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Looper
How Starlight’s energy powers in The Boys differ from Captain Marvel
Jed Macosko, professor of physics at Wake Forest, provided a scientific interpretation of energy powers portrayed in the television show, “The Boys.” Starlight, Macosko explained, has powers that “are pretty clearly electrically-based, especially since she requires electricity as her input.”
December 24, 2020
Triad City Beat
As 2020 ends, Local colleges and universities make plans for the future amidst pandemic
Brett Eaton, the senior associate vice president and director of communications at Wake Forest, said testing standards at Wake Forest helped inform the university to change the campus’s operating status from “yellow” to “orange” when positive cases rose in October. “The change was meant to discourage students from leaving campus for anything other than necessary activities,” Eaton said
December 23, 2020
88.5 WFDD
Wake Forest University creates immersive virtual Lovefeast
For more than 50 years, Wake Forest has celebrated a Moravian holiday tradition known as Lovefeast. Initiated by a student in 1965, the gathering has grown to be one of the largest of its kind in North America. This year, due to COVID-19, the University adapted the experience into a full-length video recording. It captures every element of the ritual including well-known Christmas carols sung by the choir and various musical performances. “It’s a very simple service that provides, I think, an ideal environment for the softening of some of the divisions that we actually see every day in real time,” said University Chaplain Tim Auman.
December 22, 2020
Associated Press
Millennial Money: How to discuss family finances in a crisis
Wake Forest counseling professor Nathaniel Ivers believes that interpersonal conflicts stem from your desire to be understood by the other person, while at the same time, you don’t understand where the other person is coming from. “If you say, ‘I’m feeling overwhelmed with the extra responsibilities I have now,’ that will sometimes trigger compassion,” Ivers said. “But if it comes with finger-pointing, the last thing you get is compassion and empathy.”
December 22, 2020
Forbes
The college admission precedent
In the midst of otherwise uncertain times, college admissions teams remain steadfast in their mission to support applicants and deliver an educated populous. Eric Maguire, vice president for enrollment at Wake Forest agrees, saying that what has been steady is our “commitment to considering applicants thoughtfully and holistically.”
December 22, 2020
WXII
Stimulus check debate: Triad political analyst says it could go one of three ways
“The first possibility is that President Trump does not veto it,” said Wake Forest political science professor John Dinan. “He says he’s unhappy but signs it anyhow. That’s very possible. The second possibility is President Trump goes ahead and vetoes the bill, but the Congress overrides his veto,” said Dinan. “This bill passed with overwhelming support, easily enough to make the bill become law even without Trump’s support.”
December 22, 2020
Massive Science
Here are some of the first snowflakes ever photographed
Cassie Freund, tropical forest ecologist and PhD student at Wake Forest, highlighted early photographs of snowflakes. Photographer Wilson ‘Snowflake’ Bentley was the first person to photograph a snowflake, in 1885. He described these flakes of frozen water as, “tiny miracles of beauty.”
December 20, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
A naked man, empty storefronts and shootings beset Hanes Mall’s holiday season in Winston-Salem
Pressure from online commerce, a pandemic, a bankruptcy and fears of crime exacerbated by social media videos have left a mark. “In some ways, this was inevitable,” said Roger Beahm, executive director of the Center for Retail Innovation at the Wake Forest School of Business after CB&L Properties, the owner of Hanes Mall, filed for Chapter 10 bankruptcy protection earlier this year.
December 19, 2020
AARP
6 surprising reasons you can’t lose weight
“If you don’t make an effort to preserve muscle mass, you lose 3 to 8% per decade after age 30,” said Kristen Beavers, associate professor in the department of health and exercise science at Wake Forest. And because muscle burns more calories than fat, your metabolic rate slows and you torch fewer calories, she added.
December 18, 2020
88.5 WFDD
Hip-hop and virtual jukeboxes strengthen WFU community
A unique art project at Wake Forest is bringing people together musically during the pandemic. “Jukebox Therapy” was designed by senior Rhythm Badal (’21) for her public art course, and after collecting several hours of hip-hop content from students, faculty, and staff so far, it’s creating quite a buzz. Wake lecturer and Assistant Dean Donovan Livingston is a spoken word poet and hip-hop artist who collaborated on the project, which utilizes QR code technology to build a shared community playlist.
December 17, 2020
Mission Local (San Fransisco)
UCSF Grand Rounds: CDC pandemic preparedness, UCSF vaccine distribution, and immunity passports
As COVID-19 immunity becomes more widespread, the issue of “immunity passports” for those who can certify their immunity to the virus through previous infection or vaccination has risen once again. Mark Hall, professor of law at Wake Forest, helped health policy researchers to survey 1,300 people on immunity passports, finding that 55 percent opposed them and 45 percent supported the idea.
December 17, 2020
News & Record
Ideals, struggles, faiths and music: Spring explorations in Lifelong Learning
Wake Forest’s Office of Continuing Studies announces Lifelong Learning courses for the spring term beginning in January 2021. These non-credit personal enrichment courses provide the opportunity for participants to learn from and interact with Wake Forest’s world-renowned faculty and to study subjects like history, music, art and literature.
December 17, 2020