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The Boston Globe
Activist athletes and champion teams should find a Biden White House more welcoming
Betina Wilkinson, associate professor of politics and international affairs at Wake Forest, commented on likely changes to the White House’s rhetoric around activism and sports. “It only takes one major incident for a video to go viral, for statements to be made, for protests to take place for pro athletes to voice their concerns and demand change, regardless of who is in the White House,” she said.
December 8, 2020
Al-Fanar Media
Reduce workloads to ease students’ stress: Faculty insights
There are some online tools faculty members can use to gauge the workload they are putting on students. The Center for the Advancement of Teaching at Wake Forest developed an enhanced version of Rice University’s Course Workload Estimator tool that’s well adapted to online classrooms, adding tasks like posting to discussion forums and watching podcasts and videos.
December 7, 2020
Carolina Public Press
Wallet extraction: Consumers surprised by dental and other fees for COVID-19
“In the end, whether a hairdresser is buying PPE or a restaurant is spending more on food, the specific disruption doesn’t matter,” said Jane Ryngaert, an assistant professor of economics at Wake Forest. “In both cases, the cost of doing business is higher and will be shared by the consumer.”
December 7, 2020
Charlotte Business Journal
One year later: How Truist performed since BB&T-SunTrust merger and where it plans to go next
Finance professor Ajay Patel said Truist spent several months before the deal closed preparing for the merger. That allowed the bank to start crafting plans well before Covid-19. The merger was publicly announced in early 2019. The challenge for BB&T was completing its largest merger yet, having previously absorbed smaller companies into its operations, Patel said.
December 7, 2020
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Wake Forest President Nathan O. Hatch’s apology was mentioned in The Chronicle of Higher Education. “It is important and overdue that I unequivocally apologize, on behalf of the University, for participating in and benefitting from the institution of slavery.”
December 7, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
Convincing consumers to shop Locally “will be especially difficult” given the convenience of online shopping during the pandemic, said Roger Beahm, executive director of the Center for Retail Innovation at the Wake Forest School of Business. “While consumers say they want to support small businesses, there are several conditions that are creating special challenges for this sector,” Beahm said.
December 6, 2020
The New Yorker
Introducing “Books for the Midnight Hour”: What We Read When the World Gets Dark
Jonathan Walton, Dean of Wake Forest School of Divinity and scholar of religion, discussed W. E. B. DuBois’ “The Souls of Black Folk” on The New Yorker’s new “Books for the Midnight Hour” video series.
December 4, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
Wake Forest University Campus Garden has a very efficient and sustainable composting system, which maximizes the benefits of year-round feeding. Garden manager and Campus as Lab program coordinator Nathan Peifer has implemented a new composting system at the garden, which receives a steady supply of brown and green organic material from the Wake Forest campus. “In the summer things move fast. In the winter biological organisms slow down, the biology in the pile slows down. But it’s still happening,” Peifer said.
December 4, 2020
Charlotte Business Journal
Why Red Ventures’ latest acquisition made sense despite travel-industry slump
“This may not be a bad bet in that, if people are going to travel, then why not combine a company that people have been using and relying on guidebooks for travel with the other things that Red Ventures can provide?” said Ajay Patel, a finance professor at Wake Forest. “I think the combination makes sense as long as they got it for a reasonable price.”
December 3, 2020
Deseret News
Understanding America: Is there a connection between faith and firearms?
“The less trust one has in the government, the more likely they are to take to protecting themselves,” said David Yamane, a sociologist at Wake Forest who studies gun culture. Yamane said that social uncertainty and self-defense “applies across the ideological spectrum.”
December 3, 2020
Healthline
Indoor church services are COVID-19 hot spots: Here’s why
“While I think in general it is ideal for folks to hold off on gathering these days, I also recognize that there are valid reasons why people choose to do so,” said Lucy D’Agostino McGowan, an assistant professor of statistics at Wake Forest. “I think it is really important for folks to find creative ways to stay connected with their faith-based communities.”
December 3, 2020
Law360
3 takeaways from Smithfield’s hog farm stench settlement
Steven Virgil, a professor at the Wake Forest School of Law, said that a couple of decades ago, it was hard to bring legal actions over farming practices that impacted neighbors because the general sentiment was that the smell of hog manure was the smell of money and part of rural American life. “Having them validate that this is not farming as most people imagine it is powerful stuff.”
December 3, 2020