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Winston-Salem Journal
The right thing for inmates — for all of us — has been quietly taking shape
Authorities have, for some time now, been lowering the daily jail population. State and federal prisons, too. Advocates have pushed for lowering (or waiving) bonds for non-violent and low-risk arrestees for health reasons. “Holding people in jail because they cannot pay their way out in the middle of a public health crisis is unsafe and unjust,” said Julie Brady, a student at Wake Forest School of Law and the president of the Forsyth County Community Bail Fund, a nonprofit that raises bail money for pretrial detainees, in a prepared statement.
April 9, 2020
News & Record
Rev. Brandon Wrencher and Indhira Udofia: As Easter approaches, churches rethink how we worship
The invitation in this moment is to reach up and out to each other in new ways — to connect and tether our spiritual body even when there is distance between our physical bodies. Fortunately, there are many models for this. The Rev. Dr. Melva Sampson, an associate professor at Wake Forest School of Divinity, has for years been hosting digital services called “Pink Robe Chronicles” through Facebook Live, which focus on holistic healing and revolutionary self-care.
April 7, 2020
Team USA
Wake Forest’s Ashcraft making and donating masks in hometown
When Wake Forest felt these tremors of change, field hockey head coach Jennifer Averill challenged her athletes to complete daily positive messages as the days tick by at home. Freshman Abbie Ashcraft decided to help give back to her hometown in Michigan by creating and donating masks for healthcare workers. “We have been doing everything we can as a team to stay connected including weekly Webex meetings, both as a full team and as separate lines, along with other things,” said Ashcraft. “[Coach] Jen [Averill] came up with the idea of having one person each day post something in our team chat that they have been doing to spread positivity in light of what has been happening around the world.”
April 7, 2020
Yes! Weekly
Wake Forest University recognized for exemplary personal and career development
Wake Forest has been awarded the 2020 National Career Development Association’s (NCDA) Exemplary Career Center Program Award. The award recognizes a career center program for their commitment to thoughtful, innovative and effective initiatives that support career development. Under the vision of Wake Forest President Nathan Hatch and leadership of Vice President, Innovation and Career Development Andy Chan, the University has become the national model for creating a college-to-career community designed to help students prepare for a lifelong career journey, not just a first job after college.
April 7, 2020
Yes! Weekly
Piedmont Environmental Alliance will publish a suite of digital content to celebrate Earth Day
Piedmont Environmental Alliance (PEA), a Winston-Salem based non-profit, is hosting this year’s Piedmont Earth Day Fair online, with an innovative suite of free virtual programs, information and activities to educate and inspire action on environmental issues. As part of the fair, the Wake Forest Office of Sustainability will host a Campus Garden Virtual Field Trip on Facebook LIVE on April 21.
April 7, 2020
Bloomberg Law
Alleged industry back channel blasted by environmental groups
Environmental groups allege the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) gave industry a back-channel option to file public comments on a critical rewrite of environmental permitting rules. Although public comments are usually displayed on the General Service Administration’s (GSA) public-facing website, industry groups were given an email address for comments instead. Sidney Shapiro, an administrative law professor at Wake Forest, called the CEQ’s actions “unprecedented.” All commenters should be required to use the GSA website, he said.
April 6, 2020
Contexts: Sociology For The Public
Families are not structurally prepared for Covid-19
Amanda M. Gengler, assistant professor of sociology at Wake Forest, explained that some families will be well-equipped with household disinfectants, over-the-counter medicines and fully-stocked pantries, what she calls “microadvantages,” while other families will face the pandemic without those resources. “While beneficial in all kinds of health-related situations, microadvantages can be especially meaningful when confronting an acute and alarming medical crisis,” said Gengler.
April 6, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
Random testing for coronavirus should be low priority for now, public health researchers say
Mark Hall, a law and public health professor at Wake Forest, said random testing “is an approach that aims to balance public health concerns with civil liberties perspective. It is worth considering, once we have enough testing capacity to not take away from more immediate and critical testing needs, which hopefully will be soon.”
April 6, 2020
WRAL Techwire
Triangle headliners: 48 webinars & events to add to your April calendar
Wake Forest hosted a virtual panel on April 7 with experts discussing climate solutions in the state of North Carolina.
April 6, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
Gray area of what comprises essential businesses has socioeconomic consequences
Mark Hall, a law and public-health professor at Wake Forest, said that “there is reason to be concerned about the potential for Local definition of essential services to play favorites to particular businesses. The temptation to seize customers from competitors in nearby markets, and then the need to protect Local business from lost sales, could undermine the will of most communities to restrict Local business leaders who do not willingly pause operations.”
April 5, 2020
The Sustainable Century
Adrian Bardon, a philosopher at Wake Forest and foremost expert in the field of truth and denial, appeared as a guest on “The Sustainable Century Solutions Podcast.” He addressed denial, worldview and human cognition and how we might overcome science denial. “We live in this media environment where people are able to pick and choose what their source of authoritative information is going to be. That has supercharged our natural tendency towards confirmation bias when it comes to issues we care about or issues that threaten our ideological beliefs in some ways. That’s when we engage in selective assessment of expertise.”
April 4, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
Wake Forest University hosts 12-hour virtual dance-a-thon
This year’s Wake ‘N Shake, a 12-hour dance marathon designed to raise money for the Brian Piccolo Cancer Research Fund, was held virtually with students joining in from all across the country. About 1,000 people registered for this year’s event on April 4, and organizers had a $400,000 fundraising goal.
April 4, 2020