Baylor In the News – September 13-19, 2020

WACO, Texas (Sept. 20, 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 subjects, including a national grant awarded to Baylor psychology and neurology professors, COVID-19 related stories on technology, local businesses and campus protocols; and topics on education, film, history and race.

Sept. 13, 2020

Scientia Global: Hypnosis: A Mind-Body Solution for Hot Flushes and Sleep Post-Menopause and in Breast Cancer Survivors

Professor Gary Elkins, Ph.D., professor of psychology and neuroscience and director of the Mind-Body Medicine Research Laboratory at Baylor, is featured in this article highlighting his research on clinical hypnosis and how it can be used to alleviate hot flashes and sleep disturbances in breast cancer survivors and post-menopausal women.

Sept. 16, 2020

Baylor Lariat: 57% of honors students stay with program through graduation

Douglass Henry, Ph.D., dean of the Honors College, shares insight on the program’s benefits and ways Baylor faculty and staff are able to support students.

Baylor Lariat: Freeze! Put on your mask

This article highlights the importance of wearing a mask on and the different strategies Baylor has implemented to stop the spread of COVID-19.

Baylor Lariat: Food trucks bring local community into Baylor bubble during pandemic era

Jordy Dickey, assistant director of student union at Baylor, is quoted in this article about the new initiative Baylor has established in partnership with local food trucks to serve on campus throughout the fall semester.

Sept. 17, 2020

Market Scale: Instructional Design Tech Improves Remote Higher Ed

Baylor University’s launch of the new learning management system that can be implemented into online, hybrid and face-to-face instruction in partnership with iDesign, a Dallas-based independent instructional design firm.

Sept. 18, 2020

Waco Tribune-Herald: Local achievements: Sept. 18, 2020

Corey Carbonara, Ph.D., professor of film and digital media, is featured in this article for being awarded the Excellence in Education Medal from the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE). Carbonara is a SMPTE Fellow, has taught at Baylor for over 30 years and will be recognized virtually at the SMPTE Annual Conference Nov. 11-12.

The National Tribune: ‘Measuring measurable:’ Baylor Researchers Earn Grant to Test Spiritual Impact of Art

Baylor psychology and neuroscience researchers Sarah Schnitker, Ph.D., associate professor, and Wade Rowatt, Ph.D., professor, received a grant of over $230,000 from the Templeton Religious Trust through their “Art Seeking Understanding” focus to support interdisciplinary research.

ABC 25 Central Texas: Trailblazer goes from being one of few Latino students to dean at Baylor

Elizabeth Palacios, Ph.D., dean of student development and first-generation college graduate, is featured in this article on her achievements and overcoming stereotypes as an undergraduate student at Baylor when the minority student body was only 1-2%.

The Christian Century: To understand African Christianity, remember the Battle of Adwa

Philip Jenkins, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of History and co-director of Historical Studies of Religion, writes about the story of modern African history and the Battle of Adwa, the first Italo-Ethiopian War.

Sept. 19, 2020

Austin American-Statesman: Texas History: Peer into the daily lives of early German Texans

Ken Hafertepe, Ph.D., chair and professor of museum studies, shares information on the history of German Texans from his book “The Material Culture of German Texans” and provides and an analysis on German culture in Texas.

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