March 18, 2014
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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 17, 2014
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The Office of the Vice Provost for Research and the Undergraduate Research & Scholarly Achievement (URSA) Steering Committee have announced the recipients of the FY 2015 URSA Small Grants program. The grants are intended to provide opportunities for faculty-student interaction … Continue reading
March 14, 2014
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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
March 4, 2014
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Baylor’s department of communication invites Baylor faculty, staff and graduate students to their monthly First Friday research colloquium. WHAT Dr. Dan Shafer and Dr. Corey Carbonara discuss their latest research on the impact of new technology on the experience of … Continue reading
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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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 12, 2014
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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
January 22, 2014
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The Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics and Engineering Research (CASPER) presents a lecture by Dr. Jay Pulliam, the W.M. Keck Professor of Geophysics in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences. “Seafloor Seismology: Research and Technology Needs for Studies of the … Continue reading
January 21, 2014
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Dr. Susan Bratton’s book, The Spirit of the Appalachian Trail: Community, Environment, and Belief on a Long-Distance Hiking Path (University of Tennessee Press, 2012) recently was recognized as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2013 by Choice, an academic periodical of … Continue reading
November 18, 2013 by Baylor OVPR | 1 Comment
New research by Dr. Bryan Shaw, an assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry in Baylor’s College of Arts and Sciences, suggests that digital photography can help parents and doctors detect a rare form of pediatric cancer.
In the video above, Shaw explains how he and his wife noticed early in their son Noah’s life that in some pictures, his right eye glowed white instead of red — a condition called leukocoria or “white eye.” Noah would later be diagnosed with retinoblastoma, a rare eye cancer. Leukocoria has long been known as a marker of advanced retinoblastoma, but Shaw and his wife had noticed the effect in some of their earliest baby pictures, beginning when Noah was just 12 days old. The discovery made Shaw curious as to whether white eye in an infant’s pictures might indicate retinoblastoma early enough to improve treatment options for children with the disease.
In collaboration with Noah’s doctors at Harvard Medical School, Shaw analyzed thousands of photographs of Noah and other retinoblastoma patients. Their research revealed that the white glow can show up in pictures earlier in the disease’s progression than was previously believed, and that the degree of leukocoria correlates with the size of tumors present. The discovery may help parents seek diagnosis sooner and improve the prognosis for children afflicted with this serious form of cancer.
Shaw’s research, published recently in the journal PLOS ONE, has been covered in a variety of media outlets. Click the links below to learn more.