Research Tracks

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

March 27, 2014
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Scholars Week Preview: Baylor student steps outside of the classroom to take a deeper look at Job

This is the third in a series of Scholars Week preview articles by Caleb Barfield, a student worker in the Office of the Vice Provost for Research.  Caleb is a freshman from Denton majoring in journalism, new media and public … Continue reading

March 26, 2014
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Scholars Week Preview: Increased exposure to toxicants may pose threat to Central American crocodiles

This is the second in a series of Scholars Week preview articles by Caleb Barfield, a student worker in the Office of the Vice Provost for Research.  Caleb is a freshman from Denton majoring in journalism, new media and public … Continue reading

March 18, 2014
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Scholars Week Preview: Baylor students study Roman coins

This is the first in a series of Scholars Week preview articles by Caleb Barfield, a student worker in the Office of the Vice Provost for Research.  Caleb is a freshman from Denton majoring in journalism, new media and public … Continue reading

March 14, 2014
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Baylor student’s film selected for Dallas International Film Festival

Organizers of the Dallas International Film Festival have selected Dead End, a short film by Baylor student Alec Weaver, for inclusion in the North Texas College Showcase division of the 2014 festival. Weaver, a senior film and digital media major, … 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

February 12, 2014
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Turning over an old leaf: Baylor geologist finds climate clues in fossilized plants

Thanks to modern record-keeping, finding out what the weather was like at any time in the recent past is a fairly simple proposition. Gathering data on the earth’s climate from millions of years ago, however, is another matter. Since there … Continue reading