entitled “Green Energy Jobs in the US: What Are They, and Where Are They?” suggests there is a pay premium for green jobs, especially for green jobs with a low educational requirement.
June 30, 2022
NPR
With Roe overturned, state constitutions are at the center of the abortion fight
“There’s all kinds of generally phrased provisions in state constitutions that can be used to anchor litigation,” said politics professor John Dinan. “This is all going to be very much in flux and very much open to popular influence and popular votes in elections. You can have one state supreme court voted in. Then several years later, it can change.”
June 29, 2022
VICE
People are preserving dead relatives’ tattoos and turning them into art
Wake Forest funeral law expert Tanya Marsh, author of The Law of Human Remains, said she believes the practice is putting funeral directors in the position to have liability under state and criminal statutes. “I’m sure it’s very meaningful for people to take advantage of their services; however, I don’t think the law currently is flexible enough to make this a legal practice.”
June 29, 2022
PsyPost
New study links insecure attachment to reduced concern for others in sacrificial moral dilemmas
“Our social and moral psychological systems are shaped by early experiences. One very important social system is that of attachment, which develops adaptively to make the most of certain caregiving and guides social and emotional patterns later in life,” explained study author Heather M. Maranges, a research associate in psychology and co-director of research at the Program for Leadership and Character.
June 28, 2022
Winston-Salem Journal
9th Wonder, Grammy-Award winning producer and Winston-Salem native, named visiting scholar
Grammy-Award winning producer 9th Wonder is coming back to his hometown to join Wake Forest’s African American Studies Program. 9th Wonder has worked with many of the country’s biggest stars, including Beyonce, Kendrick Lamar and Jay-Z. He graduated from Glenn High School and enrolled at N.C. Central University, where he helped form the hip-hop group, Little Brother.
June 28, 2022
WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
Supreme Court opinion has some in LGBTQ community worried
“All of the constitutional jurisprudence at the supreme court recognizing LGBTQ rights has been since 1996,” said law professor Marie-Amélie George. “The majority opinion is clear in saying we are just addressing abortion. That does not mean they are going to reevaluate LGBTQ rights decisions, but it should provide concern because it does provide a really strong basis for doing that.”
June 28, 2022
Winston-Salem Journal
18 homicides already reported in Winston-Salem this year
“The local crime statistics so far this year suggest that Winston-Salem faces problems similar to those of most other cities in the United States: much higher homicide rates (particularly handgun deaths) and somewhat higher violent crime rates. Nationally, the nonviolent crime rate remains fairly steady,” said law professor Ronald Wright.
June 26, 2022
The Kim Komando Show
Hidden images in this optical illusion reveal how you see the world
According to philosophy professor Adrian Bardon, we tend to dismiss facts that challenge our perception. Thus, looking at a stereogram can reveal how you perceive the world. However, you can also use a stereogram to challenge your preconceived notions.
June 25, 2022
Grist
Pollen and heat: A looming challenge for global agriculture
Every seed, grain, and fruit that we eat is a direct product of pollination, explains biochemist Gloria Muday. “The critical parameter is the maximum temperature during reproduction,” she said. With funding from the NSF, Muday is now part of a multi-university team aiming to uncover the molecular mechanisms and underlying genes that could help tomato pollen weather a heat spell.
June 25, 2022
High Point Enterprise
Local congressional race may serve as signal
The 6th Congressional District race between freshman Democratic Rep. Kathy Manning and Republican challenger Christian Castelli may offer a signal on whether or how much of a red wave sweeps GOP candidates into Congress, said politics professor John Dinan.
June 25, 2022