Research Tracks

A publication of the Office of the Vice Provost for Research at Baylor University

February 27, 2014
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Selected funding opportunities in the arts, humanities, social science and education

National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships Deadline: May 1. Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan Deadline: May 1. National Science Foundation Interdisciplinary Behavioral and Social Science Research (IBSS) Deadline: Dec. 2. Science of Organizations (SoO) Deadline: Sept. 3. … Continue reading

February 24, 2014
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Call for undergraduate research highlights: CUR summer quarterly

The Council on Undergraduate Research is now accepting submissions for the “Undergraduate Research Highlights” section of the summer 2014 CUR Quarterly.  The highlights contain brief descriptions of peer-reviewed research or scholarly publications by undergraduate students that appeared in journals in … Continue reading

Video: Baylor prof discusses Black Gospel Music Restoration Project

February 21, 2014 by Baylor OVPR | 0 comments

In the video above, Robert Darden, associate professor of journalism, public relations and new media in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences, discusses the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project (BGMRP) with KSAT-TV San Antonio. Darden, along with Baylor University Libraries, is working to identify, acquire, preserve, record and catalogue music from the black gospel music tradition.   BGMRP was recently selected as a permanent exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), scheduled to open in 2015.

After you watch the video, click the links below to learn more about the BGMRP.

February 20, 2014
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Baylor geologists discover evidence of early ape environments

Geologists at Baylor, working with an international collaborative team of scientists, have uncovered for the first time direct evidence on Rusinga Island, Kenya, that ties Proconsul, an early ape, to a closed-canopy forest environment. While scientists had previously speculated, based on … Continue reading

February 18, 2014
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Graduate student wins award from industry group for her engineering research

A Baylor graduate student recently earned a scholarship award from the Society of Plastics Engineers for her research on nondestructive testing methods for fiber-reinforced, laminate composites. Sarah Stair, a second-year graduate student in mechanical engineering, was one of three students … Continue reading