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Baylor QB named first-team Academic All-American
Given that he graduated early with a degree in economics and leads the nation in total offense, it should be no surprise that Baylor’s Nick Florence was named the first-team quarterback on the 2012...
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Baylor soccer star pairs All-America honor with Academic All-American of the...
From the honors stacking up on Baylor soccer star Dana Larsen’s mantel, the senior forward epitomizes BU athletics’ goal of winning with integrity. On the field, Larsen helped propel the Bears to the...
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After merger, Baylor Scott & White Health system to be led by Baylor alums
Friday’s news of the merger between Scott & White Healthcare and Baylor Health Care System highlighted Baylor University’s leadership connections in the healthcare industry, particularly within...
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Students design 400-square-foot housing for use following natural disasters
After a major natural disaster hits, perhaps the most pressing, immediate need is shelter — even if it’s temporary. Baylor interior design students, working with other students and faculty from such...
View ArticleBaylor geology prof featured in AMNH documentary
The short documentary embedded below explains how scientists work to re-create what an environment may have looked like thousands, even millions of years ago. Baylor’s own Dr. Daniel Peppe, an...
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BBC names Armstrong Browning one of America’s 5 most beautiful college libraries
I used to refer to Armstrong Browning Library as Baylor’s “hidden jewel.” But given the growing number of honors the library has received of late, I don’t think that’s accurate anymore. The latest...
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Journalism professor named to national industry ethics board
As a leading Christian institution of higher education, it makes sense that Baylor would be recognized as a leader when it comes to ethics in the field. That has proven to be the case, whether it’s...
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Hankamer School of Business looks toward new home on east side of campus
After Baylor Stadium, what’s next for the Baylor campus? How about a new home for the Hankamer School of Business? At their February meeting, Regents approved fundraising for a new facility on the...
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Baylor oral history archives tapped for PBS feature on ‘Lynching and...
A couple of years ago, a visiting scholar at Baylor, Dr. Angela Sims, interviewed more than 70 African Americans who had not only lived through an era where lynchings were common, but who had witnessed...
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Time, USA Today & NPR turn to Baylor professor for more on new health science...
A study by Swedish researchers released this month in the journal Science shows the effects human drugs can have on animals when those drugs find their ways into our wastewaters — a subject Dr. Bryan...
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Cities of Waco, Addison step forward to give young Baylor entrepreneurs a boost
In the last month, Baylor entrepreneurship students and alumni have received two big boosts, as the cities of Waco and Addison have each partnered with Baylor to provide the budding entrepreneurs a leg...
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Texas Tribune brings ‘Hot Seat’ public conversation series to Baylor
Baylor last week served as host to the latest in the Texas Tribune’s “Hot Seat” conversation series, as two state representatives and one state senator discussed public school funding, among other...
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DeBakey legacy lives on in Baylor medical humanities scholarship
Dr. Michael DeBakey joined the Baylor University family in 1948, when he joined the Baylor College of Medicine faculty (more than 20 years before the college became an independent institution). His...
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Nobel Prize-winning poet goes out of his way to visit Baylor
New York City, Boston, Atlanta, Waco. Those were the four stops for arguably the world’s most famous living poet on his brief tour of the U.S. Monday night, nearly 1,000 people filled Baylor’s Jones...
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Alum’s photos document 50 years of changes in the Middle East
A lot has changed in the Middle East over the past 50 years. That might be intuitive, but it’s never more evident than through the lens of Dr. Colbert Held’s camera. Take the images above, for...
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Top-ranked programs helping Baylor prepare tomorrow’s healthcare industry...
From individual honors to national rankings, Baylor continues to make its name known among universities preparing tomorrow’s healthcare industry leaders. Just this month, Baylor MBA candidate Hilary...
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Baylor prof testifies before Congressional subcommittee as expert on Gulf War...
For years, many veterans of the first Gulf War have suffered from a mysterious, multi-symptom sickness known as “Gulf War Illness.” Recently, allegations have been made that the Department of Veteran...
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President Starr joins Justices O’Connor and Souter on Harvard Law-hosted panel
Earlier this month, Harvard Law School hosted a daylong symposium on the need for civics education in schools. The featured noontime panel included four experts: Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day...
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Students win National Trumpet Competition for second time in three years
The month of March brought a national championship to Baylor, after all; in fact, the winning team has all the makings of a potential dynasty. It’s just not in the world of sports. For the second time...
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Baylor’s Texas Hunger Initiative making strides in reducing hunger across Texas
Despite some tremendous results in helping reduce hunger across the state, Baylor University’s Texas Hunger Initiative (THI) has flown somewhat under the radar since its founding in 2009. But no...
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