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Winston-Salem Journal
A Local pediatrician has created an app to improve the health of children
SneezSafe, a daily wellness monitoring platform, is also being used by businesses, universities and other organizations. SneezSafe is separate from the Sneez app and can be used on any device — mobile, laptop, tablet, and by QR code. To date, the symptom survey tool is in use with 15-plus companies in the Winston-Salem area including Wake Forest.
December 1, 2020
Bioedge
Can we synthesize Christianity moral theology with secular bioethics
Wake Forest philosophy post-doctoral fellow Nicolas Colgrove’s work was highlighted in a recent consideration of Christian moral theology and secular bioethics. “Securing agreement on general claims (like “respect human beings”) is easy but securing agreement on the meaning of these claims is not,” said Colgrove.
November 29, 2020
Dallas Morning News
Hope in the absurd: Seeing ourselves in Sisyphus
“We must learn to see ourselves — our hopes, aims, strivings, and aspirations — in the daily labor of Sisyphus,” writes Jonathan Walton, dean of Wake Forest School of Divinity in an opinion piece for Dallas Morning News. “Our hope lies in the capacity to bear one another’s burdens, and thus endure the absurdity of life together.”
November 29, 2020
Moms.com
Andy Roddick plays dress up for 3-year-old daughter’s birthday
“As you might guess,” said Linda Nielsen, a professor of educational and adolescent psychology at Wake Forest, “daughters whose fathers have been actively engaged throughout childhood in promoting their academic or athletic achievements and encouraging their self-reliance and assertiveness are more likely to graduate from college and to enter the higher paying, more demanding jobs traditionally held by males.”
November 29, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
Alan Brown: School return requires time and resources
“When face-to-face schooling resumes for all students after a long delay, it will be teachers and administrators who are left to make up for the learning deficits caused by a lost year of in-person instruction,” said Alan Brown, chair of the Department of Education at Wake Forest, in an opinion piece. “Rather than marginalizing or shaming voices opposed to school reopening, it would be more productive for us to advocate for the time and resources needed to create a reopening plan that is feasible and safe for students, faculty and staff.”
November 29, 2020
CNBC
Evictions have led to hundreds of thousands of additional Covid-19 cases, research finds
Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, San Francisco, Johns Hopkins University, Boston University and Wake Forest School of Law, found that lifting state moratoriums and allowing eviction proceedings to continue caused as many as 433,700 excess cases of Covid-19 and 10,700 additional deaths in the U.S. between March and September.
November 27, 2020
Newsweek
Eric Carlson, associate professor of physics at Wake Forest, spoke with NewPoint360 about common superstitions, their possible origins and why the human mind is so affected by them.
November 27, 2020
ScienceDaily
Mine ponds amplify mercury risks in Peru’s Amazon
Luis Fernandez of Wake Forest’s Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation in Peru co-authored a new study, which found that the proliferation of pits and ponds created in recent years by miners digging for small deposits of alluvial gold in Peru’s Amazon has dramatically altered the landscape and increased the risk of mercury exposure for indigenous communities and wildlife.
November 27, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
Artists and creatives in Winston-Salem share the things they are thankful for
“Among the many things I’m thankful for, music rises to the top,” said Christopher Gilliam, director of choral activities at Wake Forest and director of the Winston-Salem Symphony Chorus. “ Music has opened up exciting opportunities for me to travel the world performing — singing and conducting — with some of the most wonderful people in the world, as well as an opportunity to mentor and teach future performers and music enthusiasts.”
November 26, 2020
USA Today
How to protect yourself and others from spreading COVID-19 at Thanksgiving dinner
Lucy D’Agostino McGowan, assistant professor of statistics at Wake Forest University affirmed the risks of gathering for the holidays amid the COVID-19 pandemic and shared advice about ways to reduce the risk for families who choose to gather. “If you do get together, a little planning and creativity can go a long way to making the celebration as safe as possible,” said McGowan.
November 25, 2020
American Association Of Physics Teachers
Flipped classes: An opportunity for low-stakes group problem solving
“Flipped classes offer several advantages over traditional lecture-oriented classes,” said Rick Matthews, professor of physics and director of academic and instructional technology at Wake Forest. “Pushing content delivery out of class frees up contact time for interactive activities proven more effective for student learning.”
November 24, 2020
Grist
We need a global leader on plastics. Could it be Biden?
Sarah J. Morath, a professor at Wake Forest School of Law, wrote an opinion piece with proposed actions the Biden administration could take to help curb the United States’ plastic problem. “Just last month, scientists labeled the United States as the country generating the most plastic waste worldwide,” Morath writes. “While the president’s authority over foreign affairs is not absolute, the president can enter into some international agreements unilaterally.”
November 23, 2020