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Spotlight On: Charles Iacovou, Vice Provost – Charlotte Programs & Dean of the School of Professional Studies

Vice Provost Charles Iacovou of Wake Forest University’s Charlotte Programs and Dean for the School of Professional Studies spoke with Invest and discussed how the University promotes and encourages an inclusive and impactful environment for life-long learning.

March 16, 2022

BBC

The paradox of how antidepressants are tested

Mental health has never been so important, yet antidepressant drug trials typically exclude those who need help most. Now regulators and some researchers are asking if there needs to be a change in how these drugs are tested. “By excluding whole populations from research, entire groups of people are denied the potential benefits of research findings and their health may suffer as a result,” said Ana Iltis, director of the Center for Bioethics, Health and Society at Wake Fore

March 15, 2022

Agenda (World Economic Forum)

How universities support student mental health and wellbeing

The pandemic has led to an increase in mental health struggles among many students. Student wellness at Wake Forest University has developed models that ensure student wellbeing on multiple levels, including the emotional, physical, social, intellectual, and financial dimensions.

March 15, 2022

Winston-Salem Journal

Wake Forest medical school plans collaboration with French university

The first local ripple effect from Atrium Health’s partnership with French medical groups involves the University of Strasbourg in France and Wake Forest University. The universities said Tuesday they have signed a letter of intent “to explore opportunities to engage in education and research collaborations,” along with Wake Forest School of Medicine and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. Any physical presence would be based in downtown Winston-Salem’s Innovation Quarter.

March 15, 2022

Yes! Weekly

Two historic exhibitions to open at Reynolda House

Two historic exhibitions will open at Reynolda House Museum of American Art in March and April. Substrata: the spirit of collage in 76 years of art will be on display from Mar. 18 until July 31, and Louise Nevelson: Architect of Light and Shadow runs Apr. 22 through Sept. 18.

March 15, 2022

Christian Science Monitor

Gun sales: More diverse buyers shift firearm culture

American gun sales regularly follow a boom and bust cycle, and a pandemic boom was predictable. The past several years have altered those numbers somewhat, but the average gun owner is still like “the characters from ‘Duck Dynasty’ – older, white, male, politically conservative, Southern, rural” said sociology professor David Yamane, founder of the blog “Gun Culture 2.0.”

March 14, 2022

BBC

The complicated truth of post-traumatic growth

We are often told about people’s capacity to thrive after trauma – but these claims may put unnecessary pressure on survivors. “In some cases, this narrative around the potential to grow could be oppressive,” said psychology professor Eranda Jayawickreme, whose research is featured in this piece. “It creates the expectation that not only do I have to recover from what happened to me, but apparently, I’m supposed to become better than ever before.” And this pressure, he thinks, could lead to worse mental health outcomes for some individuals.

March 13, 2022

Times Higher Education

If we truly want a level playing field, we must focus on social capital

We must work to redesign career services to address the unique needs and lives of students amid the new world of recruiting and work. We must ensure that relationship-building and developing social capital, especially for students from communities long under-represented in higher education, is an essential component of the student experience, writes Andy Chan, vice president of innovation and career development.

March 13, 2022

Winston-Salem Journal

Exiled Chinese artist’s photographs reflect her isolation and grief during her late husband’s political imprisonment

It’s a free country. Or is it? It depends on what country we’re talking about – in this case, China, the original home of artist Liu Xia, whose solo exhibition at Wake Forest University’s Hanes Art Gallery invariably raises issues of political repression and the impulse to liberation.

March 12, 2022

Quartz

Sanctions have been a predominantly American weapon since WWII

So the U.S. took on the sanction mantle. “In 1945, the U.S.-controlled half of all world GDP, the highest ever in modern times,” said Benjamin Coates, a history professor at Wake Forest University. The country also saw itself as the supporter of the “free peoples…resisting attempted subjugation,” as former president Harry Truman put it.

March 11, 2022

Triad Business Journal

Can health care innovation turn the tide for the Triad?

Wake Forest University received almost $125 million in funding from the NIH in 2021 alone, making it the third-highest recipient in the state, according to the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. Of the 164 grants the university received, 31 of them were more than $1 million.

March 11, 2022

Triad City Beat

In ‘Still I Rise,’ Reynolda House reckons with its past treatment of Black workers, artists

The archival footage on display as part of Still I Rise: The Black Experience at Reynolda, aims to tell a fuller, honest history of the Reynolda House, from before its inception to its conversion into a museum to the present day, by including the experiences of Black, enslaved workers and artists.

March 10, 2022