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Yahoo Finance
SpaceX IPO is coming to your 401(k). Should you be concerned?
Mark Johnson, an investments and portfolio management fellow and teaching professor at Wake Forest School of Business, said institutional investors routinely hold stakes in unprofitable growth-stage companies, and that the 401(k) exposure issue is not unique to SpaceX. "There is probably a broader conversation around whether retail investors like me and you become exit liquidity in IPOs, but that is not unique to SpaceX," he said.
June 4, 2026
WSMV-TV (Nashville, TN)
Murfreesboro attorney admits to crime in jail phone calls
Law professor Ellen Murphy said lawyers who break the law face heightened scrutiny. “Any overt disregard for the law feels more egregious when it is a lawyer who does it,” Murphy said. “It is possible that there are investigations happening that are not public at this time,” she said. “I understand why the public questions the process.”
June 3, 2026
North Carolina Construction News
Wake Forest office building reaches topping-out milestone at The Grounds
Construction crews have placed the final steel beam atop Wake Forest University’s future office building at The Grounds, marking a major milestone for both the project and the broader transformation of the Deacon Boulevard corridor. The five-story office building, scheduled for completion in 2027, will house approximately 400 Wake Forest employees and serve as a new administrative hub for several university departments.
June 3, 2026
WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
German national team to train at Wake Forest University ahead of FIFA World Cup
Wake Forest is hosting the team for the tournament. Preparations are complete on campus, where the athletes will train. Private fencing is up and around the soccer facility. There are also signs around campus in German in an effort to make the team feel welcome.
June 3, 2026
Inside Higher Ed
New Presidents: Emory, Northwestern, Alaska, Wake Forest, River Valley and More
Peter Rodriguez, dean of Rice University’s School of Business, has been appointed president of Wake Forest University, effective July 1.
June 3, 2026
VICE
3 things that make you more likely to see ghosts
According to psychology professor Melissa Maffeo, author of Science of the Supernatural, there’s no shortage of very un-spooky explanations for seemingly paranormal experiences. Writing for The Conversation, Maffeo argues that roughly three-quarters of Americans believe in some form of paranormal activity, and a specific combination of neurological and psychological factors can make certain people way more susceptible to those experiences than others.
June 2, 2026
Poets&Quants
Stacie Petter named dean of Richmond Robins
Stacie Petter, acting dean of Wake Forest University School of Business, has been named the dean of the University of Richmond Robins School of Business, effective August 1. Petter has served as acting dean of Wake Forest’s business school since January.
June 1, 2026
Wisconsin Examiner
Trump ‘slush fund’ echoes scorned 19th-century spoils system, academics say
The Trump administration’s push to reward its supporters also harkens back to an earlier era of American cronyism, experts say, while expanding the frontiers of political favoritism. “It seems to me that may be the common element here,” said law professor Sidney Shapiro. “It appears President Trump is thinking about using the fund to reward people unfairly punished, but I think in his mind, it’s unfairly punished because they were trying to support him.”
This article originally appeared in The Conversation and was reprinted in news outlets nationwide, including the Utah News Dispatch, NC Newsline and Washington State Standard.
May 31, 2026
ABC7 News Bay Area
Google employee charged with fraud after search bet won $1M on Polymarket
A Google employee fraudulently made more than $1M by using inside information to place Polymarket bets. At the time of the bet, there was a near-zero likelihood that the singer D4vd would be the #1 searched person in 2025. When Google announced the results, it turned out that the prediction was correct. Economist and prediction market expert Koleman Strumpf was interviewed about prediction markets and insider trading. "I think things are cleaning up," he said. "But I still imagine this won't be the last case that we see."
ABC7 News Bay Area in the San Francisco Bay Area is the 6th-largest television market in the U.S. The station’s audience spans millions of viewers across all 9 Bay Area counties.
May 31, 2026
The Charlotte Observer
Abortion-restricting NC House bill threatens healthcare providers with first-degree murder charges
A far-right, lame-duck state House Republican's latest in a long list of attempts at restricting abortion rights threatens healthcare providers with being charged with first-degree murder. HB1232 has "zero chance of this amendment appearing on the ballot," said politics professor John Dinan. "The prime mover of this amendment was defeated in his own party's primary. This is the latest example of him causing problems for Republican leaders and Republicans generally, by introducing an amendment that is guaranteed to generate news articles and editorials that create difficulties for Republican candidates."
May 31, 2026
Yahoo Life
"Around 1 in 5 Americans say they’ve seen a ghost. I’m not one of them, and I probably never will be. I blame my brain," writes Teaching Professor of Psychology Melissa Maffeo. "In my new book, 'Science of the Supernatural,' I explore the idea that the human brain might be creating an experience of the supernatural by misinterpreting the external world...Belief alone might not create a ghost, but belief combined with at least one haunted factor – environmental stimuli, neurological hiccups or psychological conditions – might be enough to make a ghost real."
This article originally appeared in The Conversation and was reprinted in news outlets nationwide, including Phys.org, Inkl and Idaho Press.
May 28, 2026
The Conversation
Education Department is investigating whether Smith College’s admissions violate Title IX
"Since 2015, Smith College, one of the largest and most prestigious women’s liberal arts colleges in the United States, has allowed any student who identifies as female to apply to and attend the school," writes law professor Marie-Amelie George. "As the Education Department’s process unfolds, Smith could accede to the Trump administration’s demands. Alternatively, it could fight for transgender student rights. In the process, it could set precedent on what Title IX requires, thereby protecting transgender people around the country."
This story also appeared in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the New Haven Register.
May 28, 2026