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NPR
What it means for the jury to be nearly all white in trial for Ahmad Aubrey’s killing
Ailsa Chang talks with economics professor Francis Flanagan on the role of race in a jury. “So what we see in the data is that White men are actually more likely to convict Black defendants and less likely to convict White defendants, at least in North Carolina and some of the other southern states that we have looked at.”
November 4, 2021
Did someone say boobies? Meet these iconic Galapagos birds
Biology professor Dave Anderson has a soft spot for the Blue-footed booby. His study of the reproductive life history of Nazcas on Española Island has been running for three decades; he’s banded 17,000 individuals over that period. “It’s a very tractable system,” Anderson said of working in the Galápagos. “The birds have no fear of humans and they handle attention easily.”
November 4, 2021
FiveThirtyEight
“Religion does matter to gun ownership, but not in any one simplistic way,” said sociology professor David Yamane. “The connection between gun ownership and religion is different depending on whether you are talking about religious behaving, belonging or believing.”
November 4, 2021
WFMY-TV (Greensboro, NC)
WFU, WSSU students hold pep rally to celebrate frontline workers
Wake Forest University and Winston-Salem State University students held a pep rally outside Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist to celebrate frontline healthcare workers as well as all the employees who continue to work through the COVID-19 pandemic. This story was also covered by WXII.
November 4, 2021
Winston-Salem Journal
Proponents of critical race theory should learn why some people fear it
“Love is the most powerful thing that breaks the back of fear, but love takes a number of different forms,” said Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy at Harvard University Cornel West at a talk in Wait Chapel on Nov. 4. “On one hand, you have to try to get inside the skin of people and get a sense of why they believe what they believe.” The talk was hosted by the School of Divinity.
November 4, 2021
Winston-Salem Journal
Redistricting plan puts Forsyth into Republican-leaning 12th Congressional district
A redistricting plan for the coming decade puts all of Forsyth County into a Republican-leaning 12th Congressional district. “Other districts in other parts of the state, as in Charlotte, and around the Triangle area would be quite favorable for Democratic candidates,” said politics professor John Dinan.
November 4, 2021
Business Wire
The Center for Board Certified Fiduciaries is affiliating with WFU School of Professional Studies
The Center for Board Certified Fiduciaries is affiliating with the School of Professional Studies at Wake Forest University to provide the industry’s first executive education certificate in fiduciary studies. Courses will be taught by world-class faculty from both CBCF and Wake Forest.
November 2, 2021
news.wfu.edu
Center studying the African American experience hires assistant director
“My plan is to hit the ground running with planning and operations to begin executing the vision,” said Camaron Loritts. The Center for Research, Engagement and Collaboration in African American Life, or RECAAL, has several initiatives planned for next semester, including supporting education professor Danielle Parker Moore on a research project in partnership with Forsyth Family Power.
November 1, 2021
Mongabay
As fossil fuel use surges, will COP26 protect forests to slow climate change?
“As delegates from more than 190 nations gather in Glasgow, Scotland, for the opening of the United Nations climate summit known as COP26, they find themselves in a perilous situation largely of their own making,” writes Justin Catanoso.
November 1, 2021
Winston-Salem Journal
Wake Forest receives $20 million gift from alumnus Bob McCreary for its football program
Already one of the University’s most generous donors and the largest donor in Wake Forest Athletics history, Bob McCreary’s new challenge gift of $20 million will be a major step toward the completion of the McCreary Football Complex. With locker rooms, training rooms and common spaces, the new 60,000 square-foot structure will connect to the McCreary Field House and the Sutton Sports Performance Center and foster camaraderie and team chemistry, while firmly establishing Wake Forest’s on-campus football facility infrastructure as one of America’s best.
Story, photos and more on our Wake Forest News website here.
October 31, 2021
MedicineNet
What exercise regimen is best for healthy weight loss in seniors?
“The thought is if you lose too much lean mass, that this will exacerbate the risk of disability in older adults. Our findings show if your treatment goal is to maximize fat loss and minimize lean mass loss, then resistance training is probably the way to go,” said lead researcher health and exercise science professor Kristen Beavers.
October 31, 2021
Winston-Salem Journal
Kairoff inducted into the Steinway & Sons Teacher Hall of Fame
Peter Kairoff has been inducted into the Steinway & Sons Teacher Hall of Fame, a designation recognizing the work of North America’s most committed and passionate piano educators. He joined the Wake Forest faculty in 1988 and is currently professor of music and chairm
October 31, 2021