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BBC
Elections in Chile: “This is a true turning point”
Politics and international affairs expert Peter Siavelis is convinced that Chile is approaching a “tipping point.” In this interview with BBC News, he discusses the divisive elections in Chile. “This is a true turning point because the country could go in either direction: consolidate democracy or erode it,” he said.
November 19, 2021
HPCwire
SC21’s Student Cluster Competition winners announced
A team of WFU computer science students was chosen to compete in the Student Cluster Competition of the SC21. “Our team was selected for the third time in a row this year. In previous years, the competition involved going to the leading high-performance supercomputing conference, but this year, the competition was virtual. Our six students competed from the basement of Manchester Hall,” said professor Samuel C
November 19, 2021
Spectrum News Charlotte
College students are giving back this holiday season feeding the hungry
Wake Forest University Campus Kitchen is hosting its annual Turkeypalooza event. It’s a weeklong donation of Thanksgiving meals to local organizations and nonprofits across Winston-Salem. The student leaders and student volunteers are making 500 Thanksgiving meals that will be delivered in the community.
November 19, 2021
Inside Higher Ed
Wake Forest reimagines the tailgate
The University has added music, seating, food trucks and tent rentals to pre-football game tailgates, hoping to draw students who have never felt welcome at the fraternity-dominated events. “I hope more schools can create inclusive and equitable experiences for their students, whether they be tailgates or anything else,” said José Villalba, vice president for diversity and inclusion. “And I know that we need to do it in other spaces as well.”
November 18, 2021
NPR
As Julius Jones’ execution looms, activists are pressing the governor to intervene
Research by economics professor Francis Flanagan has shown the racial makeup of a jury can have an impact on the case’s outcome. Data shows juries composed of more Black jurors are much more likely to acquit criminal defendants across the board. White men on a jury are actually more likely to convict Black defendants and less likely to convict white defendants, he said.
November 18, 2021
ArtDaily Newspaper
Sapar Contemporary opens the gallery’s second solo exhibition of work by Faig Ahmed
Wake Forest is home to a Faig Ahmed carpet – the work was selected by students participating in the New York art-buying trip in 2017. The University is mentioned as a private collector of Ahmed’s work in this article about an upcoming solo exhibition featuring three new large-scale new carpets.
November 17, 2021
WGHP-TV (High Point, NC)
Senior invents bra to help women post-mastectomy; working to get invention on the market
Leah Wyrick pitched her idea for a breast cancer recovery bra her freshman year during the Center for Entrepreneurship’s “Pitch over Pizza” event. She was the first freshman to be invited into the University’s Startup Lab and was awarded $4,500 in initial funding for her business idea. She has since raised $45K to launch Three Strands Recovery Wear Corporation.
November 16, 2021
NJ.com
N.J. police forces are far whiter than the rest of the state
“It can begin to look like an occupying force rather than people who are there to serve the community,” said law professor Kami Chavis.
November 15, 2021
South Africa Today
Are climate declarations and emission reduction pledges legally binding?
The 2015 Paris Agreement is not a treaty between nations, but rather a voluntary accord between 194 nations signed by their legal representatives. As such, it is not deemed legally binding — preventing nations and corporations from being sued to force them to take legal responsibility for harmful carbon emissions and policies.
November 15, 2021
Ex Bulletin
WFU ranks third in percentage of students studying abroad
Wake Forest University ranks third among colleges and doctoral universities in the U.S. in the percentage of students studying abroad, according to Open Doors Report 2021 published by the Institute of International Education.
November 15, 2021
Associated Press
In gun debate, Rittenhouse verdict unlikely to be last word
While Rittenhouse’s core supporters believe he did nothing wrong from start to finish, a much larger group of gun owners “are somewhere in between,” said sociology professor David Yamane, who studies American gun culture. While they support Rittenhouse’s right to defend himself in the moment, they also think he had no business being there, and that “two people died and one person was injured for no good reason.” This story ran in hundreds of news outlets nationwide.
November 14, 2021
Winston-Salem Journal
Atrium Health plans $1.5 billion innovation district near future Wake Forest medical school
At least 11,500 new jobs, including potentially 3,450 to 4,600 that won’t require a four-year college degree, are projected to be created over 15 years within the planned Innovation District and a future medical school campus.
November 14, 2021