Baylor in the News – Sept. 8-14, 2024

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Featured News

The Living Church: Election Season and Cardinal Virtues with Elisabeth Kincaid

AUDIO: Elisabeth R. Kincaid, Ph.D., director of the Institute for Faith and Learning at Baylor, joins The Living Church Podcast for a discussion about the cardinal virtues (prudence, justice, temperance and fortitude) during the election season and how the exercise of certain habits provides ways to live at peace with ourselves and others. Kincaid also serves as associate professor of ethics, faith and culture at Truett Seminary and affiliate professor of management in the Hankamer School of Business.

National/International

WDIV-TV (NBC/Detroit): Michigan under G2 Geomagnetic Storm Watch for Northern Lights

VIDEO: Trey Cade, Ph.D., director of Baylor’s Institute for Aviation Sciences, is interviewed in this story about the categories of geomagnetic storms and how space weather allows for auroras to be seen. 

EurekAlert!: Clinical hypnosis vs. cognitive behavioral therapy: What’s better for managing hot flashes? 

A new scoping review, led by Vanessa Muniz, graduate student research assistant at Baylor’s Mind-Body Medicine Lab, highlights findings about clinical hypnosis and its effectiveness in reducing hot flash frequency and severity. A full presentation of the review results will be discussed at the 2024 Annual Meeting of The Menopause Society. 

USA TODAY: Truth Social parent company shares close at record low after Trump-Harris debate

Mike Stegemoller, Ph.D., The Harriette L. and Walter G. Lacy Jr. Chair of Banking and Finance at Baylor, is quoted in the article about changes in stock prices based on expectations.

Religion Unplugged: When This Election Is Over, Time For Some Happiness

This article focuses on some of the preliminary findings of the $43.4 million Global Flourishing Study, a collaboration between Baylor’s Institute for Studies of Religion and Harvard’s Human Flourishing Project, Gallup and the Center for Open Science. The survey, unprecedented in scope and scales, is investigating the factors that create human happiness, well-being and life satisfaction,  based on surveys with 240,000 people in 22 countries.

State/Local

Baylor Connections: Nancy Brickhouse and Tiffany Hogue

AUDIO: Provost Nancy Brickhouse, Ph.D., and Chief of Staff Tiffany Hogue, J.D., introduce Baylor in Deeds, the University’s new strategic plan that charts a course for greater global impact, stewardship and service across every part of the University.

KWBU-FM (NPR/Waco): Central Texas Leadership Series - Josh King

AUDIO: Josh King, Ph.D., professor of English at Baylor and founding director of the environmental humanities minor, discusses how 19th-century poetry opened up a world of environmental justice and food access work in the heart of Waco.

Baptist Standard: Gen Z women overtake men in disaffiliation

Todd Still, Ph.D., dean of Baylor’s Truett Seminary, is quoted in this article about a recent report from the Survey Center on American Life that claims young women have overtaken men in disaffiliation from their formative religions.

KXXV-TV (ABC/Waco): Thousands travel to Waco for Baylor’s annual family weekend

VIDEO: Baylor’s Family Weekend welcomed around 5,000 visitors to Waco to experience what life is like for their students at Baylor, including Dr Pepper Hour, After Dark and Taste of Waco food truck fair. Gail Offringa, director of Baylor Parent Engagement, is interviewed about the importance of the event to parents and students. 

KWTX-TV (CBS/Waco): ‘Come one. Come all’: Waco theatre takes center stage as a creative hub downtown

VIDEO: This story about the impact of a new community performance center in downtown Waco features interviews with a trio of Baylor professors involved in the Young Festival Stage, a professional theatre company to engage both young theatre-goers and seasoned patrons with world-class performances. Interviewed are YFS founder Michael Sullivan, associate professor of theatre in scenic design/production design; Jason MacGregor, Ph.D., associate professor of accounting and YFS director of development; and Guilherme Almeida, M.M. ’08, lecturer in musical theatre and YSF company manager.

KWKT-TV (FOX/Waco): Baylor’s Army ROTC Hosts Annual 9/11 Memorial Event

VIDEO: Baylor University Army ROTC cadets, Marine and Navy veterans and other participants gathered to run 2,071 steps to honor the heroic actions of the nation’s first responders who climbed the Twin Towers to save lives on 9/11. 

KCEN-TV (NBC/Waco): Proposed Biblical-based curriculums in Texas schools causing debate 

VIDEO: Patrick Flavin, Ph.D., interim chair of political science and The Bob Bullock Professor of Political Science, is quoted in this article about proposed changes in Texas classrooms to incorporate biblical references and readings into the curriculum. 

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