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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
ABC News
McDonald’s may consider $5 value meal as food prices continue to soar
Marketing professor Roger Beahm told ABC News that much has changed since the COVID-19 pandemic. “Before the pandemic, consumers tended to shop primarily at one grocery store — the pandemic was very disruptive,” he said. “Consumers couldn’t get a lot of the products that they wanted at one particular store. So they actually started shopping in more retail grocery stores.”
May 13, 2024
Spectrum News NY1
N.C. comedian brings representation to the stage
Psychology professor E.J. Masicampo knew he was destined to be in front of a crowd. He said that growing up he thought he would be the new Magic Johnson. Instead, he has found an audience in the classroom, as an associate professor of psychology at Wake Forest University, and at comedy venues, where he does standup.
May 12, 2024
USTimeToday
Understanding how protein can help you lose weight
“Your body is constantly turning over these tissues,” said health and exercise science professor Kristen M. Beavers, Ph.D. The turnover rate fluctuates throughout your life. Early on, you gain more muscle mass than you lose. Once you reach your 30s and 40s, you’ll break even. After that, there is a loss of around 1 to 2% per year, she added.
May 12, 2024
Winston-Salem Journal
A former student at Central Davidson High and his parents are suing the Davidson County School
A 16-year-old former student at Central Davidson High School in Lexington and his parents are suing Davidson County school officials for suspending him for three days in April. Law professor J. Wilson Parker said that rulings in three cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court “have been extremely deferential to school claims of needing to maintain discipline” while recognizing students’ constitutional rights.
May 12, 2024
WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
Senior Services Intergenerational Center for Arts and Wellness has something for everyone
“I believe we come into this world dancing, and there’s no reason we shouldn’t go on dancing throughout the lifespan,” dance professor Christina Soriano tells Chief Meteorologist Lanie Pope in WXII’s series on the Intergenerational Center for Arts and Wellness in Winston-Salem. Soriano’s class is designed for those with or caring for persons with Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease. Music adjunct faculty member John Beck is also featured in this piece for his community drumming classes.
May 10, 2024
The Conversation
Why some people receiving federal benefits don’t consider themselves poor
Cultural anthropology professor Sherri Lawson Clark’s research takes her into the homes and neighborhoods of people living in poverty in cities and rural communities throughout the U.S. “To better understand their day-to-day lives, I also have spent time in grocery stores, churches, nightclubs, parks and health clinics. I’ve asked countless questions…But of all the answers, none has perplexed me more than the one I receive when I ask, ‘Are you poor?’ Not one has ever answered yes,” she writes.
May 9, 2024
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
Wake Forest junior awarded prestigious Pulitzer Fellowship
The Pulitzer Center has selected Melina Traiforos, a third-year English major and journalism and marketing communications minor, as Wake Forest’s 2024 Reporting Fellow. Traiforos will receive a $3,000 stipend to report on Black maternal health disparities and inequalities low-income women face in the health care system.
May 9, 2024