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Professor’s research closing the green gap and stakeholder influence

May 8, 2024

In the world of business, there's a race towards becoming more environmentally friendly. Some companies are leading the charge, while others find themselves lagging behind. Researchers Drew Peabody, assistant professor of finance, and his co-researcher, Hirofumi Nishi studied how these "lagging firms" decided to catch up, influenced by the eyes of their spectators — the stakeholders.

In My Words: In the age of AIs, what are humans good for?

May 8, 2024

In this column distributed by the Ƶ Writers Syndicate, Lee Rainie, director of The Imagining the Digital Future Center at Ƶ, considers how the growing capabilities of artificial intelligence systems are prompting a rethinking of what it means to be human. The column was published by The Virginian-Pilot, the Winston-Salem Journal and the Greensboro News & Record.