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The Washington Post
Trial in Breonna Taylor killing asks if officer acted with ‘extreme indifference’ to life
Prosecutors, for their part, will probably focus much of their questioning on whether Hankison deviated from his training, said law professor Kami Chavis. “This is not going to satiate the need for justice for [Taylor’s] death,” she said. “But I also don’t think that we should underestimate the impact of a criminal charge for the officer in this case — because those other people, they were harmed.”
February 23, 2022
Yahoo Finance
Windstream CEO helps launch Wake Forest University student ESG competition
ESG@Wake is a student competition hosted by the Wake Forest School of Business. Students from across the university are invited to submit bold ideas to address environmental, social or governance-related challenges at Wake Forest from March 1-25. Finalists chosen across the three areas of focus will present their ideas during ESG Week, March 28-April 1, for a chance to receive a monetary award to implement their solutions.
February 23, 2022
Charlotte Business Journal
Truist Financial completes rebranding process in Charlotte
All of Truist Financial Corp.’s local branches and offices have transitioned to the new branding. Marketing professor Roger Beahm comments on how a name is the most important way customers remember a business.
February 23, 2022
Yahoo News
WFU creates new scholarship for law students of color in honor of alumna Cheslie Kryst
Wake Forest University announced that it has named an annual scholarship in honor of Cheslie Kryst to be awarded to a law student of color.
February 21, 2022
Winston-Salem Journal
Willie Mae Grace, who helped a generation of Black students at Wake Forest, dies at 96.
In her 26 years at the university, Willie Mae became more than a friendly face to undergraduates away from home for the first time. That was especially true to Black Wake Forest students. She became a confidant, an advocate and a kind voice eager to help new students navigate a strange new community.
February 19, 2022
Free Thoughts
Everyone values honesty, but figuring out just what it entails can be difficult. Philosophy professor Christian Miller discusses what it means to be honest and which features of our environment can push us towards dishonesty.
February 18, 2022
WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
Paul McCartney to bring ‘Got Back’ tour to Wake Forest University
Iconic singer Paul McCartney will be bringing his 13-city “Got Back” tour to Truist Field at Wake Forest University this spring. It is the only North Carolina date announced for the tour.
February 18, 2022
Triad Business Journal
Wake Forest received almost $125 million in NIH funding in 2021
Wake Forest University received almost $125 million in funding from the National Institute of Health in 2021, helping North Carolina place fourth among all states in NIH funding.
February 17, 2022
Triad Business Journal
Wake Forest has benefited from launching a fully online MBA program prior to the changes forced by Covid, according to Norma Montague, senior associate dean of academic programs at the School of Business. “We launched an online MBA program prior to Covid because of the increasing demand among working professionals for flexibility in modes of learning,” Montague said.
February 17, 2022
Becker’s Hospital Review
How 5 health systems are spending their innovation investment dollars
Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health revealed new details about its $1.5 billion innovation district that will surround its future medical school, the Wake Forest University School of Medicine Charlotte. The district is expected to create about 5,500 on-site jobs and $415 million in earnings.
February 17, 2022
Spectrum News Charlotte
WFU launches African American studies program
Wake Forest University recently launched its first African American studies program. The courses invite students to explore new concepts and learn more about the achievements of African Americans throughout history.
February 17, 2022
WGHP-TV (High Point, NC)
Ban of Pulitzer Prize-winning book about Holocaust ‘is how fascism begins’
“One of the very first acts of the Nazis when they got into power was they banned books,” said Barry Trachtenberg, Rubin presidential chair of Jewish History at Wake Forest. “I think that’s just terribly dangerous, and the truth is this is how fascism begins. It doesn’t begin from the top down where a leader just goes in and makes sweeping changes in society. It happens in these small, insidious ways.”
February 17, 2022