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Mongabay
New survey puts human face on pollution caused by U.S. wood pellet mills
"A new groundbreaking survey highlights the human toll from pollution and other quality of life impacts connected to those living near the forest biomass industry's wood pellet mills in the U.S Southeast. While the pellets are an environmentally controversial substitute for coal burned in overseas power plants, awareness is also growing that biomass manufacture poses a public health threat in the mostly poor, rural, minority U.S. communities where the mills operate within a 10-state arc stretching from southern Virginia to Louisiana.
October 24, 2024
Yes! Weekly
Wake Forest to host hundreds of children for Project Pumpkin
Wake Forest students are preparing for one of the University's biggest student-led events. Project Pumpkin will take place on Tuesday, October 29, from 3 to 6 p.m. on Hearn Plaza. Hundreds of Wake Forest student volunteers dressed in costume will welcome children for an afternoon of carnival games, trick-or-treating, music and other entertainment.
October 24, 2024
Fortune
Betting market Kalshi points to a Trump win
Kalshi was far from the first company to venture into the field. The U.S. has a rich history of presidential betting markets, dating back to the late 19th century when trading moved from poolrooms to financial exchanges and eventually Wall Street firms. According to a 2004 paper from economic historians Paul Rhode and Koleman Strumpf, who argued that the rise of polling firms like Gallup led to the dwindling popularity of the betting markets, which had nonetheless done a "remarkable job" forecasting elections.
Strumpf's research was also featured in Vox, Market Watch, Morning Star, Covers, Independent and Bloomberg.
October 23, 2024
T Online
Betting markets bet on former presidents
In this interview with the German news outlet T Online, political economics expert Koleman Strumpf addresses a variety of questions on interpreting betting markets, the possibility of artificially inflating a candidate's chance to win, and how betting markets can be used to gauge political advertising. "Instead of guessing whether a public relations effort has had an impact, one can look at the markets. The advantage of these markets is that they provide instant feedback, unlike polls that take days to conduct."
October 23, 2024
Triad Business Journal
Power 50: Dr. Ebony Boulware, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Dr. Ebony Boulware, dean of Wake Forest University School of Medicine, chief science officer and vice chief academic officer of Advocate Health, has been named a "Power 50" leader by the Triad Business Journal. "While still leading operations in Winston-Salem, Dean Boulware is overseeing the construction of Wake Forest University School of Medicine's second campus in Charlotte...Boulware also launched a $100M philanthropic campaign for the medical school's research initiatives in November that already privately raised $50 million.
October 23, 2024
NC Newsline
North Carolina voters weigh amendment to explicitly bar noncitizens from voting
Politics professor John Dinan, who specializes in state constitutions, wrote in an email that the bill will have no effect on federal elections, such as presidential and congressional races, where federal law explicitly prohibits noncitizens from voting. "Advocates of this amendment are therefore arguing that passage of this amendment would make absolutely clear and certain that no future state court or state legislature or local government in North Carolina could allow non-citizens to vote in state or local elections."
October 23, 2024
Deutsche Welle (DW)
Sports stars weigh in on US election
"Professional athletes are incredibly powerful, especially those that are successful and have established a name for themselves. They often have more social media followers than the president of the United States," said politics professor Betina Wilkinson, who has studied sports activism and is set to release a book on the subject with psychology professor Lisa Kiang next year. "Individuals look up to professional athletes because their identity is tied to those athletes."
October 23, 2024
Podcast: Curious Minds at Work
Emily Austin on a recipe for happiness
What if the recipe for happiness lies in the past, specifically the 2000-year-old past? What if the ancient writings of Greek philosopher Epicurus hold the answers? That's what modern-day philosophy professor Emily Austin argues in her book, "Living for Pleasure: An Epicurean Guide to Life." In this podcast, Austin explains what Epicurus really thought about pleasure and why he made it a cornerstone of his life.
October 21, 2024
Winston-Salem Journal
PTI authority chairman will teach class at Wake Forest School of Law
Paul Mengert, chief executive of Association Management Group, has been invited to teach a class focused on local government at Wake Forest law school. Mengert, an expert in homeowner association management, said he will focus on critical governance issues, including the operation of airports and the role of homeowner associations in North Carolina.
October 18, 2024
Mongabay
Delay of EU deforestation regulation may ‘be excuse to gut law,’ activists fear
"Forest defenders were stunned and concerned by the European Commission’s recent proposal for a 12-month delay in implementation of the EU’s new law to reduce global deforestation and forest degradation. While the European Parliament must still approve that proposal, forest advocates battling the multibillion-dollar wood pellet industry and other commodity sectors fear that the extra time will give the biomass industry, other commodity suppliers and exporting nations an opportunity to weaken or undermine the law’s current modest requirements," writes journalism professor Justin Catanoso, a regular contributor to Mongabay.
October 17, 2024
CNBC
Election prediction markets are in a sprint to prove themselves as forecasting and investing tools
Traders, gamblers and politicos now have new tools to express their views this election cycle in the form of event contracts, but the new markets still need to win over Wall Street power players and the legal system to become investment stars. “My very strong sense is that these markets typically do as well or better than polls, with one important exception being 2016, but nobody got that right,” said Koleman Strumpf, the Burchfield presidential chair of political economy at Wake Forest University.
October 15, 2024
Courier Tribune
Early voting kicks off statewide
Early voting kicks off on October 17 for this year’s general election. Politics professor John Dinan said that some trends with the election can be seen based on patterns of who turns out for early voting, but it’s not necessarily a way to project outcomes.
October 15, 2024