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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
Morningstar
Retail traders are beating big firms
The earliest form of prediction markets on Wall Street took shape around 1884, with betting on the outcome of presidential elections, according to economics professor Koleman Strumpf. In more recent decades, these markets have occasionally been confronted with ethical dilemmas over the propriety of betting on geopolitical outcomes, and described by some critics as “terrorism betting parlors.” Despite the naysayers, experts said prediction markets can play a vital role in society, are reasonably efficient, and tend to perform well.
May 15, 2024
Hyperallergic
America’s first student-acquired art collection reflects the times
Earlier this year, Wake Forest University celebrated the 60th year of this program — and the 16 trips that have taken place since the program’s inception — with a selection of works obtained by previous generations of students. The exhibition, Of the Times: Sixty Years of Student-Acquired Art at Wake Forest University at the Charlotte & Phillip Hanes Art Gallery, was curated by Jennifer Finkel, who also contributed to the catalog, along with Leigh Ann Hallberg and J. D. Wilson.
May 14, 2024
Stars and Stripes
US troops’ Niger exit should spur better strategy
“The U.S. departure from Niger is painful for the U.S. military, but also an opportunity for change. Let’s hope U.S. policymakers can seize that opportunity and move to less force-based approaches better-suited for U.S. interests and good for Africans too,” writes politics and international affairs professor William Walldorf.
May 14, 2024
Inter-American Dialogue
Chile’s government is considering tougher security measures and new antiterrorism laws after armed assailants killed three police officers in the country’s Biobío region. “Chile remains relatively safe – and Santiago is a far safer national capital than most in Latin America,” said politics and international affairs professor Peter Siavelis. “Government statistics show that the rise in violent crime is due mainly to criminal gang activity, often with foreign ties. These connections have prompted Chileans to view rising crime as a problem of illegal immigration.”
May 14, 2024
Triad Business Journal
How WFU School of Medicine students are working to enhance global health, equity
Global health refers to the practice that aims to improve health for individuals around the world in an interdisciplinary fashion. The focus of this approach is to understand emerging health challenges – driven by social, cultural, economic and environmental factors – that can contribute to health inequities.
May 14, 2024
The Charlotte Ledger
Freestanding emergency rooms are springing up across the Charlotte region to serve patients, no hospital required. Experts said the centers are typically part of a hospital strategy to target higher income, privately insured patients and funnel them into their system instead of a competitor’s. “It’s about blanketing your market space and increasing your share of the market,” said economics professor Tina Marsh Dalton, who studies health policy.
May 13, 2024
Winston-Salem Journal
EPA mandates PFAS reporting: What does it mean for Winston-Salem’s water quality?
“Winston-Salem is fortunate as most of our water comes from the Yadkin River,” noted Stan Meiburg, executive director of the Sabin Family Center for Environment and Sustainability at Wake Forest University, in an interview with the Journal. “The river serves as a good water source because there are few discharges upstream from Winston Salem.”
May 13, 2024