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The Cool Down
Scientists issue warning after discovering concerning phenomenon in trees
A report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says that the forests aren't adapting to the shifting climate as quickly as necessary. The study was conducted by Wake Forest University in collaboration with an international team of scientists. The researchers were studying thermophilization, which means the process where warmer-favoring tree species take precedence over cooler-favoring ones. "These forests are simply not keeping up with climate change," said lead author William Farfan-Rios of Wake Forest University.
September 14, 2025
Science Magazine
Gold-covered hairballs may reveal why cats eat grass
Of the many mysterious behaviors cats exhibit, one of the biggest is also one of the most disgusting: Why do they insist on eating grass, when it only seems to make them throw up? Cats may have figured out how to take advantage of features that plants originally evolved for self-defense, said T. Michael Anderson, an ecologist at Wake Forest University. “This could be another fascinating example of how animals use plants in ways that don’t involve getting calories and nutrients by eating them.”
September 12, 2025
Everyday Health
Can a weighted vest boost your walking workout?
Using a weighted vest to increase your load while walking may benefit your heart, muscle, and bone health. However, it’s not necessarily advantageous for everyone. Wearing a weighted vest may exacerbate certain health conditions, such as arthritis, joint pain, or balance issues, says health and exercise science professor Kristen M. Beavers. So, get cleared by your healthcare provider before you try walking with a weighted vest if you have one of these conditions.
September 12, 2025
WBTV-TV (Charlotte, NC)
Improving air quality in vulnerable neighborhoods
Crystal Dixon" a professor in Wake Forest's Environment & Sustainability Studies Program, talked about clean air as a featured expert on "Doing Good With Share Charlotte." "When air quality drops, your wealth drops, your property value decreases, and education quality decreases," she said.
September 11, 2025
WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
Annual ‘A Climb to Remember’ honors 24th anniversary of 9/11 victims
More than 1,000 local students, first responders and community members gathered Thursday at Wake Forest University's Allegacy Stadium to honor the lives of the victims of 9/11. Participants in the "Climb to Remember" event ascend one stair for each of the 2,977 lives lost in the attack. That is one step for each of the victims, or about 14 laps around a section of the bleachers. This has become a yearly tradition for many of the students, first responders, and other residents who made this climb.
WFMY and WXLV also covered this event.
September 11, 2025
Political Science Now
Wilkinson receives the 2025 Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award for mentoring of undergraduates
The Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award is presented annually by the APSA Committee on the Status of Latinos y Latinas in the Profession to recognize the exemplary mentoring of Latino y Latina students and junior faculty each year. The award is named in honor of Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell, the first Latina to earn a Ph.D. in political science. Politics and International Affairs professor Betina Cutaia Wilkinson was awarded for exemplary mentoring of undergraduate students.
September 10, 2025
Catholic News Agency
Amid debate over arming teachers, what does the Catholic Church teach about self-defense?
“It’s unsettling to write about hardening up our schools. Don’t we wish there were no crazed murderers … looking to massacre harmless children?” said philosophy professor Patrick Toner. “And yet, in our depraved culture, unsurprisingly, we find no shortage of hopeful murderers.”
September 10, 2025
China Daily (Hong Kong)
‘Apron Mom’ urged to cut strings to outdated image
Education professor Linda Nielsen has been working on parenting issues for decades, and challenges the widespread belief that fathers are less capable than mothers in nurturing children's social and emotional development. "We have bought into negative stereotypes about fathers that do not reflect reality," she said. "We have embraced many demeaning, insulting beliefs about fathers that are baseless and run counter to the research and to national statistics."
September 9, 2025
WUNC-FM (Chapel Hill, NC)
Who owns a public university syllabus?
"As long as it's original and the professor creates it, then it's probably going to be protected by copyright," said law professor Zaneta Robinson. "Depending on the extent to which there is an intellectual property policy in place at the institution or the professor has a written contract that speaks to those rights. Or in the absence of either one, the default is going to apply – it's absolutely going to be covered by copyright." Robinson is the founding director of Wake Forest University's intellectual property law clinic. She said copyright can sometimes be a "gray area" in higher education.
September 9, 2025
Views of the News
GOP push for district approval of amendments unprecedented
“All states requiring voter ratification just simply say that overall the number of votes has to be either a majority or a supermajority,” said politics professor John Dinan, “So I’m not familiar with any state that in specifying voter ratification requirements, would require ratification to be done in some parts of the state.” Dinan’s research says that states often attempt to increase barriers to constitutional amendments in response to the conflicting wants of voters and lawmakers.
September 8, 2025
Yahoo
Yes, election campaigns are longer
“Compared with 50 or 60 years ago, campaigns and fundraising today are almost certainly beginning at an earlier time,” said politics professor John Dinan. “But for the last several decades now, campaigns and fundraising have been starting pretty early.”
September 7, 2025
National Review
Norma Desmond, JFK, a Martian Pastel, and What’s American Studies?
David Lubin is not your run-of-the-mill American art professor. He’s a pioneer, a buccaneer, and the gold standard among scholars and teachers of American art. Wake Forest recruited him, and he said no, recruited him again, and he said no again, but on the third try he and his wife, Libby, decided to give the place a look. When they left Maine for a weekend in Winston-Salem, they were 99% sure they’d never move. By the time they left the campus, they were 99% sure they would. Kudos to Wake Forest for recognizing talent.
September 6, 2025