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Forsyth Family Magazine
Located on the Wake Forest University campus, Lam Museum of Anthropology is the only museum in North Carolina that is dedicated to the study of global cultures. While a small museum, it’s packed full of learning and cool things to look at for all ages.
November 1, 2024
The Wall Street Journal
Betting markets tend to get elections right – with some notable exceptions
Election betting declined after 1940, and polls became the preferred method for the media to track elections. In the 1948 election, pollsters got it wrong when they forecasted a loss by President Harry Truman, famously leading the Chicago Daily Tribune to print the erroneous front-page headline "Dewey Defeats Truman." What is less well-known is that betting markets got it wrong, too. Most bookmakers gave Truman a roughly 11% chance of winning in the weeks before the election, according to political economist Koleman Strumpf.
Strumpf also did a post-election interview with The Wall Street Journal on November 8. "Prediction Markets Are Basking in Their Election Win. Can It Last?"
November 1, 2024
Greensboro News & Record
Here’s why the Harris and Trump presidential campaigns are targeting the Triad
Politics professor John Dinan explained that “the areas around Winston-Salem, High Point and Greensboro are somewhat closer to being balanced between Republicans and Democrats, compared with Raleigh, Durham and Charlotte, which all lean very heavily Democratic. So, I am not surprised that Republicans in particular are targeting the Triad with visits in the final weeks."
October 31, 2024
Winston-Salem Chronicle
WFU law professor, League of Women Voters oppose constitutional amendment on voting
Law professor Margaret Taylor has urged citizens to vote “no” on the constitutional amendment. She explained in a statement that has gone viral on Facebook, that the current text of the State Constitution mirrors the protections of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by including protections of voting rights for “every person born in the United States” and “every person who has been naturalized.”
October 31, 2024
CBS News
Concerns over 2024 election betting
New data shows more than $100 million has been legally wagered on the Kamala Harris and Donald Trump presidential race. Koleman Strumpf, the Burchfield Presidential Chair of Political Economy at Wake Forest University, joins CBS News for an in-depth interview.
October 31, 2024
The Wall Street Journal
Private equity’s ties to companies’ auditors have never been closer. That worries some regulators.
If there is even a perception that such investments are influencing auditor independence, the financial statements produced by those auditors may lose credibility, said accounting professor Jenelle Conaway. “The intensity with which private equity is getting involved is different from anything we’ve experienced before,” Conaway said. “There’s the potential for the strong influence on the non-audit side to spill over to the audit side through these big firm-level decisions.”
October 30, 2024
Mongabay
COP16: ‘A fund unlike any other’ will pay tropical nations to save forests
"For years now, the world’s wealthiest nations have pledged billions to tropical nations to help them afford to conserve their native forests — an effort that benefits the entire world, especially for the carbon storage those tropical forests provide, as the climate crisis deepens. But those investment promises by donors, have again and again failed to fully materialize. Today, the total funding shortfall for the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals is in the trillions of dollars," writes journalism professor Justin Catanoso, a regular contributor to Mongabay.
October 30, 2024
Baptist News Global
$10 million gift will help Wake Forest Divinity offer no-tuition MDiv – Baptist News Global
Wake Forest University School of Divinity has received a $6.6 million gift from the Griffin Family Trust, the largest individual donation in the school’s history. Combined with an earlier gift from the Griffin family, that brings their support for the divinity school to $10 million.
October 30, 2024
Enlace Latino Nc
What are the implications of the ‘citizens only’ constitutional amendment in North Carolina?
Presidential candidate Donald Trump and several Republican leaders have maintained that noncitizen voting is common across the country. "The idea that non-citizens are voting illegally is not only unfounded, it also reinforces fear and division among demographic groups," said politics professor Betina Wilkinson. "Framing political issues and proposed legislation in terms of security and 'upholding the law' can be effective in increasing voter turnout, creating more political divisions and ultimately winning votes for Republican candidates."
October 30, 2024
WFDD-FM (Winston-Salem, NC)
Panel discussion designed to promote healthy dialogue in turbulent political times
Negative ads, heated campaign rhetoric and more have contributed to a particularly fraught political season. The idea for the workshop began with conversations at Wake Forest University’s School of Divinity between religious leaders from across the region. Looking ahead to the days after the election, they imagined the kinds of issues — fears, tensions, anxieties — people in their faith communities will be faced with in this highly polarized society.
October 29, 2024
Washington Times
Oddsmakers betting big on Donald Trump a week from election
“The message I get right now is the markets are moving in Trump’s favor; they’re favorable to Trump, but they’re not a slam dunk,” said political economics professor Koleman Strumpf. "To me, the markets are always asking the question I’m interested in. At the end of the day, I don’t want to trade in these markets, but I do want to consume the information."
October 28, 2024
Winston-Salem Journal
Forsyth County Sheriffs could get new GPS launchers
Forsyth County sheriff's deputies could be getting 10 GPS launchers to use during police chases. Police can launch the tracker, which is about the size of a small soda can, from a vehicle-mounted compressed air launcher toward the fleeing vehicle during a chase. Law professor Alyse Bertenthal said that the use of GPS trackers before the initiation of a traffic stop could constitute fourth amendment concerns.”
October 28, 2024