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E&E News
What EPA’s reorganization could mean for its climate staff
EPA hasn’t yet started furloughing or laying off the agency’s climate staff en masse. But that may be coming. “I think the general feeling has been — and I think administrators from [Nixon EPA Administrator] Bill Ruckelshaus on have kind of lamented this — that Congress assigns a lot of duties to EPA to do, and hasn’t provided the staff to do them,” said Executive Director, Andrew Sabin Family Center for Environment and Sustainability Stan Meiburg, a former senior EPA career official who served as acting EPA deputy administrator under former President Barack Obama.
May 2, 2025
Black Press USA
‘Healing must happen beyond the struggle’
Rev. Melva L. Sampson didn't inherit a pulpit – she created one. The ordained minister and professor of preaching and practical theology at Wake Forest University has emerged as a leading voice for Black spiritual innovation, communal healing, and radical reimagining of faith outside of the systems that have long tried to silence people like her. "I'm a product of the Black church," Sampson said. “I’ve been very effective, especially for those who’ve been iced out of traditional systems. Ministry is a system, and it often marginalizes voices that deserve to be heard.”
May 2, 2025
The Conversation
A liberal gun-owning sociologist offers 5 observations to understand America’s culture of firearms
"In my work, I draw on both my personal experiences and sociological observations to understand the long-standing presence of a robust legal gun culture in America," writes sociology professor David Yamane. "A realistic view requires maintaining a clear-eyed understanding of the lethal capabilities of firearms. But the tendency to focus exclusively on firearms-related harms, while understandable, becomes a problem, in my view, when it fails to acknowledge the normality of guns and the diversity of gun owners." This article was also published in the Arizona Daily Sun, Phys.org, and Midland Daily News.
May 1, 2025
Mongabay
Wood pellet maker Drax denied pollution permit after small town Mississippi outcry
"Environmental advocates have long opposed biomass for energy schemes, noting that the burning of wood pellets is a poor replacement for coal because it releases major carbon emissions, while also causing deforestation and biodiversity harm. With the Trump administration demonstrating its intent to eliminate environmental protection and air quality regulations, while halting climate mitigation efforts, it is as yet unknown how or whether the current Department of Energy will adhere to the IRA rules released by the previous administration," writes journalism professor Justin Catanoso, a regular contributor to Mongabay.
May 1, 2025
WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
Ear ache leads to cancer diagnosis for Wake Forest University security guard
Scott Smith has always wanted to be in law enforcement. He's served with the Winston-Salem Police Department, the North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control System and, now, Wake Forest University Police. He said it's all because he loves helping people. As he walks Wake's campus, averaging 8 miles per shift, he's realizing how much the people help him. Sometimes, he even forgets all the struggles he's been through in the last year and a half.
May 1, 2025
Wake Forest Univerity
Junior named a 2025 Truman Scholar
Junior sociology major Eli Leadham has been named a 2025 Truman Scholar. The Truman Scholarship, created to support the future of public service in America, is the most competitive national scholarship program for juniors in the country. Out of 743 applications, 54 college students from 49 institutions were selected. “I am standing on so many people’s shoulders, and this award is a testament to Wake Forest’s faculty,” said Leadham.
May 1, 2025
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