Get ready for noise. In the coming weeks, billions of cicadas will emerge across the mid-Atlantic and midwest. This particular group of periodical cicadas, deemed “Brood X” by scientists, has been...
As we enter the 14th month of the COVID-19 pandemic, many are weary of the endless lockdown procedures, the mask mandates and the social distancing protocols. With the introduction of various vaccines,...
Izzy McMahon, Contributing Writer
• April 22, 2021
On a bustling Monday morning outside the Winston-Salem Urban League’s office on N. Trade treet, volunteers sporting yellow vests greeted Winston Salem residents as they arrived for COVID-19 vaccines.
At...
The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have recommended that states pause administration of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine until at least this...
Dr. Jennifer Burg, a computer science professor at Wake Forest, is using algorithms to predict patterns in music, illustrating important intercepts between the arts and sciences
Listening to counterpoint...
Similar to scanning a QR code to read a menu at a COVID-19-friendly restaurant, the Biden administration is working to implement some sort of a code, accessible on devices, to document proof of vaccination....
In addition to the blooming colors of spring popping up on campus, yellow tree tags have begun appearing as well.
These tags are a part of an annual Office of Sustainability campaign to raise awareness...
On March 31, federal officials confirmed that a manufacturing facility in Baltimore, Md. contaminated nearly 15 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, according to the Washington Post.
Emergent...
Associate Professor of Psychology Dr. Eranda Jayawickreme asks a broad question in his research: In what ways do peoples’ personalities differ?
For something that seems so central to day-to-day life,...
Turner Jones, Contributing Writer
• March 25, 2021
Until the pandemic struck, Lee McKeithan spent his days wandering the streets downtown or living in crowded congregate homeless shelters.
Now, after living in a hotel room provided by the Medically Fragile...
This week, Europe has succumbed to yet another wave of COVID-19 cases amid multiple countries’ decisions to pause AstraZeneca vaccinations.
The chaos started when Norway and Denmark suspended the use...
This past Saturday, March 14, Charles M. Allen Professor of Biology, Dr. Gloria Muday, was finalizing her lesson plan on Aspartate transcarbamoylase (all eight syllables of it), a catalyst that aids in...
