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Yes! Weekly
Locals share their love stories
Kayla Lisenby-Denson, who works at Wake Forest’s LGBTQ+ Center, said their love story is unique because not only did they find and fall in love with their wife, April—they also found and fell in love with themself. “My love story today is not only the story of the love I share with my wife but my love story with queerness. And the amazing love story I share with my wife is, to me, queerness embodied,” said Lisenby-Denson.
February 11, 2020
High Point Enterprise
Say Yes helps plan for college
Say Yes Guilford and Guilford Parent Academy will present a free, three-part college planning series beginning Thursday, Feb. 13. Donovan Livingston, assistant dean at Wake Forest’s office of university collaborations and author of “Lift Off: From the Classroom to the Stars,” will present, “Navigating College Admissions: Choosing the Right College for You. Attendees will gain valuable insight on the college admissions process.
February 10, 2020
NPR
Ten outstanding journalists to be inducted into Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame on March 31
Maria Henson will be one of ten honorees inducted into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame on March 31. Henson is the associate vice president at Wake Forest and a former newspaper editor and editorial writer whose work at the Lexington Herald-Leader and Sacramento Bee resulted in Pulitzer Prizes.
February 10, 2020
Risk.net
Study finds ‘significant’ crowding in hedge funds
A new study from Greg Brown and Christian Lundblad of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Philip Howard of Wake Forest suggests hedge funds are more exposed to crowding than previously thought. Their research links herd investing to bigger drawdowns in stressed markets.
February 10, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
Ripped off and pasted on: Exhibition at Wake Forest highlights Robert Motherwell’s forays in collage
It’s hard to overstate Robert Motherwell’s impact on American art in the 20th century. Motherwell is known primarily as a painter, among the youngest of the abstract expressionists. But like several contemporaries and a few of his modernist predecessors, he also employed collage in much of his work. An exhibition at Wake Forest’s Hanes Art Gallery highlights the latter aspect of his art. Titled, “Motherwell: product. placement,” it emphasizes his frequent use of product packaging and other printed papers.
February 8, 2020
WGHP
Exhibit about disease outbreaks
A new exhibit called “Outbreak” just opened at Wake Forest’s Museum of Anthropology. It shows people in the piedmont how viruses and diseases like the coronavirus can spread so quickly. At the end of last semester, first year students at Wake Forest created this exhibit with the help of the Smithsonian Museum. Wake Forest virologist Pat Lord explained that students first put the Outbreak exhibit together during the fall of 2018.
February 7, 2020
MarketWatch
How to handle that awkward financial conversation
Counseling professor Nathaniel Ivers gives advice to Millennials who decide to ask their parents for money. “Own your mistakes,” he said. “This will play better than blaming other people or circumstances.” Ivers also advises young adults to be specific about where they need help and for how long and to present a budgeting plan. “Ask for their input and avoid getting defensive if they scrutinize your spending,” he said.
February 6, 2020
The New York Times
A possible strategy for fending off surprise medical bills
Some legal scholars question the premise that hospitals’ financial consent forms are themselves valid contracts.. Advocates say patient alternation to the consent-form could provide some protection from surprise bills, though there are several major caveats to this largely untested idea. “I believe it would be legally effective,” said Mark Hall, a professor of law and public health at Wake Forest. “However, it requires patients to be much more astute and well prepared than is typical in most surprise billing situations.”
February 6, 2020
The Triangle Tribune (Durham)
Wake Forest University confronts slavery past through new project
Over the past three years, Wake Forest has focused on uncovering its connection and history with slavery through several ambitious initiatives. In addition to joining the Universities Studying Slavery consortium, Wake Forest launched the Slavery, Race and Memory project last spring. The project consists of a lecture series and offers professors course enhancement grants. “The point of the project is to explore our university’s connections with slavery and how it impacted the university and how it impacts the university today,” said Kami Chavis, associate provost for academic initiatives and co-chair of the Slavery, Race and Memory project Steering Committee.
February 5, 2020
TODAY
How to grow an indoor herb garden
As the director of Reynolda Gardens of Wake Forest, Jon Roethling explains that most herbs prefer a temperature of 70 degrees. Most buds can remain healthy with a dip down to 50 degrees, but anything lower can threaten them. If your indoor thermostat isn’t always within this range, make sure to invest in a herb garden plant warmer, which can regulate and maintain their levels.
February 5, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
N.C. Republicans and Democrats, Locally and statewide, disagree on U.S. Senate’s acquittal of Trump
Politics professor John Dinansaid he wasn’t surprised by the Senate’s vote to acquit Trump or the House’s vote to impeach him. “We are living in a politically polarized era, where members of Congress rarely cross the aisle to vote with the other party on contentious issues,” Dinan said. “And this proved true on the Trump impeachment, as only four Democratic House members declined to support at least one impeachment article and only one Senate Republican voted to support one of the impeachment articles. Other than these exceptions, House and Senate members stuck to their party positions in the votes on impeachment.”
February 5, 2020
Mongabay
Carbon emissions from Peruvian gold mining ‘alarming,’ experts say
According to experts, gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon picked up steam after the 2008 financial crisis, when gold prices began to skyrocket. In 2012, a major international highway connecting the coasts of Brazil and Peru was completed, making things worse by providing easy access to the Madre de Dios region for small-scale gold miners. “The mining is mostly artisanal, which means it’s on the low end of the technological spectrum,” said Luis Fernandez, executive director of Wake Forest’s Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation. “We aren’t talking about large companies, we’re talking about something more similar to what happened in the [California] gold rush in the 1850s.”
February 4, 2020