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Lions in the balance

Conflict between predators and people have existed as long as we have. Most large predators were eradicated from North America and Europe over the past few hundred years. And even as we have cemented ourselves securely atop the global food web we still sometimes find […]


Climate change policy in NC

On talk shows and political fronts across the United States, the battle to be right about climate change — and possibly save Earth — is playing out. The panel discussion at Wake Forest on April 24 became a microcosm of that battle as the […]


Celebration of the inaugural Masters in Sustainability class

On May 7th, the inaugural class of Wake Forest Masters in Sustainability (MASus) graduate students and the program faculty celebrated their time together, and the tremendous amount of work it took to reach graduation, with an end-of-year reception. Two students were acknowledged as having particularly […]


PRO+ECT event reveals ocean issues

For a conservation event with potentially apocalyptic connotations, Thursday’s PRO+ECT (Pledging Responsibility for Oceans and Environmental Change Today) event in Brendle Recital Hall was frank, optimistic and self-aware: panelist and scientist Nancy Knowlton even pledged to keep audience members “not utterly depressed,” to noticeable […]


The Real Price of Gold

If you take a look at your hands, your wrists, or your neck, you will likely see something special, precious even. It is quite dense, glows with an almost aura-like quality, and, as of press time, costs about $1,350 an ounce. The material – gold […]


Four Universities Solar Consortium in the Piedmont NC Triad

What do 300 suns, boat hull construction, Cool Energy engines, water splitting, GaAs nanowires and piedmont North Carolina have in common?  They are pieces of a green energy puzzle that students and faculty of four Piedmont Triad universities are trying to assemble.  Teams from Wake […]


Community of Scholars Grows

Eleven faculty members from across the disciplinary spectrum came together on May 15-16, 2013 for the 2nd annual Magnolias Curriculum Project. This year’s workshop was facilitated by alumni from last year’s inaugural project: Sarah Mason (mathematics) and Luke Johnston (religion). The aims of the […]


Joel Salatin: How can we afford it?

Joel Salatin, a self-described “Christian-libertarian-environmentalist-capitalist-lunatic-farmer” delivered an informative lecture as part of orientation for the incoming class of 2017. The presentation, which was open to all members of the Wake Forest community, was the denouement in the summer academic project on food access and […]


What Do We Owe the Future: Good for me, good for us?

In March, CEES welcomed a host of panelist to discuss the intersection of economic interests, the environment, and the future of human community. The panel included Larry Rasmussen, Professor of Social Ethics Emeriti (Union Theological Seminary), Julia Agyeman, Professor of Urban Environmental Policy and Planning […]


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