Baylor in the News – May 31-June 6, 2020
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WACO, Texas (June 7, 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 topics, including protests over George Floyd and other unarmed Black Americans, the personality traits that allow you to excel at working from home, the value of undergraduate research and the possibility of a COVID-19 vaccine.
June 1, 2020
Waco Tribune-Herald: Peaceful protesters here share anguish over police brutality, urge reform
Mia Moody-Ramirez, Ph.D., professor and chair of journalism, public relations and new media and an expert on race and culture, was among the speakers at a local protest by Waco residents angered by the death of George Floyd, and other unarmed black suspects. She also was interviewed about the protests by KWTX-TV and KXXV-TV and by the Dallas Observer about the offensive practice of wearing blackface.
Waco Tribune-Herald: Running buddies well on way to covering every Waco street
A group of Baylor faculty have found creative solutions to adapt with routines lost to COVID-19 precautions, but probably few have combined long-distance running and mathematical theory to run on every street in Waco.
June 4, 2020
CTV: Introverts vs. extroverts: How personality traits affect working from home
Baylor management professor Sara Perry, Ph.D., an expert source on working from home, is interviewed for this article about her 2018 study, which found that employees with low emotional stability have a harder time thriving in remote work settings.
June 5, 2020
San Diego Union-Tribune: Today’s lesson: Count your sheep
Research on the importance of a good night’s sleep, especially on college students, by Michael Scullin, Ph.D., director of Baylor’s Sleep Neuroscience and Cognition Laboratory, is included as part of this online lesson for K-12 students to practice writing skills.
Baylor Connections: Dr. Peter Hotez
On Baylor Connections, Peter Hotez, MD, Ph.D., an international leader in tropical medicine and vaccine development, joins Lee Nordt, Ph.D., dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, for a conversation about COVID-19, vaccines, undergraduate research at Baylor and more.
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