Baylor in the News – April 19-May 2, 2020

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WACO, Texas (May 2, 2020) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in local and national media stories as they shared their research and expertise on a variety of topics, including COVID-19 related stories on remote teaching, sleep patterns, nursing and supply chain disruptions.

April 20, 2020

KCEN-TV: Baylor 3D printers making a difference for healthcare workers
VIDEO: When Baylor University Libraries saw the need for personal protective equipment for (PPE) for local hospitals, they used their 3D printers to fill the gap by printing hundreds of surgical mask tension-relief bands for doctors, nurses and other health care professionals. This story also was covered by KWKT-TV.

April 24, 2020

Baylor Connections: Mona Choucair and Anne Jeffrey
AUDIO: On this Baylor Connections, Baylor faculty members Dr. Mona Choucair, Ph.D., senior lecturer of English and Faculty-in-Residence at South Russell Hall, and Anne Jeffrey, Ph.D., assistant professor of philosophy, share lessons in building community and engaging with students remotely during COVID-19.

April 25, 2020

C-SPAN3: 1890s Growing American Internationalism
VIDEO: Baylor history professor David Smith, Ph.D., teaches this class on the growth of the internationalist worldview in 1890s America, arguing that economic, moral and political impulses caused Americans to consider a larger role in the world for their nation.

April 26, 2020

Inverse: Sleep and COVID-19: Experts Offer 7 Tips for not Feeling so Exhausted
Michael Scullin, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience and director of the Sleep Neuroscience and Cognition Laboratory at Baylor, is among the sleep experts quoted in this article about how COVID-19 has affected our sleep.

April 27, 2020

EurekAlert: Alcoholics Anonymous Method Can Mesh Well with Other Treatments for Alcohol Misuse, Baylor University Researcher Says
New research from Sara Dolan, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology and neuroscience and director of the Psy.D. program, finds that AA's 12-step program and other treatments like cognitive behavioral therapy can mesh well. The research was featured on several science news websites, including Psych Central and ScienMag. Austin American-Statesman: COMMENTARY
Baylor English professor Greg Garrett, Ph.D., writes about how disasters have a way of exposing fault lines in American society we might prefer to ignore. -->

KTRK-TV (Houston/ABC): Deer Park nurse helped battle COVID-19 in NY
VIDEO: Debra Tibbetts, BA (Psychology) ’83, BSN (Nursing) ’84, a nurse and mother of three, is interviewed about answering the call to leave Texas to help fight the coronavirus on the front lines in New York, adding that "I went to nursing school at Baylor University, and our theme is to learn to lead and to serve and I take that to heart."

April 28, 2020

The New York Times: With Campuses Closed, College Tours Move Online
This New York Times article about online college tours mentions how Baylor is allowing high school students to take online courses this summer and posting dozens of selfies from faculty and students offering personal pitches for the school.

Patheos: “Flying by Foy” in the classroom: face-to-face teaching as live theater, wires, pulleys, and all
Elesha Coffman, Ph.D., who teaches American intellectual history and religious history at Baylor, writes about in this semester of Coronavirus, how professors who are accustomed to face-to-face teaching had to think hard about what they did in the classroom and how to translate that work into an online environment.

April 30, 2020

KWBU-FM: Business Review - 30 Seconds To Success
AUDIO: Greg Leman, Ph.D., clinical professor of entrepreneurship, helps people dream big by teaching them how to make ideas bite-sized. As director of Launch, an innovative business accelerator, Leman says a great idea needs to be concise enough to fit on a cocktail napkin.

Gizmodo: The Scientists Who Won't Give Up on the Warp Drive
Gerald Cleaver, Ph.D., professor of physics and director of the physics graduate program, is among the scientists quoted in this article about warp drive theory.

May 1, 2020

Austin American-Statesman: Austin-area nurse battles coronavirus on hospital floors and in the classroom
Gillian “Gidge” Lukes is interviewed about her 70-hour work week running a floor of 200 employees by day at an Austin Ascension Seton hospital while also a full-time nursing doctoral candidate at Baylor’s Louise Herrington School of Nursing.

Baylor Connections: Pedro Reyes
On Baylor Connections, Pedro Reyes, Ph.D., associate professor of operations and supply chain management, shares lessons in “Supply Chain 101,” detailing how disruptions lead to a domino effect and analyzing how supply chain professionals can process current challenges to ensure more products on the shelves when consumers need them.

CNN: When religion is dangerous for your health
Jeff Levin, Ph.D., University Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health at Baylor and author of "Religion and Medicine: A History of the Encounter Between Humanity's Two Greatest Institutions," is interviewed by CNN about the complex relationship between spirituality and healing.

National Science Foundation: Listening to classical music while you sleep may improve test scores
VIDEO: Baylor University sleep researchers with funding from the National Science Foundation have discovered that college students who listened to classical music during a computer-interactive lecture and then later during sleep improved test scores.

Waco Tribune-Herald: Matthew Lee Anderson: Face masks demonstrate our concern for fellow citizens, clients
Matthew Lee Anderson, Ph.D., a post-doctoral research fellow at Baylor’s Institute for Studies of Religion, writes about how covering our faces for a season to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is a small cost to pay for the opportunity to go out again in public.

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