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WGHP-TV (High Point, NC)
4 N.C. business schools ranked among nation’s best
Four schools are ranked among the nation’s best business schools in the annual survey from Poets & Quants, a San Francisco-based organization that has since 2014 evaluated the best undergraduate programs. Wake Forest is among them.
January 27, 2022
Black Enterprise
Academic Influence spotlights over 600 Black scholars in 20 disciplines
Who are the top Black scholars in the most popular fields of study? More than 600 outstanding Black academics are featured in this series, covering 20 academic fields. “We want to ensure their achievements are recognized,” said Wake Forest physics professor and academic director of AcademicInfluence.com Jed Macosko.
January 26, 2022
Diversity Woman Magazine
How to deal with microagressions in a group setting
When someone is on the receiving end of a microaggression in the workplace, they can feel demoralized and excluded. In fact, a study by researchers at North Carolina State and Wake Forest Universities found that being subject to microaggressions negatively affects job satisfaction.
January 24, 2022
Psychology Today
Lessons from the Science of Bullsh*t
Psychology professor John Petrocelli, a recognized expert in the science of bullsh*t, is featured in this piece. His experimental studies have shown that people tend to bullsh*t in the face of situations where they have no expertise and when they do not expect to be held accountable for the behavior.
January 23, 2022
Houston Chronicle
Texas gun permit applications peaked in 2020, plummeted in 2021
In June 2020, amid nationwide protests over police brutality and early coronavirus restrictions, nearly 39,000 Texans applied for a gun permit for the first time. But that number fell to just under 5,000 by November 2021. Sociology professor and gun culture expert David Yamane comments in this article.
January 21, 2022
BroadwayWorld.com
WFU and NC Black Rep accepting submissions for ‘Finding Holy Ground’
Wake Forest has received $250,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation to commission and produce two original plays to be presented at the 2024 National Black Theatre Festival. Two playwrights will be selected and awarded a $10,000 commission, developmental workshops and fully staged production of their new plays. The project is a collaboration among the WFU School of Divinity, North Carolina Black Repertory Company and Wake the Arts.
January 21, 2022
The Wall Street Journal
‘Dream-Child: A Life of Charles Lamb:’ Madness, poetry and dinner with the Lambs
For much of his literary life, Charles Lamb was a jack of all trades and a master of none. He wrote poetry like his good friends Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth though his verse was of a lesser caliber. English professor Eric G. Wilson offsets the dark with more than enough light and shows that while misfortune affected Lamb’s character, the quality of his often remarkable creative output shone through.
January 20, 2022
Black Entertainment Television
11 Black women who Are kicking doors down in media
Melissa Harris-Perry may be new as the host and managing editor of The Takeaway. Still, the citizens of #NerdLand have been fans since the Wake Forest University professor had her eponymous show on MSNBC. Her ability to distill dry data into engaging, entertaining content makes her the people’s champ.
January 20, 2022
WGHP-TV (High Point, NC)
History-making new Wake Forest University president is in the right place at the right time
She’s uniquely qualified to lead Wake Forest University during the pandemic. Not only has she made history by becoming the first female president in the institution’s 187-year history, she’s also a respected biomedical scientist with a Ph.D. in biochemist
January 20, 2022
WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
Here’s why store shelves are empty again in parts of North Carolina, the U.S.
Business professor Haresh Gurnani said first the winter weather has played a large role in recent days. “We’re clearly not equipped for severe weather disruptions here.” Government subsidies are another factor, he added. “There’s only a certain amount of time you can rely on your savings and government assistance. At some point, workers will have to enter the workplace.”
January 20, 2022
Winston-Salem Journal
Wake Forest’s vice provost heading to William & Mary
Vice Provost Kami Chavis, a nationally known criminal justice expert and a professor on the School of Law faculty, has been named the R. Hugh and Nolie Haynes Professor of Law at William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. She will remain at Wake Forest until July 1, when she begins working at William & Mary.
January 19, 2022
ABA Journal
As the pandemic drags on, law professors are making changes
Law professor Brenda Gibson is trying something new this semester with her legal writing students. After almost 17 years of using honorifics while teaching, she started calling them by their first names. “There are some things I had to do differently because I didn’t show up as authentic. I felt like based on some of my evaluations, they felt like I did not care.”
January 18, 2022