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Forbes
Will video introductions replace college essays in the age of AI?
Duke University was an early Glimpse adopter, offering students an opportunity to “share a 60-90 second video, helping us to get to know you better.” Vanderbilt University says the short video “is meant to give a ‘glimpse’ into your life and who you are.” Babson College lets students answer a supplement via a one-minute video instead of an essay. Wake Forest University provides speaking prompts plus practical tips on lighting, wardrobe, and audio. However it’s framed, the goal is the same: see who the applicant is.
October 23, 2025
The Regulatory Review
Understanding the meaning behind USDA’s organic label
In a recent article, law professor Sarah Morath identifies a growing rift between traditional organic and industrial organic practices. Morath argues that a free-rider problem exists among industrial organic operations that use the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) organic label without demonstrating the “spirit of the organic movement.”
October 23, 2025
NewsBreak
How moths avoid bats using echo-jamming clicks
In the darkness of night, an evolutionary arms race plays out between predator and prey. Bats, with their sophisticated echolocation abilities, hunt moths with remarkable precision. Yet moths have developed an equally impressive defense mechanism: they generate ultrasonic clicks that effectively jam bat sonar. This fascinating adaptation represents one of nature’s most compelling examples of evolutionary countermeasures.
October 22, 2025
Triad Business Journal
2025 Power 50: Dr. Ebony Boulware, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
With the pending retirement of Dr. Julie Freischlag, Dr. Emily Boulware will take on new duties as chief academic officer of Wake Forest Baptist Health and Advocate Health while continuing to serve as dean of the Wake Forest School of Medicine. She is also getting WFU’s new medical school off the ground as the university welcomed the inaugural class of four-year medical students to its new campus at The Pearl innovation district in August.
October 22, 2025
Defense One
Now is not the time for new U.S. commitments to the Middle East
"To seal the recent Gaza peace deal, President Donald Trump asked Arab states to, once again, find a compromise with Israel....Despite Trump’s promises to the contrary, they had to accept seriously watered-down language on a future Palestinian state and a partial, rather than full, Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. In general, Trump can get the regional stability and order he wants in the Middle East by doing less, not more. Stepping back, rather than stepping farther into, the Middle East just makes sense," writes politics and international affairs expert Will Walldorf.
October 20, 2025
WalletHub
Best credit cards for bad credit
"To improve your credit score, you have to undo what caused your credit score to go down. This would include ensuring that you pay your bills on time, or using less of your total available credit, not closing your older credit accounts but keeping them open even if you do not use them, diversifying the mix of credit you have outstanding and not applying for new credit," said business professor Ajay Patel.
October 20, 2025
WFDD-FM (Winston-Salem, NC)
Triad not targeted in latest redistricting move
As the legislature works to again redraw the maps for a Republican advantage, it’s status quo in the Triad. Politics professor John Dinan said one reason changes won’t be made to local district lines is because the maps already favor the GOP. "There's nothing to be gained by altering Triad-area districts on the part of Republican legislative leaders because those are all Republican held, and look to be rather solidly Republican held at this point."
October 20, 2025
The Charlotte Observer
How many votes has N.C. Rep. Cecil Brockman missed this session?
“In previous years, Rep. Brockman has attracted attention for being absent from votes because those absences occasionally made it easier for Republican legislative leaders to override gubernatorial vetoes in high-profile instances,” said John Dinan, a political science professor at Wake Forest University. “Those absences are part of a larger pattern in that Brockman’s absences are generally more frequent than for many other legislators.”
October 19, 2025
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Philly cemeteries at risk as burial practices shift to cremation
It always figured to be an emotional day when the Alter family gathered at Har Jehuda Cemetery in Upper Darby. They were commemorating their mother’s first yahrzeit, the anniversary of death in the Jewish tradition. But when the family arrived at her grave, they found it in devastating condition. “There’s going to be a lot of cemeteries going out of business in the next 20 years,” said law professor Tanya Marsh, who teaches funeral and cemetery law, in an episode of "The Economics of Everyday Things" podcast last year.
October 17, 2025
High Point Enterprise
NC redistricting leaves Triad alone
Politics professor John Dinan said the outcome with the revised congressional map isn’t surprising. “As expected, the changes in the new map are confined to only two districts in the eastern part of the state and will not have any effect on the rest of the state. Essentially, the new map would swap several counties from the 1st District and 3rd District in a way that would give Republicans a strong chance of winning the 1st District and replacing Democratic representative Don Davis.”
October 17, 2025
Hillel.org
This Sukkot, campus Hillels made space for hope, grief, and community
At WFU Hillel, this year’s Sukkot programming had two main themes: celebrating Jewish joy, and cementing Hillel as a Jewish home on campus. Sukkot is a time for Hillel to engage and teach students of all backgrounds across campus, while also making it clear that Jewish students are a prominent and important part of the campus community. “My hope is that this teaches that even in hard times, there is joy,” said Stephanie Marshall, assistant chaplain for Jewish life and director of Rosenblatt Family Hillel at Wake Forest University.
October 16, 2025
The Herald-Sun (Durham, NC)
These NC colleges are promising free tuition to certain students
Wake Forest University will offer free tuition to new, qualifying students from North Carolina starting next fall, with fees and other costs also covered for some of them. The Winston-Salem university announced its “Gateway to Wake Forest” program Sept 18, saying in a news release the initiative is meant to “create more opportunities for talented, high-achieving North Carolina students to attend Wake Forest regardless of family income.”
October 16, 2025