Baylor in the News – July 18-24, 2021
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WACO, Texas (July 25, 2021) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on the impacts of gratitude on personalities, workplace discrimination surrounding pregnancy and school curriculum as it impacts teachers and students alike.
July 18, 2021
Waco Tribune-Herald: Statues at Baylor to depict first Black graduates, who fought racism on different fronts
Life-size statues of Robert Gilbert and Barbara Walker, Baylor's first two Black graduates, will soon be added in front of the newly renovated Tidwell Bible Building. The idea came from the University's Commission on Historic Campus Representations, a body that spent six months evaluating statues, memorials and displays throughout the campus and coming up with ways to better represent Baylor's full racial history.
Waco Tribune-Herald: Baylor pre-med student delivers baby in ambulance during summer EMT internship
Corinna Kent, a Baylor pre-med student, received hands-on experience this summer in her native Massachusetts when she delivered a baby in the back of an ambulance.
July 19, 2021
1160 Hope For Your Life: The Common Good
AUDIO: Beth Allison Barr, Ph.D., associate dean and professor of history, discussed her book, "The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth."
Lorin Matthews, Ph. D., professor of physics, is mentioned in this article detailing her role as associate director of the Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics and Engineering Research. She and a team of about a dozen people are studying meteorites that could hold clues to the formation of planets.
July 20, 2021
Baylor sophomore Corinna Kent helped deliver a baby boy on the side of the road in Massachusetts while working toward her EMT certification.
KERA: The Vice President Who Set The Stage For Civil War
AUDIO: Robert Elder, Ph.D., associate professor of history, discusses the echoes of doctrine that predates the Civil War among today's far right.
July 21, 2021
Baptist News Global: On the collapse of Christianity into politics
George Yancey, Ph.D., professor of sociology, is highlighted in this article about his work on his book "One Faith No Longer: The Transformation of Christianity in Red and Blue America."
Waco Tribune-Herald: Baylor's Martin Museum turns to its history for latest show
VIDEO: Baylor University's Martin Museum of Art turns to itself as subject for its new exhibition "40 Works for Forty Years," a show that looks at both the museum's 40-year history and how art museums have evolved over time.
July 22, 2021
KWBU: Business Review - Oh, Baby Baby
AUDIO: Kaylee Hackney, Ph.D., assistant professor of management, discusses her study on pregnancy workplace discrimination and discoveries on how workplace stress can affect the mother.
lifehacker: Exercise Doesn't Burn As Many Extra Calories As You Think
Samuel Urlacher, Ph.D., assistant professor of anthropology, is quoted in this article discussing exercise and caloric burn.
July 23, 2021
Baylor Connections: Rebecca Sheesley and Sascha Usenko
AUDIO: How does urban pollution impact thunderstorm activity? It's a question of interest to the Department of Energy, which turned to two Baylor professors to investigate. In this Baylor Connections, Rebecca Sheesley, Ph.D., and Sascha Usenko, Ph.D., professors of environmental science, discuss research that can uncover clues about thunderstorms in urban areas and lead to improvements in public health in Texas and beyond.
FOX 44 News: Baylor researchers using mechanical horse to help autistic children
VIDEO: Baylor University researchers are in the midst of a two-year study on using a mechanical horse to help children with autism improve their motor and social skills.
Forbes: Why Brands Love Sports: Fans Are Innovative, Progressive, Social, Upscale and Diverse
Kirk Wakefield, Ph.D., The Edwin W. Streetman Professor of Retail Marketing and executive director of the Center for Sports Strategy and Sales, discusses why brands like AdventHealth and Bud Light love Tampa Bay Lightning fans for the same reasons sponsors love home team fans everywhere: It pays off. Research from YouGov shows fans are more likely to be innovative & progressive, socially outgoing, and upscale & diverse than the general population.
July 24, 2021
Waco Tribune-Herald: Caution among teachers may be biggest effect of law targeting critical race theory
Wesley Null, Ph.D., education professor and vice provost for undergraduate education and institutional effectiveness, is quoted in this article concerning school curriculum and its effect on teachers.
Waco Tribune-Herald: Baylor, MCC, TSTC prepare for fall without capacity limits; none requiring vaccination, masks
Thousands of students across the country are preparing to return to Waco for Baylor's fall semester, which also will see the return of on-campus activities and classrooms and other venues filled to capacity.
Waco Tribune-Herald: Mike Copeland: Baylor welcome center; Comptroller ice cream; Rockin Rolls
Baylor University is getting down to business on its new Mark and Paula Hurd Welcome Center, described as the campus' front door.
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