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Psychology Today
Mentoring when the world is on fire
“While no, mentoring isn’t the most important thing happening right now, especially when compared to your health and the health of your friends and family, it is important,” said Allison McWilliams, assistant vice president of mentoring and alumni personal and career development at Wake Forest. “Mentoring is all about relationships. Deep, intentional, relationships of care. And if there is anything we all need right now, it is more connection and less (virtual) distance, to feel that we are supported by a community of care.”
March 18, 2020
Salisbury Post
Senior year, relationships cut short at Wake Forest University
Wake Forest student Natalie Alms wrote a guest post about her senior year interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. “I’m still working on the emotional math of everything. I’m privileged to have been at college in the first place,” said Alms. “I’m a lucky one. But I probably won’t get to say goodbye to the people I only saw in class or on the quad. I hope they know I loved them and still do. Wake Forest’s motto is Pro Humanitate, ‘for humanity.’ My university shut its doors to save lives. That decision aligns with its very core, however painful it may be for us seniors. What a final lesson – one of sacrifice for the greater good – that my class, along with everyone else, is learning now.”
March 18, 2020
Wired Uk
World of Warcraft perfectly predicted our coronavirus panic
In 2013, Wake Forest economist Frederick Chen designed a 45-day online game that simulated the outbreak of disease. Players received points for staying healthy, and lost them if they got sick, and at the end of the study they were given a cash reward linked to the number of points they’d won. Each day, participants were told whether they were healthy or infected and how many other people were infected, and they had to decide whether or not to protect themselves against the outbreak for the next day’s update. In different phases of the experiment, Chen changed the cost of self-protection – how many points people would lose if they chose to inoculate themselves against infection in the next round.
March 17, 2020
Above The Law
The 2021 U.S. News law school rankings are here
The Wake Forest School of Law appears on the U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 law school rankings among the top 50 programs in the country.
March 16, 2020
Salon
Even in the Age of Trump, facts matter
Sidney Shapiro, Fletcher Chair in Administrative Law at Wake Forest, published an article about the economic benefits of environmental regulations and why some individuals appear to ignore the evidence that shows those benefits. “Regulatory opponents also commonly describe regulation as ‘job-killing,’ and assert that regulation imposes about $2 trillion in annual costs on the economy,” said Shapiro. “But empirical work has established that regulation has little to no impact on the overall number of jobs in the U.S. and can actually spur job growth as companies spend money on compliance.”
March 16, 2020
The New York Times
Justice is blind. What if she also has the coronavirus
Due to coronavirus spread, law enforcement officials say the public should be prepared for interruptions the right to a speedy trial. Ron Wright, a former federal prosecutor who is now a law professor at Wake Forest, said the longer that certain classes of people do not take part in jury duty, the greater the chance defendants would be able to successfully argue they did not receive a fair trial. “If you can make the case that this is only going to last a little while and then it will go back to normal, I don’t see any constitutional claims surviving,” Wright said. “But over the long run, the doctrine is a lot more flexible in allowing” defendants to show that the composition of the jury pool may have discriminated against them.
March 12, 2020
Triad Business Journal
Area universities alter class schedules to combat spread of coronavirus
Wake Forest has suspended all in-person classes, both in Winston-Salem and Charlotte, until further notice. Classes are canceled from Monday, March 16, through Sunday, March 22, so that faculty and staff can plan for academic continuity and prepare for remote delivery of course instruction. Classes will resume remotely on Monday, March 23. “Our first priority has been to safeguard the health of the Wake Forest community and our neighbors, even as we sustain our vital educational mission,” said Wake Forest President Nathan Hatch.
March 12, 2020
U.S. News & World Report
More states legalize dissolving bodies in water
As the green burial movement has questioned the energy and resources required of these methods, another option has emerged: dissolving a body in water, or alkaline hydrolysis. Body donation programs such as the Mayo Clinic have long used the process, sometimes known as water cremation. Twenty states have legalized the process, especially over the past 10 years. But casket companies and the Catholic church have endeavored to halt the legalization of alkaline hydrolysis. “A lot of funeral and cemetery law honestly is a gray area,” says Tanya Marsh, a law professor specializing in funeral law at Wake Forest.
March 12, 2020
WBUR (Boston)
College classes going online is not as easy as it may sound
Betsy Barre, executive director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching at Wake Forest University, appeared on NPR’s “Here and Now” to discuss the transition to remote learning during the coronavirus pandemic. “This is a big ask. Certainly we’re all doing all that we can to make this happen,” said Barre. She explains communication is key for a successful transition and advises students to, “be flexible, be forgiving, and think about how you can organize your time.” To faculty, Barre explains, “if you try to redo everything and learn all the new tools, you’re likely not going to do any of them well.” She suggests thinking of one to three changes to help deliver lessons without getting wrapped up in the technological aspects.
March 12, 2020
Triad Business Journal
Wake Forest University will add new online MBA program through partnership
Wake Forest School of Business has partnered with Kaplan Inc., which will provide online and technological capabilities, to create a new fully-online MBA program. “By leveraging the latest in digital education tools and techniques, the online learning experiences delivered by our faculty will achieve an industry-leading level of student engagement and learning. ,” said Charles Iacovou, Sisel Distinguished Dean of the Wake Forest School of Business.
March 11, 2020
HR Dive
Wake Forest, Kaplan partner on financial services certifications
Wake Forest will open a professional hub for financial services and fintech in uptown Charlotte. The program is designed for working professionals and will offer industry certifications and designations. The school is launching these options “to support the ongoing professional development of individuals and organizations in the growing financial services and fintech sectors,” said Todd Johnson, vice president at Wake Forest.
March 10, 2020
The Hill
Christine Coughlin, professor of legal writing at the Wake Forest School of Law and core faculty member in the Wake Forest Center for Bioethics, Health & Society, co-authored an article about barriers that prevent individuals from complying with life-saving quarantine orders. Coughlin and her colleague recommend the government take action to minimize economic hardships faced by those ordered to quarantine and to take measures to address concerns that may prevent vulnerable populations from complying.
March 10, 2020