Fans of The Learning Channel (TLC) might have seen the work of a Baylor professor and not even realized it. This spring, TLC ran four documentaries — “Half Ton Mom,” “Half Ton Dad,” “Half Ton Teen,” and “Survival of the Half Ton Teen” — in which the subjects seek gastric bypass surgery in an attempt […]
Researchers have wondered for years if some people have a genetic disposition towards addiction, with alcoholism being the most common affliction. A recent study by a Baylor professor may have found that link. Dr. Doug Matthews, professor of psychology and neuroscience and a member of BARC (the Baylor Addictions Research Consortium), pinpointed a region on […]
If you’re going from Waco to Mexico, traveling through Connecticut isn’t necessarily the quickest way to get there. But for one recent Baylor graduate, it’s working out. Rafael Benavides, who received his degree in journalism this past May, earned a scholarship to study with Yale University’s Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies in Zacatecas, […]
Forty years ago today, man first walked on the moon. I was still a few years away from even being a twinkle in my parents’ eyes, but I grew up reaping the benefits of the excitement about space exploration that followed that singular moment. In fact, until the Challenger accident, I wanted to be an […]
The U.S. House has turned to Baylor for expertise on a particularly delicate subject. Should minors tried as adults be subject to life sentences without parole? Today — maybe even as you read this — Baylor Law professor Mark Osler is testifying in Washington, D.C., before a U.S. House of Representatives judiciary subcommittee, one of […]
I never really thought about this when I was in college, but university professors don’t just take the summer as a time to sleep in and lay on the beach for three months. With an open schedule, many professors are able to use the summer months as a time to learn new skills or brush […]
Our neighbors to the north in the Dallas area were rattled by a 3.3-magnitude earthquake Saturday morning. While Texas isn’t exactly in the same league as California when it comes to quakes, it does have its share of seismic activity. Baylor scientists are working with scientists from across the country to map the United States’ […]
My wife and I (along with much of America) saw the new Star Trek movie this weekend. Neither of us qualifies as a “Trekkie”, but we did enjoy the movie, as did most of my friends who have seen it. The movie’s release has brought attention back to the Baylor researchers who last year outlined […]
Regardless of where you get your news — newspapers, radio, TV or the Internet — you’re surely being inundated with stories about the spreading swine flu. Baylor’s Louise Herrington School of Nursing has compiled a list of simple things you can do to stay healthy and hopefully avoid catching or spreading swine flu, regular flu, […]
If you picked up a newspaper or turned on the news just about anywhere in the country late last week, chances are good you saw the results of a Baylor study that found human medications and personal care products in fish from several American rivers. The study — the first of its kind on such […]
