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Thrilling murder mystery involving a young dancer.

Teens today face an array of challenges that are different than those of prior generations. In this Baylor Connections, Jessica Peck, clinical professor in Baylor’s Louise Herrington School of Nursing and a pediatric nurse practitioner, unpacks ways parents can connect with their teens on mental health issues and other needs, and takes listeners inside the many ways Baylor Nursing research is making an impact.

How can citizens, in this political environment, approach politics from a healthy viewpoint and form opinions about complex issues? David Corey, professor of political science and director of the Baylor in Washington program, tackles these topics and more on this Baylor Connections. Dr. Corey examines healthy ways to view the role of politics and shares steps that allow people to better form not only their own opinions on an issue, but to understand where those with opposing viewpoints are coming from — promoting civil discourse and understanding.

What does it mean to mentor students? How can multiple disciplines come together to examine how churches address social challenges? For Stephanie Boddie, these are questions she lives out every day. Boddie serves as Assistant Professor of Church and Community Ministries—a joint position in Baylor’s Diana R. Garland School of Social Work, School of Education, and George W. Truett Theological Seminary and, in 2020, she was named as an Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year. In this Baylor Connections, she shares how those threads come together to address food insecurity, social services, race and more.

Host Kennedy Sam gets an Artprenticeship update from program head Stephanie Wheat-Johnson, and talks with artist mentor Christal Peterson and student artist Truman Cunningham.

On this edition of Conversations with Creative Waco, host Kennedy Sam visits with local artist Cade Kegerris. They discuss his latest project and more.

Host Kennedy Sam talks with artist Jack Bowers about his exhibit Perspectivism, opening at Art Center Waco on September first, as well as local photographer Chester Rivera about his work, and about his Way-koh project.

In this episode, Creative Waco Executive Director Fiona Bond has a conversation with Samuel Thomas and Louis Hunter, co-founders of the Deep in the Heart Film Festival, coming to Waco in July. Then we get to know Sol Bautista, the new Director of Professional Development and Outreach for Creative Waco.

Mentorship is a driving force for John Wood in research that could eventually lead to cancer drugs. Wood serves as the Robert A. Welch Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Co-Director of the Baylor Synthesis & Drug-Lead Discovery Lab. Since coming to Baylor in 2013 after years at Yale and Colorado State, he has continued to build a nationally recognized research portfolio while focusing on the next generation of researchers who come through his laboratory.

Goals as big as R1 require a team effort to accomplish. Baylor’s research administrators in the Office of the Vice Provost (OVPR) for Research play a significant role in advancing Baylor research as they support faculty throughout the grant process. In this Baylor Connections, Kevin Chambliss, Baylor’s Vice Provost for Research, and Susan Stearsman, Associate Vice Provost for Research, share how OVPR administrators help elevate Baylor’s research enterprise.