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WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
FBI, cybersecurity experts warn about QR code privacy and security concerns
“The QR code is a ‘quick response’ code which is similar usually to the bar codes we see on products,” computer science professor Sarra Alqahtani said. “Some users you could just scan the code and it will ask you to open your banking app and ask you to enter your username and password,” Alqahtani said. “But in reality, it’s a fake app. It’s not your real app so they are going to steal your information and credentials.”
February 7, 2022
Religion News Service
A divinity school steps up to fight the HIV epidemic in the South
The Gilead COMPASS Faith Coordinating Center at Wake Forest School of Divinity is part of a $100 million, multipronged effort to bring down HIV infection rates and destigmatize the disease throughout the American South. It launched last year with a $5 million grant from Gilead Sciences.
February 7, 2022
Associated Press
Arbery killers’ failed pleas may complicate hate crime trial
Law professor Kami Chavis said the decision to press the federal hate crimes case even after the McMichaels and Bryan were convicted of murder sent a message that “in our country, you cannot kill or injure someone because of their status or their race.’
February 5, 2022
Winston-Salem Journal
What does low unemployment mean for Triad’s economy?
“The dominant trend has been that the president’s party loses seats in mid-term elections, and there are very few exceptions to this trend,” said politics professor John Dinan, who is a national expert on state legislatures.
February 5, 2022
The Washington Post
Nicaragua strips universities’ legal status in new attack on dissent
The Government Ministry announced it was canceling operating permits for seven foreign academic programs in Nicaragua, including those associated with Florida International University, Michigan State and Wake Forest University. The immediate impact of that action was not clear, as many of those programs appeared to have stopped functioning years ago. Wake Forest’s property in Nicaragua was sold in 2016.
February 4, 2022
WFMY-TV (Greensboro, NC)
The Reynolda House: The history and the future
The Reynolds built Reynolda House as their country estate where they would raise their kids,” said executive director Allison Perkins, “Their land stretched out over 1000 acres into what today holds Wake Forest University and even Graylyn Estate.
February 3, 2022
CNN
‘Abbott Elementary’ has teachers laughing — and relating
Television has had a complicated relationship with teachers, and there are very few shows that show teachers in a positive light. “Abbott,” might be one of the few, said communication professor Mary Dalton who studies the representation of educators in popular culture. “This is the first female teacher character in a comedy who has been portrayed in a positive light, and who is realistic, like a well-rounded person, in a very long time.”
February 2, 2022
Diverse: Issues In Higher Education
Leading with Heart: Dr. Shea Kidd Brown
From a weary teenager on a university campus to becoming vice president of campus life at Wake Forest, Shea Kidd Brown has been positively impacting the lives of students, faculty, and staff for almost two decades.
February 2, 2022
Refinery29 Australia
Women lying about their age is getting old
Research by sociology professor Catherine Harnois, shows women are significantly more likely to face gender- or age-based discrimination than men of all ages. With that in mind, it’s no wonder women bend the truth.
February 2, 2022
Associated Press
Fire at fertilizer plant may cause explosion, area evacuated
The City of Winston-Salem is asking people within one mile of a raging blaze at a fertilizer plant to evacuate due to the possibility of a large explosion. Wake Forest University, most of which lies just outside the evacuation zone, canceled classes and urged students in dormitories to stay indoors with windows closed.
February 1, 2022
Triad Business Journal
Fertilizer plant fire in Winston-Salem disrupts Wake Forest University
A fire at a fertilizer plant in northwest Winston-Salem disrupted a section of the city Tuesday, including manufacturing facilities, businesses and Wake Forest University. Officials ordered a voluntary evacuation within a mile radius of the fire, with fears of an explosion ongoing, and warn it will likely be in effect till Wednesday night.
February 1, 2022
HistoryNet
African Americans In The Civil War
Parul Escott is the Reynolds Professor of History at Wake Forest. This article is adapted from his most recent book, “What Shall We Do With the Negro?”: Lincoln, White Racism, and Civil War.
February 1, 2022