Baylor in the News - Sept. 1-7, 2024
Baylor experts cover topics on Deseret News, Medscape, Phys.org and more
President Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D., is among the nation's top higher education leaders making efforts to ensure college is accessible and impactful, including events like Dinner with the Livingstones, which fosters student relationships and community.
Note: The opinions expressed in these articles do not necessarily reflect those of the University.
Featured News
Deseret News: A higher purpose
Baylor University President Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D., who also serves as chair of Board of Directors for the American Council on Education, is among 10 women and men in higher education highlighted by Deseret Magazine for their efforts to make college accessible and effective enough to change lives. She noted the appeal of a Christian-informed education structure to many young people, saying “The best students in the country really want to have opportunities to do research while they’re in college. We have the ability to do that, while also giving them the opportunity to strengthen and grow their faith.”
National/International
The Christian Century: Is religion good for human flourishing?
Philip Jenkins, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of History and director of the Program on Historical Studies of Religion at Baylor’s Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR), writes about the theme of human flourishing and how ISR is engaged in the Global Flourishing Study, a vast global research project in cooperation with the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard, Gallup and the Center for Open Science. The long-term data from GFS will examine the general domains of health, relationships and community, character, financial and economic concerns, as well as religion and spirituality around the world.
Medscape: Nurse Hunt: Creative Strategies Hospitals Use to Attract Nursing Talent
Baylor Nursing Dean Linda Plank, Ph.D., RN, NEA-BC, expressed her gratitude to nurse administrators for coming up with creative ideas to get to their ultimate goal of hiring “enough qualified nurses to take care of patients.” Plank says that hospitals being open to flexible shifts has merit by getting more people involved in patient care.
Phys.org: Study finds immediate psychological benefit to churchgoers
Laura Upenieks, Ph.D., assistant professor of sociology, and graduate student Daniel Jang were among researchers who published a new study of U.S. adults that found that regular weekend attendance at a religious service creates an immediate increase in positive emotions as well as a decrease in negative ones. Researchers said they found no change in the emotional well-being of non-regular attendees.
State/Local
KXXV-TV (ABC/Waco): Community scavenger hunt teaches history of locations around Waco using history app
VIDEO: Stephen Sloan, Ph.D., professor of history and director of the Institute for Oral History at Baylor, was interviewed about the Waco history mobile app used during a community-wide scavenger hunt. “What I love about it is we can tell stories from a multitude of perspectives,” he said, including African American and women’s history in Waco.
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