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Winston-Salem Journal
“We don’t have much in the way of precedent for determining how the public tends to view these challenges,” said John Dinan, a political science professor at Wake Forest. “The one thing that can be said with near certainty is that this year’s challenge by some Republican (congressional) members to multiple states’ electoral votes in the 2020 election is bound to be unsuccessful, just as Democratic (congressional) members’ challenge to Ohio’s electoral votes after the 2004 election was ultimately unsuccessful, given the lack of sufficient support in Congress for these challenges.”
January 5, 2021
MSNBC
How attacks on a Georgia Senate candidate exposed wider misunderstandings about the Black church
“Black communities of faith have always been at the forefront of emancipating American democracy and expanding narrow notions of freedom,” said Jonathan Lee Walton, the Dean of Wake Forest School of Divinity. “At their best…they’ve constituted a moral conscience of this nation. When you hear preachers like Raphael Warnock challenge this nation, it’s not based upon some level of a lack of patriotism; to the contrary, it’s American as the stars and stripes.”
January 3, 2021
The Common Reader
The most important and most neglected virtue
“Brutal honesty can be a vice, not a virtue,” said Wake Forest philosophy professor Christian Miller. “What has to go alongside honesty is another virtue: tact. Virtues should go in packages.”
January 3, 2021
News & Record
$7.25 an hour has been state’s minimum wage for 12th consecutive year
“State minimum-wage increases have been passed either by Democratic-controlled legislatures or through citizen-initiated ballot measures in states that allow the public to bypass legislative opposition and place measures directly on the ballot,” said John Dinan, a political science professor at Wake Forest who is a national expert on state legislatures.
January 2, 2021
90.7 WFAE (Charlotte)
Black doctors use social media to share accurate information about COVID-19 vaccine
“We’ve used conference lines as well as mailed stuff out to people. You have to meet people where they are in whatever level of communication is the most convenient for them,” said Allison Mathews, a sociologist at Wake Forest who is researching how to increase trust in COVID vaccines.
January 1, 2021
Associated Press
Should vaccine volunteers now get the real thing
With the rollout of vaccines and the uncertainty of their status, volunteers could decide to drop out once they are eligible to get one. They might stay in the study if they’re told what they got, said Ana Iltis, a bioethicist at Wake Forest University. “Participants could leave in droves. They could say, ‘If you don’t tell me what I got, I’m out of here,’” said Iltis. “You cannot force people to stay.”
January 1, 2021
Sports Spectrum
Tiffany Byrd: Getting healthy for 2021
Tiffany Byrd, director of sports nutrition at Wake Forest, appeared as a guest on the Sports Spectrum podcast to share practical steps to implement into daily life to become healthier and more productive in 2021.
December 30, 2020
Stacker
100 colleges with the best ROI
Wake Forest made Stacker’s list of the top 100 colleges with the best return on investment.
December 30, 2020
The New York Times
What can be learned from differing rates of suicide among groups
Jonathan Lee Walton, dean of the School of Divinity at Wake Forest, sees another angle to Black religiosity that could reduce suicide rates. “It’s in the Black theological tradition that in this life you will experience trouble and hardship,” he said. “Unfortunately, this is born of tragic experiences in this nation. This prepares one for paths of despair, for traveling the lonely road of heartbreak, perhaps in a way that white Americans don’t learn to the same degree or from a young and formative age.”
December 30, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
In memory: Leaders Winston-Salem lost in 2020
Dr. Larry Hopkins, a Wake Forest football star, strived to help women without financial means throughout his storied career as a well-known doctor of obstetrics and gynecology. Founding Today’s Woman clinic, he worked to aid disadvantaged mothers and to reduce infant mortality in low-income neighborhoods. Hopkins, who died in November 2020, was a member of the university’s board of trustees.
December 30, 2020
VICE
Science says you need to plan some things to look forward to
Humans are extremely future-oriented, psychology professor Christian Waugh told VICE. From making weekend plans to plotting a five-year career path, humans have the unique ability to set goals and envision how to get there and how it’ll feel when they do. “When we are optimistic, what that’s telling us is we’re on the right path to accomplishing goals we care about. It gives us a sense of meaning, it gives us a sense of purpose—and a sense of purpose is, by itself, motivating.”
December 29, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
The announcement by Wake Forest President Nathan Hatch that he is retiring next year was enough to grab the attention of city residents during 2020. Under his leadership, Wake Forest mobilized alumni, supporters and parents to support Wake Will Lead, the largest fundraising effort in the school’s history. Hatch led the integration of Wake Forest University Health Services with N.C. Baptist Hospital in 2010, and more recently oversaw the combination with Charlotte’s Atrium Health. Hatch apologized for the university’s historical connection with slavery in February.
December 29, 2020