A significant gift to Baylor University from Harmon and Lea Kong of Southern California has created the Kong Family Endowed Presidential Fund for Student Care and the Kong Family Endowed Fund for Faculty Development.
Baylor University students were awarded scholarships and fellowships, including Boren Awards, Critical Language Scholarships and a Fulbright UK Summer Institutes award.
The Institute for Global Human Flourishing places Baylor as an epicenter for global flourishing research/practice alongside research partners at Harvard’s Human Flourishing Program.
The Global Flourishing Study revealed its First Wave findings on human flourishing, results from one of the most comprehensive studies of human well-being ever undertaken.
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David M. Szymanski, Ph.D., will join Baylor University on May 27 as The William E. Crenshaw Endowed Dean of the nationally ranked Hankamer School of Business.
Michael E. Young, Ph.D., professor of psychological sciences and graduate program director at Kansas State, has been selected as Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School. He will join Baylor on Aug. 1.
Legendary comedian Jeff Dunham will bring his new North American Tour ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE to the Paul and Alejandra Foster Pavilion, Waco’s new premier concert venue, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3.
“Bear-ly Used” is a campuswide initiative to divert donatable items from landfills and redistribute them towards community partners and families in need.
Baylor University will host its inaugural TEDx event, presenting ideas of “Innovation in Deeds” on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025.
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All NewsDavid M. Szymanski, Ph.D., will join Baylor University on May 27 as The William E. Crenshaw Endowed Dean of the nationally ranked Hankamer School of Business.
A significant gift to Baylor University from Harmon and Lea Kong of Southern California has created the Kong Family Endowed Presidential Fund for Student Care and the Kong Family Endowed Fund for Faculty Development.
Michael E. Young, Ph.D., professor of psychological sciences and graduate program director at Kansas State, has been selected as Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School. He will join Baylor on Aug. 1.
Baylor University is thrilled to welcome back rising music sensation Forrest Frank with an exclusive pop-up shop experience from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, May 12, at Hurd Welcome Center.
Legendary comedian Jeff Dunham will bring his new North American Tour ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE to the Paul and Alejandra Foster Pavilion, Waco’s new premier concert venue, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3.
Theologian Elisabeth Rain Kincaid, J.D., Ph.D., explains the significance of Pope Leo XIV's choice in name – a name not used for over a century.
“Bear-ly Used” is a campuswide initiative to divert donatable items from landfills and redistribute them towards community partners and families in need.
Baylor University graduate Camille Watson, B.A. ’22, has won the prestigious Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellowship, a merit- and needs-based program that's one of the U.S. State Department’s flagship initiatives for recruiting top-tier talent for Foreign Service careers.
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Baylor in DeedThe Global Flourishing Study revealed its First Wave findings on human flourishing, results from one of the most comprehensive studies of human well-being ever undertaken.
Baylor continues the rapid development of its collegiate esports program with the hire of Adam Stanley as the Bears’ first esports director and coach.
Baylor computer science professor, Pablo Rivas, Ph.D., stresses the importance of approaching artificial intelligence technology with an ethical perspective.
Daniel Romo, Ph.D., has been named to the Texas Medical Center Innovation’s Accelerator for Cancer Therapeutics for his work on a new therapeutic for the treatment of pancreatic cancer.