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Tech Xplore
AI agents are all the rage—but research shows they leak private data
Before you prompt AI to answer another question or perform another task, a Wake Forest computer scientist wants you to know it could expose your sensitive data. Ying Zhang, an assistant professor in the University's Department of Computer Science, studies security in software engineering. Her latest research, "How Your Credentials Are Leaked by LLM Agent Skills," explores how large language model agents make data vulnerable to attacks.
August 26, 2026
Spectrum News 1 Charlotte
As data center criticism grows, focus turns to NC Senate race
In North Carolina, the backlash over data centers has put both major candidates for U.S. Senate on the defensive. “If you’re in a debate, if you’re in town halls, you’re going to be getting questions over the next few months about data centers,” said politics professor John Dinan. "Up until a year ago there was no sense that there was really any political, partisan, ideological divide on data centers.”
August 26, 2026
East Tennessee Times
How to do your own online health research like a scientist – a biostatistician’s step‑by‑step guide
he instinct to “do your own research” when it comes to your health is a good one. The challenge often is not lack of information, but the opposite. People are surrounded by studies, headlines, forums, family and friends, often all speaking at once in different directions and with different levels of reliability. How do you move through this abundance of information without getting lost in it?
August 25, 2026
Human Capital Innovations
Preparing students for multiple futures: Why higher education must move beyond single-career models
Wake Forest University's THRIVE career development framework integrates reflection, exploration, and preparation throughout the undergraduate experience. Rather than concentrating career services in the final year, the model engages first-year students in self-assessment and exploration, second-year students in connecting curricular choices to career possibilities, and third-year students in testing career directions through internships and research. This developmental approach helps students build the adaptive capacity to change directions based on what they learn from each experience.
August 23, 2026
Fast Company
What I learned when I gave up my daily to-do list and tried ‘task-batching’
When it comes to productivity, there is no shortage of tips. Anthony Sali, an assistant professor of psychology, explains that when we’re working on a task, we’re engaging an active memory system in our brain. This means we’re less distracted by other things going on. “When you want to switch from one task to another task, you have to momentarily disengage from the first task,” Sali explains. “When you open yourself up to switching, you’re also more prone to getting distracted by other things.”
August 21, 2026
Winston-Salem Journal
WFU’s Face to Face Speaker Forum partners with a/perture
WFU’s Face to Face Speaker Forum and a/perture cinema are partnering to host a series of film screenings called “Face to Face Goes to the Movies” inspired by the speakers coming to Winston-Salem for Face to Face’s sixth season during 2026–2027. The full lineup for the Face to Face 2026–2027 season is Cynthia Erivo, Ken Burns, Michael Schur, José Andrés and Jack Nicklaus.
August 21, 2026
KPLC-TV (Lake Charles, LA)
Osteoarthritis: Stopping knee pain before it starts
Shannon Mihalko, a behavioral psychologist at Wake Forest said, “Women are about, almost two times more likely to develop knee osteoarthritis than men are. We’re now looking at whether we can use exercise and diet in people who are overweight and obese to try to actually prevent knee OA from developing.” Researchers say losing just one pound can take about four pounds of pressure off your knee with every step you take.
August 20, 2026
NPR Illinois
lllinois funeral home oversight lax compared to other states
A recently signed law grants the state comptroller’s office more regulatory powers over cemeteries and crematories, but that purview doesn’t extend to funeral homes. “That kind of fragmentation cannot help this situation,” said law professor Tanya Marsh, who studies laws about the treatment and disposition of human remains. “The more frequent inspections are by the state, the more likely they are to catch this kind of problem before it gets completely out of hand,” Marsh said.
August 20, 2026
FoodService Director
Wake Forest University becomes an official American Culinary Federation testing site
Wake Forest University partnered with the American Culinary Federation (ACF) to become an official ACF testing site. The new designation gives chefs from the school’s foodservice provider, Harvest Table Culinary Group (Deacon Dining), easier access to pursue ACF certifications. As part of the new designation, Wake Forest will host ACF training and certification for chefs and culinarians from Harvest Table partner colleges and universities around the country.
August 20, 2026
Yahoo
After years of complications, some hernia mesh patients say payouts fall short
Years after a settlement was approved by courts, patients who suffered complications from medical mesh used to treat issues like hernias are feeling frustrated, disappointed, and let down by the amount of money they received. "That can be very hard, I think, for a lot of victims to understand," said law professor Samir Parikh.
August 19, 2026
WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
Move-in day for Wake Forest University’s Class of 2030
Today first-year students part of Wake Forest's Class of 2030 will move onto campus. Junior residence adviser, Mary Wallace Sutton prepared to welcome students on campus. “They go from being someone who has no idea how to do college, to being someone who has joined so many clubs, and organizations and figuring out what they want to study. It’s really cool to watch them find their confidence and love their time here at Wake," Sutton said.
WFMY News 2 and Spectrum News also covered move-in day.
August 18, 2026
Boston Herald
Same knee surgery, twice the price: Hospital monopolies push up healthcare costs
“After 20 years of the hospital behaving itself, the state decided to terminate its oversight,” said Mark Hall, a law professor emeritus who has written an account of the hospital’s merger history. Then, three years later, HCA, the largest hospital corporation in the country, bought Mission Health. “This put a prepackaged monopoly into the hands of the world’s largest for-profit hospital corporation,” he said.
August 17, 2026