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WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
Students in Winston-Salem will meet CDC Director Mandy Cohen
Cohen has dedicated her career to improving health and wellbeing in North Carolina and nationwide,’ said Wake Forest President Susan R. Wente. “As a physician and leader, Dr. Cohen has dedicated her career to improving health and wellbeing in North Carolina and nationwide,’ said Wake Forest University President Susan R. Wente in a press release. “Our graduates are called to embody Pro Humanitate in the world. Dr. Cohen’s life and career demonstrate a commitment to this same calling.”
February 22, 2024
Cointelegraph
Would Sam Altman’s $7 trillion ask really secure our future?
“Innovating responsibly and making sure that AI systems are — safe, secure, and trustworthy will secure our collective future. This may not be Sam Altman’s way, but it’s the right way,” writes Wake Forest School of Business financial technology & analytics faculty Merav Ozair.
February 21, 2024
Winston-Salem Journal
Who’s speaking at Wake Forest’s commencement? Hint: She was on TV a lot during the pandemic
Dr. Mandy Cohen, director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and former N.C. health secretary, will deliver Wake Forest University’s commencement address on May 20. The ceremony will take place on Hearn Plaza and begins at 9 a.m.While Cohen served nearly six years as North Carolina’s health secretary, during the initial 21 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, she became the calming face of the state’s response, in particular during Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s press conferences.
February 21, 2024
Yes! Weekly
Director for the CDC, Dr. Mandy K. Cohen, to deliver 2024 commencement address
Baccalaureate speaker will be Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics Rev. Gary Dorrien(Winston-Salem, N.C. – Feb. 21, 2024) –One of the nation’s top health leaders, Dr. Mandy K. Cohen, will deliver Wake Forest University’s commencement address on Monday, May 20. The ceremony will take place on Hearn Plaza and begins at 9 a.m. Dr. Cohen is the Director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
February 21, 2024
NPR: The Indicator from Planet Money
Could fake horns end illegal rhino poaching?
In business, the million-dollar question is how to get people to buy stuff. But in wildlife conservation, the challenge is: how do we get people to not buy stuff? Economics professor Fred Chen shares his expertise on whether fake horns can end illegal rhino poaching.
February 20, 2024
Life and Health Advisor
“While there is uncertainty about how effective interest rates are, there is consensus among economists that raising interest rates does lower inflation somewhat. However, interest rates are a blunt tool and rising interest rates can have widely varying impacts on households and businesses depending on their financial situation. For example, someone who wants to buy a house in early 2024 with a 7% mortgage rate is severely disadvantaged relative to someone who bought a house in 2021 with a 3% mortgage rate,” said economics professor Aeimit Lakdawala.
February 20, 2024
Winston-Salem Journal
Piedmont Federal Bank removes ‘savings’ from name in brand refresh
The rebranding should help the financial institution broaden its appeal, said marketing professor Roger Beahm. “By having previously been positioned as a savings bank through its name, Piedmont Federal may not have been viewed as competing for the same broader audience of banking customers as commercial banks — particularly in the area of loan origination. Brands are perceived based on what you tell them you are.”
February 20, 2024
Yahoo! Finance
China’s foreign minister still starts the year with a trip to Africa
When Qian Qichen, then China’s foreign minister, visited Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania in January 1991, he set the ball rolling for what Chinese state media called an “unstoppable trend. “Since then Chinese foreign ministers have chosen African nations as their first overseas stop each year. Politics and international studies professor Lina Benabdallah said one of the most appealing aspects was “precisely the continuity and the track record of the tradition.” She added, “This has established a narrative of stability and of continuous prioritizing of China-Africa relations.”
February 19, 2024
techguide.org
Wake Forest University School of Business is ranked #12 in TechGuide’s latest 2024 rankings for the Master’s in Business Analytics. A master’s in business analytics program (also known as an MSBA) helps prepare students for careers in data analysis or data science – making predictions about future processes and trends that could affect business decisions.
February 18, 2024
Winston-Salem Journal
Assistant Professors of Physics Ajay Ram Srimath Kandada and Stephen M. Winter have each been granted National Science Foundation CAREER awards, which recognize the best and brightest talent in the United States. Together, the two grants total more than $1 million. The five-year grants are awarded to junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through research and education.
February 18, 2024
Winston-Salem Journal
A memoir and a warning: Liz Cheney tells the story of Jan. 6
The most jarring part of Liz Cheney’s book, “Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning,” may not be the writing, which is riveting, but the photographs. Cheney, who will speak to a sell-out audience at Wake Forest University on Feb. 22, came of age in that party and eventually held her father’s seat in Congress.
February 18, 2024
NPR: All Things Considered
What happens when a wind farm comes to a coal town?
Economist Mark Curtis has studied this shift in the workforce. “We found that of workers that were leaving fossil fuel jobs, certainly less than 2% ended up in a renewable energy job. So it’s not a lot. And in a place like West Virginia, it was even smaller than that. Approximately 0.25% of workers that left fossil-fuel jobs were going to renewable energy jobs.”
February 16, 2024