Baylor in the News – Oct. 20-26, 2024

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Featured News

Fortune: At $5 trillion investment giant Fidelity, battling burnout is a game changer

Baylor President Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D., joined Sangeeta Moorjani of Fidelity Investments and Grace Zuncic of outdoor apparel and gear retailer Cotopaxi for a discussion about “Surviving to Thriving: Transforming Work to Support Women” at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit 2024. The three leaders spoke about rethinking their approach to benefits, from career development to financial wellness and work-life integration, to create workplaces where women don’t just lead – they thrive.

National/International

University Business: These 3 campuses are battle-tested ahead of the election

Baylor President Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D., is among three higher education leaders interviewed for this article about universities fortifying civil dialogue initiatives on campus ahead of the U.S. presidential election. Dr. Livingstone served as a task force member on the Council on Independent College’s Campus Free Expression Project and also released Baylor’s new strategic plan in September that included civil dialogue as one of the plan’s four pillars.

Current: Anxiety Has Plans

In this essay, Thomas Hibbs, Ph.D., The J. Newton Rayzor Sr. Professor of Philosophy and Dean Emeritus of the Honors College at Baylor, writes about the Pixar film, Inside Out 2, which e describes as “entertaining as the first film and – what’s more – it contains much wisdom about the nature of human emotions and the best response to anxiety, a problem afflicting not just teens but an increasingly high percentage of the entire population.”

PsyPost: New study: Self-centered people turn to social media out of weakness, not ego

Baylor marketing professors James A. Roberts, Ph.D., and Meredith E. David, Ph.D., are quoted about their latest social media study that sheds light on the motivations behind social media use among self-centered individuals, who turn to social media more out of a fear of missing out (FOMO) rather than a desire to reinforce their self-importance. 

The Times: It’s the return of the B-movie — this time with A-list directors

Jim Kendrick, Ph.D., professor of film and digital media at Baylor and expert on the history of post-Classical Hollywood film, is quoted in this article about the return of classic Hollywood movie monsters in a series of prestige films, as leading directors turn to familiar foes to make sense of a tumultuous world.

Hormel Foods: Food Insecurity and Rural Health Examined at Mayo Clinic Health System Rural Healthcare Symposium

Craig Gundersen, Ph.D., The Snee Family Endowed Chair at the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty and professor of economics at Baylor, discussed the Hometown Food Security Project and the power of partnerships in tackling food insecurity during the Mayo Clinic Health System’s Rural Healthcare Symposium.

State/Local

KCEN-TV (NBC/Waco): Baylor's family law clinic assists clients, provides students hands-on experience

VIDEO: Baylor Law School hopes to grow its Family Law Clinic, which was introduced earlier this month with the help of second-year law students eager to help out in what can be difficult and consequential proceedings. Interviewed are Josh Borderud, J.D., director of clinical and pro bono programs at Baylor Law, and Stephane Tang, J.D., assistant professor of law and clinic director. 

Waco Tribune-Herald: Baylor transfers mammoth bones, photos to National Park Service

Baylor President Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D., and National Park Service Acting Superintendent Christine Jacobs officially signed an agreement that formally transferred ownership of thousands of Columbian mammoth fossils and excavation photographs discovered near Waco more than 40 years ago from the Mayborn Museum to the NPS, firming up Baylor and Waco as a center for ongoing research into the mammoths and the period when they roamed Central Texas some 65,000 years ago.

Waco Tribune-Herald: Prosper Waco Summit urges collaboration in tackling social concerns

Jeremy Everett, D.Min., executive director of the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, led a discussion of area food insecurity during the Prosper Waco Summit that brought together leaders from city and county government, health care providers, school districts, workforce organizations and other nonprofits.

Waco Tribune-Herald: Homecoming weekend reveals changes in Waco, Baylor

Local media covered various aspects of Baylor Homecoming, the oldest collegiate homecoming in the country, including the Waco Trib’s take on what’s new for alumni in Waco and at Baylor, an update from the Waco Trib about the Baylor Homecoming Parade and local TV reports from KXXV-TV, KCEN-TV and KWTX-TV from the Saturday morning parade.

KXXV-TV (ABC/Waco): Is Texas turning purple? Here's what to look for on election night

Patrick Flavin, Ph.D., interim department chair and The Bob Bullock Professor of Political Science at Baylor, was interviewed about the Texas senate race and its relationship to the presidential race. Flavin also was interviewed by KXXV-TV on fundraising in the Texas senate race.

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