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Arizona Daily Star
What is work-life balance, really?
If you want to learn about what “work-life balance” really means, ask Wendy Casper. Wendy teamed up with business professor Julie Holliday Wayne to understand what balance really is. Their research found that to be balanced we need to be involved and effective and feel good about the roles we really care about, whereas those roles we care little about won’t really impact our sense of balance. Bottom line: it’s about what matters most.
September 22, 2023
E&E News
EPA is not part of Biden’s climate corps. Why?
Stan Meiburg, who served 39 years at EPA, including as acting deputy assistant administrator during the Obama administration, said he was “slightly, but not existentially” surprised that his former agency was not part of the American Climate Corps. “The places where these climate corps people may be deployed is where these agencies have real assets on the ground — properties, wildlife refuges, parks, national forests, conservation areas,” he said. Meiburg is the executive director of the newly renamed Andrew Sabin Family Center for Environment and Sustainability.
September 21, 2023
Winston-Salem Journal
‘It’s straining the imagination’: N.C. Democrats don’t support linking Medicaid expansion to gaming
The tight-knotting of Medicaid expansion with proposals of four new casinos and statewide video gaming terminals appears to have little support among state House and Senate Democrats. “The remaining questions are whether there will be enough votes to pass the separate bill containing gambling expansion, Medicaid expansion, and a number of earmarks for particular spending projects,” said politics professor John Dinan.
September 20, 2023
Fast Company
Video games like ‘Starfield’ are creating a new generation of classical music fans
Aaron Harding, music professor and director of the University Orchestra, writes: A 2018 poll conducted by the U.K.’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra found that more young people are exposed to classical music through video games than through attending live performances. The increasing complexity of video games means composers are once again pushing boundaries through expanded sound palettes. Many modern game titles incorporate symphonic music needed to provide the emotional and atmospheric underpinning of the game experience.
September 19, 2023
The New York Times
With a new formula, U.S. News rankings boost some state universities
U.S. News & World Report released on Monday the results of what it said was the most substantive overhaul of its 40-year-old college rankings empire. President Wente joined the University of Chicago and Tulane, among others, in commenting on the changes to ranking methodology. “Wake Forest has never made decisions or determined university strategy based on chasing rankings such as those from U.S. News,” said Susan R. Wente. “We do not intend to start now.”
September 18, 2023
WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
VP Harris to visit NC A&T State University today to continue her ‘Fight for Our Freedoms’ tour
“It’s important for the Democratic National Party to invest in North Carolina, not just with an eye toward mobilizing voters for the presidential tickets,” said politics professor John Dinan. “There’s also a critical gubernatorial race and other races going on.”
September 15, 2023
WBTS-TV (Boston, MA)
Harvard’s morgue scandal is part of ‘a much larger story’ in trading human remains
“It’s not a black market, it’s sort of a grey market,” law professor Tanya Marsh explains of the human remains trade. Marsh teaches a course on funeral and cemetery law and is author of the book, “The Law of Human Remains.” “In 42 states it’s completely legal to sell human remains in brick-and-mortar stores,” she said. “There is no federal law specifically stating that selling human remains is illegal.”
September 14, 2023
Black Enterprise
Unlocking the power of faith communities to combat HIV/AIDS in the South
“The Black Church is one of the most important autonomous institutions that Black people have,” said School of Divinity scholar, researcher and administrator Shonda Jones. “It is an institution that is owned and cared for by Black people for Black people, and its connection to our communities and social advocacy cannot be overlooked—it is a matter of life and death.” Jones is Principal Investigator of Gilead’s COMPASS Initiative Faith Coordinating Center and a member of its HIV and Faith Advisory Board.
September 14, 2023
Carolina Public Press
Latino votes drop in N.C.: Why it happened and why some Latinos are voting Republican
Spanish-language misinformation often spreads across popular sites used by Latinos like WhatsApp, politics and international affairs professor Betina Cutaia Wilkinson said in an interview last year with Wake Forest News. “Many Latinos rely on social media or messages from peers to learn about elections instead of more reliable sources.”
September 14, 2023
Axios
Budget proposal could include new limits on suing North Carolina employees
“There’s no doubt in my mind that folks who are injured by the negligence of a public employee get a raw deal here,” David Pishko, a trial lawyer and professor at Wake Forest University Law who teaches a course called Suing Government. “We’re giving some benefit to the wrongdoer.”
September 13, 2023
Triad Business Journal
Wake Forest Trustee Don Flow, CEO of Flow Automotive, awarded North Carolina’s top honor
The CEO of one of the largest automotive dealerships in the Triad and one of Winston-Salem’s civic leaders has received North Carolina’s highest honor. Wake Forest Trustee Don Flow, chairman and CEO of Flow Automotive in Winston-Salem, received The Order of the Long Leaf Pine award at a ceremony at Greater Winston-Salem’s annual meeting. The award has been given by N.C. governors since 1963 to “persons who have made significant contributions to the state and their communities through their exemplary service and exceptional accomplishments.”
September 13, 2023
HealthDay News
Kids have already ‘normalized’ gender roles by preschool
Families should include children in household tasks, added psychology professor Deborah Best. “Girls can take out the trash, and boys can wash dishes,” said Best. “Parents should include kids in the discussion of household tasks, and both parents should participate in all tasks, providing role models for the kids.”
September 12, 2023