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South China Morning Post
Africa seen as ‘testing ground’ for power push
Lina Benabdallah, an associate professor of politics and international affairs, said Beijing had spent decades building military ties in Africa through delegations, defence forums, joint drills, procurement, naval patrols, basing and mediation. “China has been closely developing its defence diplomacy with African countries on multiple fronts for decades now,” Benabdallah said. The expansion was “part of China’s quest to be taken as a serious and viable security partner in addition to being a major economic power.”
September 21, 2026
Yes! Weekly
MUSE Winston-Salem to Celebrate Architect César Pelli’s 100th Birthday
MUSE Winston-Salem will explore the life and legacy of world-renowned architect César Pelli with a day of tours and special events for all ages on Monday, October 12, marking what would have been Pelli’s 100th birthday...Pelli, who died in 2019, left a major imprint on Winston-Salem. He designed the Worrell Professional Center at Wake Forest University, completed in 1993 and now home to the Wake Forest University School of Law.
September 21, 2026
Phys.org
The art heist paradox: Why better police work can lead to more stolen masterpieces
In their paper published in the Journal of Cultural Economics, Wake Forest professor of economics Frederick Chen and co-author Rebecca Regan (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco) model the strategic interactions among museum administrators, art thieves and law enforcement. "Art heists in movies look like high-tech battles between clever thieves and unbreakable security," Chen explains. "In reality, it's an economic game of incentives, risk management and budget trade-offs."
September 18, 2026
Earth.com
Climate change impacts may be much worse than studies suggest
A new study has found hidden measurement errors in the temperature data used in much of this research. The research was co-authored by Wake Forest University assistant professor of economics Alex Yu and distinguished professor of economics Richard Carson from the University of California, San Diego. “If climate-impact studies misestimate how severely extreme heat drives crime rates, crop loss, or health emergencies, policymakers may also misestimate the scale of the responses needed to address those impacts,” Yu said.
September 17, 2026
Political Economy with Jim Pethokoukis
What a tangled web: Honesty in the 21st century
The first topic for our new season is an important one, and that’s no lie. Chris talks to Christian B. Miller, the A.C. Reid Professor of Philosophy at Wake Forest University, about the virtue of honesty. What does it mean to be honest? Is it more rewarding—and less risky—to be dishonest today than it was in the past? How are Americans dishonest today online, on campus, and in politics?
September 17, 2026
MSN
Researchers study if diet and exercise can prevent knee osteoarthritis
For millions of women, it can mean years of knee pain, stiffness and losing the simple ability to get up, get out and keep moving. Wake Forest researchers said losing just one pound can take about four pounds of pressure off your knee with every step you take, adding up to thousands of pounds less stress over the course of a day. "We found that we can have even more profound impact with 10 percent weight loss,” said behavioral psychologist Shannon Mihalko.
September 16, 2026
Mongabay
‘Don’t shoot. Listen’: The AI-aided quest to understand Yellowstone’s wolves
"Wolf howls have mystified listeners for ages, prompting a range of questions. For more than three decades, wildlife biologists, using traditional research methods, have sought answers from the wolf packs of Yellowstone National Park, among the most studied on Earth," writes journalism professor Justin Catanoso, a regular contributor to Mongabay.
September 16, 2026
Yahoo Finance
Cemetery plot prices jumped 65% from 2018 to 2024, and now people are trying to flip them for profit
All of the many other expenses of dying aside, premium plots can run into the tens of thousands of dollars, with plot price jumps substantially exceeding general inflation in recent years and private cemeteries and crematories serving as a $4-billion industry. Law professor Tanya Marsh told Freakonomics Radio, "Cemeteries are just another real estate use, right? So if you're thinking about what's the use for a particular piece of land and how can I make money from it, cemeteries might be an option."
September 16, 2026
WFDD-FM (Winston-Salem, NC)
Summer job losses and gains in the Triad
Associate Teaching Professor of Economics Todd McFall chalks up much of the decline to an aging population exiting the workforce. He says he’s surprised that the Triad labor market is as healthy as it is given today’s economy. "Inflation has been higher than normal for about 5 years; long-run interest rates have been pushed up," says McFall. "And petroleum prices are higher than they've been in—I mean, for diesel, ever." Job gains in the Triad during the past year have come from health services. McFall says he expects continued growth in that sector amid louder calls for more expansive health coverage.
September 15, 2026
Architecture and Governance Magazine
AI agents are all the rage; but research shows they leak private data
Before you prompt AI to answer another question or perform another task, new research suggests there may be another consideration: whether the tools used by an AI agent could expose sensitive data. Ying Zhang, an assistant professor of computer science, studies security in software engineering. Her latest research, “How Your Credentials Are Leaked by LLM Agent Skills,” examines how large language model agent skills can make data vulnerable to attacks.
September 15, 2026
Triad Business Journal
The Insight: Meet Wake’s new academic QB
Wake Forest's new president, Peter Rodriguez, will captain a university with a comprehensive array of programs—medicine, law, graduate schools, in business and professional studies, divinity and a Power Four athletics program. "The thing that’s good about being a business school dean is, typically you engage the external commercial community a lot. You think very actively about being innovative and being an agent of change." Higher ed is facing no small list of challenges, so if Rodriguez is looking to call plays differently, he's definitely one to watch in the year ahead.
Scroll to the second post in the Insights newsletter to read the full blurb about President Rodriguez.
September 13, 2026
Southern Living
This North Carolina city Is home to 1 of the South’s most beautiful college campuses
Winston-Salem is home to six colleges and universities, most notably Wake Forest University, where Maya Angelou once taught poetry and the ACC’s Demon Deacons play. Take a spin through the college that moved from the Raleigh area to Winston-Salem in 1956. Beautiful Wait Chapel is worth a visit any time of year, but December’s Moravian Lovefeast, with sweet buns and choral music, is the largest event of its kind in the country.
September 12, 2026