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Triad Business Journal
WFU receives $30M grant from Lilly Endowment for character education program
Wake Forest University’s Educating Character Initiative (ECI) will expand its support for character education at colleges and universities nationwide with more than $30 million in new funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. “This new grant will enable us to continue to build upon the work of colleges and universities that are striving to expand the role of character education at their own institutions,” said Jennifer Rothschild.
July 11, 2025
Sports Illustrated
President Susan R. Wente to Chair ACC Board of Directors
With the arrival of the new athletic fiscal year last week, the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and its Board of Directors have announced that Wake Forest University President Susan R. Wente will become Chair of the ACC Board of Directors. Wente has served as vice-chair of the Board since February 2024 and was first named to the Conference's Executive Committee during the 2021-22 academic year. She will succeed last year's Chair and University of Virginia President James E. Ryan, who concluded his service at the end of the 2024-25 academic year.
July 11, 2025
Becker's Hospital Review
The largest US city without a medical school finally opens one
Charlotte, N.C., was once the largest city in the U.S. without a four-year medical school. That changed in June. The Pearl is a “medical innovation district” created by a public-private partnership between Charlotte-based Atrium Health and Wexford Science & Technology. At the center of the Pearl is the medical school itself — Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Charlotte, an extension of the Winston-Salem-based main campus.
July 10, 2025
Charlotte Business Journal
Charlotte’s new med school ready for inaugural class
"This new campus reflects our commitment to training the next generation of physicians in a way that is collaborative, connected to the community and focused on the future," said Dr. L. Ebony Boulware, dean of the School of Medicine and chief science officer at Advocate Health. "We’re leveraging immersive technologies and flexible learning environments to transform how we prepare doctors for the challenges of tomorrow.”
July 10, 2025
Triad Business Journal
WFU leads NC universities in non-instructional staff pay, ranks high for faculty salaries
Wake Forest University leads the way for non-instructional staff pay among colleges and universities in North Carolina for the second year in a row and ranks among the top for instructional staff salaries, according to a Business Journals analysis of the 2023-2024 academic year data for public and private universities.
July 10, 2025
Queen City News
New Charlotte medical campus welcomes inaugural class of 49 students
Wake Forest University School of Medicine is giving a sneak peek into their facilities ahead of the arrival of Charlotte’s first four-year medical class. School officials say the new campus represents the expansion of access to health care training in the region.
July 9, 2025
WCNC-TV (Charlotte, NC)
Charlotte’s medical innovation district ‘The Pearl’ gets first students
Charlotte celebrated the grand opening of The Pearl, a new medical innovation district, in early June, but on Wednesday, it officially greeted its first group of students. The public-private partnership between Atrium Health and Wexford Science & Technology aims to bring together medical education, surgical training and health technology innovation.
July 9, 2025
Business Insider
Polymarket traders doubt there will be a recession. We asked prediction gurus if you should listen.
One benefit of the platforms is that they tap into the wisdom of crowds. Economist Koleman Strumpf, who teaches a course in prediction markets, told Business Insider that they use "the information of thousands of traders who collectively have a wide range of knowledge." He said the tools are "not always perfect," but they "reflect what is currently known about the economy and so are likely the best available forecast."
July 9, 2025
Aesthetics Unfiltered
Can a weighted vest halt bone loss?
After seeing a number of beauty pros, all right around my age, wearing weighted vests, and hearing from readers wanting to know if they work. In June, the results of Beavers’ study were published in JAMA Network Open. While subjects lost approximately 10% of their body weight, researchers ultimately found that “neither daily weighted vest use nor progressive resistance training was able to mitigate weight loss-associated bone loss at the hip in older adults living with obesity.”
July 8, 2025
Triad Business Journal
Wake Forest Provost Michele Gillespie to step down, return to faculty role
Wake Forest University Provost Michele Gillespie will step down from the role July 31st to return to the faculty as a presidential endowed professor in southern history. Gillespie stepped into the provost role in 2022 with an initial two-year term, succeeding Rogan Kersh. With Gillespie’s appointment and the inauguration of President Susan Wente in the same year, the top two roles at the university have been held by women for the past three years.
July 8, 2025
Winston-Salem Journal
Was Winston-Salem/Forsyth school board kept in dark on finances?
What if Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Board of Education members detected clues of sloppy budgeting and suspect bookkeeping earlier? The lack of regular updates meant board members weren’t able to track trends in spending over time, said finance professor Ajay Patel. “The finance committee definitely should have been getting that information monthly,” he said. “Because as soon as you detect the shortfall, you need to start making internal changes.”
July 8, 2025
Illumination
I spent $3,600 on tools that made me poorer: The creator’s paradox
Research from Wake Forest University reveals that task-switching can reduce productivity. Neuroscience tells suggests that when we juggle multiple platforms, we’re not multitasking — we’re rapidly switching between contexts, and each switch carries a metabolic cost. Your brain literally burns more glucose trying to reload working memory.
Psychology professor Anthony Sali explains what’s really happening in this WFU news piece: Multitasking? Maybe not.
July 6, 2025