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Unpacking gun culture In America
In a Pew Research Center survey conducted in 2023, 72% of U.S. gun owners say protection is a major reason they own a gun. That far surpasses the number of gun owners who cite other reasons including hunting and sport shooting. Wake Forest University Professor of Sociology David Yamane, an internationally recognized authority on gun ownership in the United States, offers insights about the nearly 100 million American civilians who own firearms.
May 30, 2024
Diverse: Issues In Higher Education
Brown appointed Chancellor at Winston-Salem State University
Bonita J. Brown has been named Chancellor of Winston-Salem State University. “It is a true honor and a privilege to return home to lead this great institution,” said Brown. She holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Wake Forest University and a juris doctor degree from Wake Forest University School of Law.
May 30, 2024
Nature
Competitive eating in Serengeti
A study led by biology professor Michael Anderson used data from a camera-trap survey, GPS-collared herbivores and fecal DNA to analyze the timing, arrival order and interactions among the animals in the park. “Our study provides a glimpse of what terrestrial ecosystems across Australia, Eurasia and the Americas, might have looked like when communities of large herbivorous mammals roamed freely across these continents,” Anderson said.
May 29, 2024
The Charlotte Observer
Some pardon applicants in NC wait years. Experts point to broken system.
“There’s no procedure, so there’s no due process,” said law professor Mark Rabil, who directs the school’s Innocence and Justice Clinic.
May 29, 2024
BroadwayWorld
Latest news, videos & tickets from Broadway
The NC Black Repertory Company, in conjunction with the School of Divinity and Wake the Arts, have announced dates for the world premieres of two plays whose playwrights, JuCoby Johnson and Eljon Wardally, each won a $10,000 commission announced in September 2022. “Finding Holy Ground” is funded by a $250,000 grant received by Wake Forest from the Henry Luce Foundation.
May 28, 2024
Winston-Salem Journal
‘Go and do good’ – Wake Forest honors class of 2024
Wake Forest University conducted Monday graduation ceremonies for its Class of 2024, the first in which undergraduates spent their entire college years living and learning under the COVID-19 pandemic’s shadow. Both Wake Forest president Susan Wente and commencement speaker Dr. Mandy Cohen urged the more than 1,226 undergraduates and nearly 800 graduate students to exit the Reynolda campus being truly intentional on living out the Pro Humanitate (For Humanity) motto.
WXII, WFDD, WRAL, WFMY, and Spectrum News also covered commencement.
May 21, 2024
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Embracing 50/50 custody is best for children
Experts argue that with effective communication and cooperation between parents, challenges can be overcome. Linda Nielsen, a professor of adolescent and educational psychology at Wake Forest, suggests that parents can work together to create consistent routines and rules across households, providing stability for the children.
May 18, 2024
POLITICO
Most of the academic programs that place Washington interns steer students away from virtual internships: “Why would you come to Washington for a semester if you’re going to be working remotely two days a week or more?” said Jennifer Richwine, who runs Wake Forest University’s program in the capital. “If you’re in person, you’re learning just from osmosis of being in an office. They don’t get to do that if you’re working remotely, or if no one’s there.” �
May 17, 2024
Independent Tribune
Krispy Kreme launches Dolly Parton-inspired doughnut flavors
Marketing professor Roger Beahm said the Parton-themed doughnuts flavors can “create an emotional connection with consumers by offering this new line of limited-edition doughnuts with a likeable persona with strong market appeal.”
May 17, 2024
WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
For 2024 college seniors, graduation will be even sweeter
“It’s going to be crazy,” said senior Ceyana Young. “I’m excited. It’s going to be so fun.” For her and other WFU seniors, the experience means more than it would for most. “To not have that experience in high school to be able to walk across the stage — it does feel like I’m about to live a movie scene,” she said. “It’s going to be a surreal experience.”
May 17, 2024
TurfNet
Cracking the generation gap is no game – or is it?
When it comes to attracting and keeping help on the golf course, the “it’s my way, or the highway” management style probably has lost much of its effectiveness — at least as it pertains to traditional seasonal employees. It’s very hierarchical,” said Amy Wallis, professor of organizational behavior and ethics in the Wake Forest’s School of Business. “There is a difference between the relationship between a superintendent and kids who are brand new to golf or college kids working over summer break and superintendents and, say, their assistants.”
May 16, 2024
Winston-Salem Journal
Forsyth County DA Jim O’Neill soundly defeated in GOP runoff for lieutenant governor
Politics professor John Dinan said that Hal Weatherman, who graduated from Wake Forest, ran an effective statewide campaign. Weatherman “had the most active presence around the state of any other Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, both in the lead-up to the original March primary and ahead of this week’s runoff primary election.”
May 16, 2024