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WFDD-FM (Winston-Salem, NC)
What’s at stake for education in the NC superintendent of public instruction race?
Two Republicans and three Democrats are running for North Carolina superintendent — a role overseeing the state’s public education system. According to Dani Parker Moore, the director of the Schools, Education and Society minor at Wake Forest, it’s a race to watch. “We’re in a perfect storm of thinking about public education,” she said. “A new governor, new superintendent, parents’ rights advocates bills, the expansion of vouchers to go to private schools, and our current governor has sounded the alarm that public education is under fire.”
February 29, 2024
The Conversation
With its bright colors, easy-to-learn rules and familiar music, the video game Tetris has endured as a pop culture icon over the last 40 years. Many people, like me, have been playing the game for decades, and it has evolved to adapt to new technologies like game systems, phones and tablets. But until January 2024, nobody had ever been able to beat it. A teen from Oklahoma holds the Tetris title after he crashed the game on Level 157 and beat the game.
This article was picked up in outlets worldwide including Fast Company and the Washington Post.
February 28, 2024
Business Insider
Gen Z like ‘safety capitalism”
Christina Elson, the executive director of the Center for the Study of Capitalism at Wake Forest University, told Business Insider that many young people had embraced an idea she calls “safety capitalism.” Elson said: “The issue is the bottom. What is the appropriate bottom living standard for an American citizen, and what role should the government have in ensuring that people don’t fall below that?”
February 28, 2024
EWTN: Kresta in the Afternoon
Senior Fellow and economics professor Robert Whaples, editor of “Pope Francis and the Caring Society” and “Is Social Justice Just?,” discusses the federal government’s budget and its deficit. The national debt is $34 trillion, which is larger than the GDP. Interest rates have also increased dramatically. What are the ramifications of this and what should we do about it?
February 28, 2024
Business Recorder
Longer working hours, productivity: there is no correlation
People used to work around 70 hours per week in the 1800s. With 6 days a week that amounts to almost 12 hours per day. But as things improved the work hours began to decrease. Economics professor Robert Whaples, has prepared a detailed timeline of this evolution. The modern day workday was established by Henry Ford at Ford Motor Company in 1926 where people worked 8 hours a day, 5 days a week.
February 27, 2024
WFDD-FM (Winston-Salem, NC)
New study shows North Carolina rail’s economic impact
A new report breaks down the impact of North Carolina’s rail system on the state’s economy. “There’s literally no way we have right now of transporting goods across land that has a lower carbon footprint than trains,” said economics Associate Teaching Professor Todd McFall. “So, the extent to which we can use trains to our advantage will be good in terms of environmental protections so long as we maintain safety standards that are going to stop things from spilling or contaminating waterways or agricultural areas.”
February 27, 2024
Winston-Salem Journal
Are you a woman 50 or older and overweight? Join this university study
According to Health and Exercise Science professor Shannon Mihalko, knee osteoarthritis (OA) ranks as the third most common diagnosis for hospital inpatient stays. It’s also the leading cause of disability among adults, affecting women at nearly twice the rate as men. Plus, interventions designed to slow or stop knee OA progression have failed.
February 27, 2024
Mirage News
Weight loss, exercise may ward off osteoarthritis in women
In an extensive clinical study spanning two continents, Wake Forest University researchers will determine whether the most common treatments for osteoarthritis – weight loss and exercise – also help prevent women from developing the degenerative joint disease.
February 26, 2024
NPR
This is what happens when a wind farm comes to a coal town
Economist Mark Curtis at Wake Forest University in North Carolina has studied this shift in the workforce.”We found that of workers that were leaving fossil fuel jobs, less than 2% ended up in a renewable energy job,” he said. “In a place like West Virginia, it was even smaller than that. Approximately a quarter percent of workers that left fossil fuel jobs were going to renewable energy jobs.”
February 26, 2024
Winston-Salem Journal
Mark Robinson, Josh Stein remain favorites for North Carolina governor in latest poll
“Certainly, a number of Republican activists and officials are looking strongly at alternatives to Mark Robinson as a gubernatorial candidate,” said politics professor John Dinan. “Dale Folwell has the most extensive governing experience of any candidate in the Republican field, as well as a record of governance that could be expected to appeal to a wide group of Republicans and also unaffiliated voters in a general election campaign.”
February 26, 2024
Business News Articles
W. Clark Goodman has been inducted into the Marquis Who’s Who Biographical Registry
Mr. Goodman also applies his experience as a dispute resolution attorney in his capacity as an adjunct professor at Wake Forest University School of Law, where he teaches courses in domestic and international arbitration.
February 23, 2024
Winston-Salem Journal
Biden allocates $361M for NC’s essential water infrastructure
Stan Meiburg, executive director of Sabin Family Center for Environment and Sustainability at Wake Forest University, described the allocation as a “lifetime opportunity” for North Carolina. “In my own career, I’ve never seen the kind of money that was available in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for this purpose,” Meiburg said. “It’s just good news all the way around.”
February 23, 2024