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Released: 2-Dec-2024 4:55 PM EST
Giving with Purpose: Five Tips to Make Your Charitable Contributions Count
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Baylor University consumer behavior and philanthropy experts James A. Roberts, Ph.D., The Ben H. Williams Professor of Marketing, and Andrew P. Hogue, Ph.D., associate dean for engaged learning who leads the Baylor Philanthropy Lab, offer five practical tips to help you give effectively and meaningfully.

Released: 16-Oct-2024 3:35 PM EDT
Baylor Engineers Unveil Breakthrough in Ultra-Clean Biofuel Technology
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In new research published in the journal Fuel, Baylor University researchers with the Cornerstone Atomization and Combustion Lab (CAC) have unveiled a pioneering method for the efficient combustion of biofuels, using a revolutionary Swirl Burst (SB) injector to burn glycerol/methanol blends with near-zero emissions. This new technology enables ultra-clean combustion for fuels that are typically difficult to burn due to their high viscosity.

Released: 1-Oct-2024 9:05 PM EDT
Do Coyotes Have Puppy Dog Eyes? New Study Reveals Wild Canines Share Dog's Famous Expression
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New research from Baylor University reveals that coyotes, like domestic dogs, have the ability to produce the famous "puppy dog eyes" expression. The study – "Coyotes can do 'puppy dog eyes' too: Comparing interspecific variation in Canis facial expression muscles," published in the Royal Society Open Science – challenges the hypothesis that this facial feature evolved exclusively in dogs as a result of domestication.

Newswise: New Research Highlights the Unseen Challenges, Adaptations of Adult Daughters During COVID Upheaval for Families
Released: 19-Sep-2024 12:05 PM EDT
New Research Highlights the Unseen Challenges, Adaptations of Adult Daughters During COVID Upheaval for Families
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An innovative Baylor University study has shed light on the often-overlooked experiences of women doing “daughtering” in families, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, which created immense challenges in their relationships with parents and other family members.

Released: 25-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Jet Lag Is a Drag: Why It Happens and How to Avoid It
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Anyone who has traveled has probably experienced jet lag – that exhausted feeling that comes after long travel and trips. But why do we feel jet lagged and how can we avoid it?

Newswise: Baylor Mathematicians Create New Math Track at Crossroads of Geometry and Harmonic Analysis
Released: 27-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
Baylor Mathematicians Create New Math Track at Crossroads of Geometry and Harmonic Analysis
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Baylor University mathematicians Dorina Mitrea, Ph.D., and Marius Mitrea, Ph.D., along with Irina Mitrea, Ph.D., professor of mathematics at Temple University, have co-authored an unprecedented 5-volume, 5,000-page original research monograph that creates a new track in mathematics. Geometric Harmonic Analysis (GHA) is a specific area of mathematics at the crossroads of two well-established branches: geometry and harmonic analysis.

Released: 7-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST
The Days Blur Together: Study Shows How the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Perceptions of Time… and Our Mental Well-being
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Although time is a set duration of hours, minutes and seconds, the perception of time can vary dramatically based on the individual and especially during times of high stress and uncertainty such as disasters, recessions and most recently the COVID-19 lockdown.

Released: 23-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST
Baylor Honors University of Texas Professor with $250,000 Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching
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Jay L. Banner, Ph.D., F. M. Bullard Professor at UT-Austin’s Jackson School of Geosciences, selected for national teaching award, will teach in residence at Baylor in spring 2025.

Released: 27-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
Baylor Researcher Explores the Resiliency of the Blackfeet Community
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a five-year, $3.37 million research grant to Baylor University, Blackfeet Community College (BFCC) in Browning, Montana, and Montana State University-Bozeman to explore how the resiliency of the Blackfeet American Indian community could mitigate the health effects related to historical and childhood trauma.

   
Released: 26-Jun-2023 11:55 AM EDT
Baylor Researchers Examine Relationship Between Imprisoned Mothers and Their Adolescent Children’s Risk Behaviors
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Evidence suggests maternal incarceration is a risk factor for adolescents’ depression and withdrawal, as well as substance abuse and delinquency. However, little work has been done to understand how it affects sleep patterns, dietary behaviors and physical activity.

Newswise: Large and In Charge
Released: 23-Jun-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Large and In Charge
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In 2018 and 2019, Sarah Kienle, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology at Baylor University, and her colleagues collected movement and dive behavior data and samples from leopard seals off the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Their goal was to compile crucial baseline data on the ecology and physiology of this enigmatic species.

Released: 6-Jun-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Baylor Chemist-led Study Leads to Scientific Journals Changing Guidelines
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Elemental Analysis is so widely adopted that chemistry journals require this technique to publish any new compound. The standard of the value obtained being plus or minus of 0.4% of the formula value for a compound, as determined by elemental analysis, but is this long-accepted +/-0.4% standard accurate? Depending on the nature of the compound, element assessed, and identity of the trace impurities, the +/-0.4% requirement could be too high or too low, and that intrigued an international research team led by a Baylor University chemistry professor to conduct the first-ever review of the validity of the standard.

Released: 17-May-2023 6:25 PM EDT
Morning Lark or Night Owl: Baylor Researchers Highlight the Influence of Behavior on the Circadian Preferences of College Students
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A new study from researchers with Baylor University’s Sleep Neuroscience and Cognition Laboratory shows that chronotypes are more flexible than originally thought.

Newswise: The Waco COVID Survey: A Community-Based SARS-CoV-2 Serological Surveillance Study in Central Texas
Released: 8-May-2023 5:50 PM EDT
The Waco COVID Survey: A Community-Based SARS-CoV-2 Serological Surveillance Study in Central Texas
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Results from the Waco COVID Survey have provided needed insights into how the dynamics of COVID-19 transmission, health behaviors and COVID-19-related attitudes changed across the first two years of the pandemic in the McLennan County, Texas.

Newswise: Baylor Researchers Explore Effect of Instagram, TikTok on Psychological Well-Being
Released: 8-May-2023 1:45 PM EDT
Baylor Researchers Explore Effect of Instagram, TikTok on Psychological Well-Being
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Noted Baylor University smartphone researchers Meredith E. David, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Marketing, and James A. Roberts, Ph.D., The Ben H. Williams Professor of Marketing in the Hankamer School of Business, have investigated the correlation between the “flow states” – or happiness experienced by individuals – while using Instagram and TikTok and psychological well-being.

Released: 8-Mar-2023 1:15 PM EST
The Magic and Mystery of π (Pi)
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With National Pi Day March 14, Baylor mathematics chair Dorina Mitrea, Ph.D., explains what makes Pi important.

Newswise: Countdown To the Big Game: Dr. Tyrha’s Top Five Super Bowl Commercials for the Past Five Years
Released: 3-Feb-2023 6:05 PM EST
Countdown To the Big Game: Dr. Tyrha’s Top Five Super Bowl Commercials for the Past Five Years
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Who are the big brands who win big with their Super Bowl commercials? Advertising executive and multicultural media expert Tyrha M. Lindsey-Warren, Ph.D., clinical assistant professor of marketing at Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business, says the key for companies break through the noise and make a lasting impression on viewers is empowered storytelling.

Newswise: Baylor Study Combines Lithophane, 3D Printing to Enable Blind Individuals to
Released: 17-Aug-2022 4:35 PM EDT
Baylor Study Combines Lithophane, 3D Printing to Enable Blind Individuals to "See" Data
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Lithophane is an ancient artistic medium but never used to represent scientific data and imagery in a quantitative, controlled manner for tactile visualization and integration. Lithophane combined with 3D printing is turning scientific data into tactile graphics for all to see by eyesight or touch.

Released: 2-Mar-2022 1:35 PM EST
National Study Examines Link Between Accountability to God, Psychological Well-Being
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Religious believers who embrace accountability to God (or another transcendent guide for life) experience higher levels of psychological well-being – mattering to others, dignity and meaning in their lives, though not happiness.



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