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Los Angeles Times
Best books to read this summer
What qualifies as a beach read has evolved to include more than romances and thrillers. "Ready for My Closeup: The Making of Sunset Boulevard and the Dark Side of the Hollywood Dream" is on this list of hot books for beach reading. It's the most recent by renowned art history scholar and Wake Forest professor David Lubin.
May 14, 2025
Miami Herald
Can Trump lower drug prices on his own? Experts weigh in after executive order
Law professor Sidney Shapiro told McClatchy News that “this administration is pretty inventful in claiming legal authority for things it really doesn’t have, and that’s why there have been so many court cases and injunctions stopping them from doing this or that.”
May 13, 2025
Business and America
Bettors lose millions predicting the new pope as Polymarket edge fizzles out
Bettors on crypto prediction platform Polymarket have, in recent months, developed an enviable reputation for beating the bookies. So it came as a surprise on Thursday when they got the outcome of the papal conclave very wrong indeed. Winner Robert Francis Prevost wasn’t among the favorites, with bettors only giving the US-born cardinal around a 1% chance of succeeding Pope Francis ahead of the result. In November, Polymarket gained mainstream notoriety when bettors gave Republican candidate Donald Trump significantly higher odds than most other sources to win the US presidency. “Polymarket prices seem to be wrapping up the views of smart money pretty well,” economics professor Koleman Stumpf told CoinDesk at the time.
May 11, 2025
Nature
Does weighted vest use during weight loss influence long-term weight loss maintenance?
The purpose of this study was to explore whether and how gravitational loading during intentional weight loss influences subsequent weight regain. Results from this pilot study suggest that among older adults who wore a weighted vest during caloric restriction, initial weight loss was better preserved at 24-months.
May 10, 2025
The Conversation
As the Trump administration continues to make significant cuts to NIH budgets and personnel and to freeze billions of dollars of funding to major research universities, citing ideological concerns, there’s more being threatened than just progress in science and medicine. Science benefits society only if it is rigorous, ethically conducted and fairly funded. Current NIH policy directives and steep cuts to the agency’s size and budget, along with attacks on universities, undermine globally shared goals of increasing understanding and improving human health. This article appeared in news outlets nationwide, including Yahoo.
May 9, 2025
Mongabay
Science lays out framework to assess climate liability of fossil fuel majors
"In recent decades a growing number of lawsuits have been launched by states, cities and other government entities to hold fossil fuel companies financially liable for the climate harm caused by the greenhouse gas emissions their products produce. But those efforts often come up against challenging legal arguments made by the companies saying that their actions and emissions cannot be scientifically linked to specific climate change-driven extreme weather events," writes journalism professor Justin Catanoso, a regular contributor to Mongabay.
May 9, 2025
Winston-Salem Chronicle
50 years of transforming senior health through WFU’s HELPS program
For seniors looking to add some exercise to their routines, Wake Forest University’s Healthy Exercise and Lifestyle Program (HELPS) provides a medically directed, professionally supervised exercise program for older adults in the community. Celebrating 50 years of dedication to helping individuals manage and prevent chronic disease.
May 9, 2025
National Geographic
You really can recover from a painful experience-and be better than before
Eranda Jayawickreme, a psychologist at Wake Forest University, points out that this lesson is common across cultures.
May 8, 2025
The Good Men Project
When humans use AI to earn patents, who is doing the inventing?
"The advent of generative artificial intelligence has sent shock waves across industries, from the technical to the creative. AI systems that can generate viable computer code, write news stories and spin up professional-looking graphics have inspired countless headlines asking whether they will take away jobs in technology, journalism and design, among many other fields," writes law professor W. Keith Robinson. This article was originally published in The Conversation.
May 8, 2025
Bloomberg Law
Plastic pollution fight goes local as broader efforts fall short
"As international and state efforts falter, state and local governments are actively taking measures to reduce plastic pollution via legislatures and the courts. Although state and local governments have been active with single-use plastic bans, upcoming legislation will likely also address two areas: microplastics and producer responsibility," writes law professor Sarah Morath. "Our plastic problem isn’t going away."
May 8, 2025
WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
WFU School of Divinity Dean Corey D. B. Walker gives expert opinion after Pope Leo XIV’s election
"What Pope Leo XIV reminds us is that we as Americans are part of a global world. We're part of many peoples. We've come together in this country in a unique way, and he reminds me of that gift that we all have," said School of Divinity Dean Corey D.B. Walker.
May 8, 2025
WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
Political science professor John Dinan gives expert opinion of election of Pope Leo XIV
"To have an American-born pope gives it just a little more possible influence to shape, to guide, to possibly even wield more influence in American politics than would have been possible for a non-American pope," said politics professor John Dinan.
May 8, 2025