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The New York Times
Just how dishonest are most students
“Signing an honor code can, among other things, serve as a moral reminder….Honor codes won’t eliminate cheating. Deeply dishonest students will not be deterred. But fortunately, the research confirms what experience suggests: Most students are not deeply dishonest,” said Wake Forest professor of philosophy Christian Miller in an op-ed written for The New York Times.
November 12, 2020
Spectrum News
Puerto Ricans voted to become 51st state. But there’s more to do
“Those questions of whether or not it becomes a state are inevitably tied up with partisan considerations of which party would benefit from having Puerto Rico with two senators, having a voting member of the House of Representatives, and having three electoral college votes,” said John Dinan, Wake Forest professor of politics.
November 11, 2020
91.5 WUNC
Youth voters turned out for the election. How do they feel about results
“We’re all still humans; we’re all still Americans,” said Cobey Ledford, a first-year student at Wake Forest, talking about the importance of voting and having conversations across party lines post-election.
November 10, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
Groundbreaking soldier: ‘They’re all proud days’
Reachel Edwards is a retired Army 1st Sergeant and logistics technician for the ROTC program at Wake Forest. As Edwards nears her fourth Veterans Day, she said she’ll spend some time reflecting the same as other retired soldiers and be proud that she served. “They’re all proud days,” she said. “I’m just happy I could do something and give something back.”
November 10, 2020
Charlotte Business Journal
Can Atrium Health, Wake Forest deliver on medical school
The arrival of a medical school in Charlotte brings a broad range of benefits. A four-year school would train the next generation of doctors, focusing on population health and technology. It would create research opportunities where the area lags behind peer markets. Medical schools are economic engines, adding more jobs and supporting industry expansion. A Tripp Umbach study estimates the combined forces of Atrium Health, Wake Forest Baptist Health and Wake Forest School of Medicine will yield annual economic impact of $32.7 billion and about 183,500 jobs at first, expanding to $54 billion and 275,000 jobs by 2040.
November 9, 2020
WGHP
Researchers look at what happens in communities where Local news disappears
“When you lose Local news the community in the state loses that watchdog function that journalism provides,” said Phoebe Zerwick, director of Wake Forest’s Journalism Program. Zerwick’s research shows, in recent years, more than 2,000 newspapers have made their final publications.
November 9, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
Larry Hopkins, doctor and former Wake Forest University football star dies
“Wake Forest has lost a giant in our community,” said Nathan Hatch, president of Wake Forest. Hatch said Hopkins served the community “in exceptional ways as a beloved physician, leader and mentor. As a teacher, he shared his deep knowledge and selflessly offered his wisdom. As a trustee, he lent us his vision and drove our aspirations. And as a friend, he always had a ready smile and listening ear.”
November 9, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
Calendar of events: Art venues
The Wake Forest Hanes Art Gallery is exhibiting, “Explorations of Self: Black Portraiture from the Cochran Collection” through March 2021. Additional campus art venues include the Wake Forest University of Museum of Anthropology and Z. Smith Reynolds Library.
November 9, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
Agewise: Losing weight in a healthy way
Kristen Beavers, associate professor of health and exercise science at Wake Forest, said weight loss can improve many health outcomes but it can also cause bone loss. In a small pilot study conducted at Wake Forest Sticht Center for Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention, a weighted vest was found to be effective in minimizing bone loss associated with weight loss that can happen among older adults.
November 8, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
Deeper blue: 2020 contest gave Democrats a stronger edge in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County
John Dinan, a professor of political science at Wake Forest, said that as counties with urban centers grow more Democratic, the pattern in the surrounding rural counties has been to go more strongly Republican. “We are, in short, divided along a number of lines in US politics including rural versus urban residence,” Dinan said.
November 8, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
Wake Forest turns to two hotels to house quarantined students
Wake Forest is housing students who need to be isolated or quarantined because of COVID-19 in two Local hotels. The university said the off-campus hotel accommodations are “helping reduce the spread of COVID-19 among our campus population. As students complete the required quarantine or isolation period, they can return to campus.” Wake Forest said contact tracing, asymptomatic testing “and the cooperation of our students have helped us reduce the spread of COVID-19.”
November 7, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
Local Biden supporters hope message of unity will resonate
“As a national consensus emerges that the election, while rigorously engaged, was lawfully concluded, Trump has the option exercised by all former presidents of graceful concession and pledges of unity,” said Allan Louden, Wake Forest professor of communication. “Trump’s 70 million votes provide him with the political capital to resist, but the moral compass of the nation may not allow that expression.”
November 7, 2020