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Wake Forest University
Virtual tutoring program launched during pandemic celebrates 5 years
A virtual tutoring program started by Wake Forest during the first weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic has evolved into a permanent educational resource for hundreds of families in Forsyth County. The free online program is celebrating its fifth anniversary this spring. More than 730 Wake Forest students have led weekly one-on-one online tutoring sessions for 743 students from more than 100 schools, including nearly all institutions in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County system.
May 1, 2025
University Business Magazine
Here is how experiential learning can save colleges from AI
"For centuries, higher education thrived on a simple premise: universities controlled knowledge, faculty acted as gatekeepers, and students paid tuition to access expertise," writes Shannon McKeen executive director of the Center for Analytics Impact at Wake Forest University School of Business. "But artificial intelligence (AI) is dismantling that model at an alarming rate. ChatGPT can analyze Shakespeare, outline marketing strategies, and explain quantum mechanics with competence rivaling many instructors. If knowledge is now universally accessible, what remains of higher education’s value?"
April 30, 2025
E&E News
Trump buyouts drive brain drain at federal agencies
Federal workers who once held energy and environment positions protecting national parks and public health or trying to bolster the electric grid to avoid disasters are heading for the exit as President Donald Trump’s campaign to shrink the government accelerates. “It’s going to be very difficult to get anything done,” said Stan Meiburg, whose 39-year career at the agency included a stint as acting deputy administrator from 2014 to 2017.
April 30, 2025
NewsBreak
Renowned art history scholar and Wake Forest University professor, David Lubin, honored
The New Yorker once described Charlotte C. Weber Professor of American Art David Lubin as “the esteemed scholar of art history in relation to popular culture.” On April 26, leading art scholars gathered at Reynolda House Museum of American Art for an interdisciplinary symposium held in honor of Lubin’s retirement from Wake Forest University. He has taught courses on the history of art, film and popular culture at the University for 25 years.
April 30, 2025
Environmental News Bits
Federal laws don’t ban rollbacks of environmental protection, but they don’t make it easy
President Donald Trump and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin have announced their intent to reconsider dozens of current regulations in an effort to loosen standards originally imposed to protect the environment and public health. But it’s not as simple as Trump and Zeldin just saying so. This article was originally published in The Conversation.
April 29, 2025
WPTF-AM (Raleigh, NC)
Early Associate Professor of Catholic and Latin American Studies Elizabeth Gandolfo discusses the legacy of Pope Francis and the culture of care and mercy he fostered. "He sets the record straight to say Christian love is discovered really in meditation on the parable of the Good Samaritan, who exemplifies what it means to love a neighbor, including and sometimes even starting with those who are different from us, who are most different and who are most vulnerable in society."
April 28, 2025
WNCN-TV (Raleigh, NC)
More than 360 colleges sign letter fighting government interference in higher education
President Lynn Pasquerella of the American Association of Colleges and Universities said that after the White House's fights with Columbia University and Harvard University, it was time to make a statement. At least three North Carolina colleges — Davidson, Duke University and Wake Forest University — have signed the letter of solidarity.
April 28, 2025
Global Health NOW
Peru’s illegal mining surges … and destroys
The U.S. government had supported efforts to limit illegal mining and its impacts on the environment and human health in Madre de Dios, said Luis Fernández, PhD, a tropical ecologist and executive director of Wake Forest University’s Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation (CINCIA). Projects traced how mercury poisoned humans, reforested devastated areas, and worked with communities on ways to avoid fish species with the highest mercury levels. By helping slow the spread of illegal mines, U.S.-supported projects also reduced illicit activities intertwined with illegal mining, such as drug and wildlife trafficking.
April 28, 2025
WFDD-FM (Winston-Salem, NC)
Environmental Justice Summit to feature civil rights leader
Civil rights activist Rev. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. coined the term “environmental racism” while participating in a historic North Carolina protest that birthed a movement. He spoke with WFDD's Abē Levine about the legacy of the first environmental justice protest and the ongoing need for research that validates public health inequities.
April 28, 2025
The Statesville Record and Landmark
Former U.S. House member McHenry lands first post-Congress job
Patrick McHenry, the former 10-term U.S. House representative and interim U.S. House speaker in 2023, has been hired as a senior advisor by the global financial advisory and asset management firm Lazard Inc. The firm said McHenry, 49, will join the Washington, D.C.-based firm on Wednesday. Politics professor John Dinan said one likely factor for McHenry is the House Republican Party’s term-limit rules for committee chairs.
April 26, 2025
Forbes
Don Jr. and Eric Trump could soon sell $9.6 million on stock
Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump could soon sell a combined $9.6 million in stock they were awarded for serving 10 weeks on a once largely inactive advisory board, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing made public this week. Legal experts, including Wake Forest's Alan Palmiter, view the filing as an indication that insiders are preparing for potential sales. “This filing signals that insiders and others didn’t want to wait to sell their company shares,” Palmiter said.
April 25, 2025
WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
WFU School of Divinity Dean speaks on legacy of Pope Francis
Dean Corey D.B. Walker said Pope Francis will be remembered as a significant and crucial leader who recognized the worth, value and dignity of all humanity. "Pope Francis was a leader of interfaith dialogue," Walker said. "He was an articulate fighter for peace and justice for all individuals worldwide."
April 22, 2025