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Baylor Family celebrates President Livingstone’s Inauguration

Thursday was a landmark day in Baylor history, as Dr. Linda Livingstone was officially inaugurated as the university’s 15th president. Thousands of members of the Baylor Family gathered in the Ferrell...

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Baylor partners with Chris Kyle Frog Foundation to support military & first...

The images and videos of spouses and families reunited after military members return home from deployment leave most of us glassy-eyed and appreciative of the sacrifices they make. But for most of us,...

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Meet Baylor’s nationally recognized expert on death, funerals and bereavement...

What happens when we die? Not to our souls, but to what and who we leave behind — everything from family and friends to possessions and even our social media accounts? How will our loved ones mourn...

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Baylor Debate’s tradition of excellence dates back to the university’s...

A little trivia for you: Which Baylor team has won three national championships, appeared in nine Final Fours, and been a part of life here since the very earliest days of the university? The answer:...

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Four Baylor professors who are making strides in cancer research

Each year, more than a million people in the U.S. alone are diagnosed with cancer, and millions more friends and family feel its impact. Baylor is doing something about it. The name “Baylor” has been...

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Baylor Law students again lead Texas in bar exam pass rate

Maybe philosopher Will Durant wasn’t talking about Baylor Law School when he famously wrote, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” But he certainly could have...

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40 years of entrepreneurship at Baylor — and another top 10 ranking

Until the late 1970s, Baylor (like most schools) had no entrepreneurship program. Among academia, there was a popular notion that entrepreneurship simply wasn’t something that could be taught. But a...

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Baylor physicists helping discover the building blocks of the universe

More than five years have passed since an international team of scientists — including several Baylor physicists — discovered what’s become known as the “God particle.” Today, scientists are working...

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Baylor student-athletes lead Big 12 in Graduation Success Rate for 4th...

When it comes to preparing champions for life, Baylor continues to lead. For the fourth consecutive year, Baylor student-athletes are tops in the Big 12 in Graduation Success Rate (GSR). Baylor’s...

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Online MBA student surprises parents by revealing Baylor degree

Imagine for a minute just how much work it would take to keep a secret from your parents that — surprise! — you’ve been taking online MBA classes and your shared dream of a Baylor degree is about to...

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‘A Baylor Christmas’ returns with holiday music for the entire Baylor family

For half a century, the combined choirs and orchestra of Baylor’s School of Music have welcomed Christmas with joyful worship during Christmas on 5th Street. This month — for the fourth year in a row...

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Baylor Bears’ books named among 2017’s best by Christianity Today & ALA

The end of each year brings with it a series of lists that bibliophiles eagerly await — a rundown of the year’s best books. Baylor professors are routinely honored on these “best of” lists,...

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Baylor students travel to tsunami-razed Japanese city to serve — and to tell...

When a large-scale natural disaster happens, the world’s attention turns to that part of the globe for a time. “Pray for” trends on Twitter. GoFundMe accounts are set up for families. Governments...

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The Final Frontier: How Baylor professors are helping shape our understanding...

Did you know that Baylor has a research center that contributes to our understanding of outer space? It’s called CASPER — the Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics and Engineering Research — and it’s...

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Meet Baylor’s nationally recognized expert on coping with grief and loss

Dr. Helen Harris has centered her life’s work on a topic that most would prefer to avoid: grief and loss. While no one likes to think about the loss of a loved one, facing grief is unavoidable....

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Baylor music prof nominated for Grammy for album honoring Holocaust victim

Yet another Bear can add “Grammy nominee” to his resume. This time, it’s Dr. Brian A. Schmidt, associate professor of choral music, who is nominated this year for Best Choral Performance for the 2016...

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New radio show/podcast highlights Baylor faculty, staff and more

As a major research university with more than 17,000 students, there’s a lot going on at Baylor these days. Often, it’s hard to wrap your head around it all — especially if you live hundreds or...

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Trouble falling asleep? Baylor prof’s research identifies a simple trick that...

Not all of us are graced with the ease of falling asleep the minute our head hits the pillow. For many of us, once the light turns off, our thoughts still race as we consider all that we have to do...

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Baylor students named finalists in Walt Disney Imagineering theme park design...

Imagine this: An all-expense-paid trip to Disney. Networking with Imagineering executives. A behind-the-scenes looks at how Disney magic is created. Sound like a dream? This was reality for three...

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Meet Baylor’s nationally recognized expert on black gospel music

Signs of Baylor journalism professor Bob Darden’s influence are everywhere, from Hollywood to the Smithsonian. The work for which he’s most well-known, however, began somewhere less prestigious: the...

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