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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
CBS News
The penny may not survive long – but collectors fight to keep it alive
The humble penny, once a pocket staple, has long since lost its shine in American commerce, but it retains devoted fans who see value beyond its monetary worth. Wake Forest University professor Robert Whaples has advocated for eliminating the penny for decades, citing practical concerns. "They just have to keep making more and more of these, because we don't bring them back, and we don't bring them back because they're of such low value. So we got a vicious cycle going here," Whaples said.
May 7, 2025
WFDD-FM (Winston-Salem, NC)
Spike in recycling plant fires raises safety concerns – and one expert says vapes may be to blame
A massive fire erupted at the Omnisource recycling plant in Kernersville, sending towering plumes of black smoke into the sky and drawing attention from as far away as Virginia. “Main things you get in there are things that don't burn completely,” said Stan Meiburg, executive director of Wake Forest's Andrew Sabin Family Center for Environment and Sustainability. “It's why you get these big black plumes of smoke. They can include plastics or fabric or material like that.” Meiburg says when they’re burned, these materials create what’s called particulate matter pollution. “The advice you get from the fire department, which is to stay away, stay indoors until the fire is out, is pretty good advice.”
May 7, 2025
The New York Times
Trump’s return to power elevates ever fringier conspiracy theories
Politicians understand that conspiracy theories are “what scratches our collective psychic itch” at the moment, said communication professor John Llewellyn, who studies urban legends and rhetoric. Repeating such narratives, and promising to act on them, enables a sort of rhetorical sleight of hand, like performing a card trick with the right hand to misdirect from what is happening with the left, he said. Pursuing policy action on nonexistent dangers of chemtrails, for example, allows officials to deliver “symbolic satisfaction that doesn’t require any tax increases or wrestling with health care challenges or otherwise solve any of the real and emergent problems in our society,” he added.
May 6, 2025
Taylor & Francis
Fragmenting China: Arelational approach to analyzing Chinese private companies in Africa
China’s global behavior—wherever it may fall on the spectrum of cooperation to resistance—occurs within a complex network of relations involving host government industrial policies, multilateral institutions, and a mix of state-owned and private enterprises. To redress this shortcoming, this article makes three interventions. Benabdallah is McCulloch Family Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Wake Forest.
May 6, 2025
The Conversation
"In the first 100 days of his second term, U.S. President Donald Trump has shown a willingness to lean on airpower when his administration decides that military force is necessary abroad. The Trump administration might consider seeking alternatives, such as direct or indirect talks, if it wants to avoid getting stuck in a widening conflict in Yemen. History is full of examples of what happens when airpower takes on a logic of its own," writes politics and international affairs professor Will Walldorf.
May 5, 2025
Winston-Salem Chronicle
50 years of transforming senior health through WFU’s HELPS program
“We really look at the whole person. It’s not just exercise siloed; it’s nutrition, it’s exercise. We do a lot of social well-being. It’s a huge piece of overall well-being, especially for older adults,” said Kristy Wood, the program director of HELPS. “So, we do social, emotional, mental, physical – all the things encompassing well-being. So, it’s just a very safe exercise space for older adults in the community.”
May 3, 2025
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