WACO, Texas (Oct. 15, 2013) - On Nov. 24, 1909, Baylor University held the first collegiate homecoming in the country with a bonfire, pep rally, parade and football game - won by the Bears, of course. More than 100 years later, the university proudly carries that tradition into 2013.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 14, 2013) - Baylor Law School unveiled a bronze bust on Oct. 4 depicting the late Dean Angus McSwain. The bronze, unveiled on Oct. 4, was a yearlong labor of love by members of the Baylor Law School Class of 1972.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 11, 2013) - Baylor's Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching program will feature its first of three finalists, Joan Breton Connelly, Ph.D., in a lecture at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15 in Jones Theatre.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 10, 2013) - As part of the Baylor University Honors College Lecture Series, the Baylor Society of Early Christianity (BSEC) will host Peter W. Martens, Ph.D., assistant professor of early Christianity at St. Louis University's College of Arts and Sciences, as he gives his lecture, "Why We Should Study the Reception History of the Bible, or: What (the Notorious) Origen Teaches Us," on Tuesday, Oct. 15.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 8, 2013) - With the announcement of a 6 p.m. kickoff for the Homecoming football game on Saturday, Oct. 19, all event times have been set for Baylor University's 104th anniversary Homecoming Oct. 16-19 on the Baylor campus.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 8, 2013) - Baylor University Executive Vice President and Provost Elizabeth Davis will host a lecture by New York Times best-selling author, David Eagleman, Ph.D. '98, on "The Brain and the Law," Thursday, Oct. 10.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 4, 2013) - The department of political science in the Baylor College of Arts and Sciences has invited Iain McLean, Ph.D., Official Fellow in Politics in the department of politics and international relations in the University of Oxford's Nuffield College, to speak at the annual Robert T. Miller Annual Lecture in Political Science. McLean will be presenting his topic, "Religious freedom with No First Amendment: The Case of U.K. Marriage Law."

WACO, Texas (Oct. 4, 2013) - In recognition of the 50th anniversary of author C.S. Lewis' death, the Baylor Honors College will welcome Ralph Wood, Ph.D., to speak at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8 in Alexander Hall.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 3, 2013) -- Baylor University's health, human performance and recreation department is hosting the 2013 Texas Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine Fall Lecture Tour at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9 in Marrs McLean Science building, Room 101.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 2, 2013) -- Obamacare, pulpit electioneering and public faith initiatives -- issues that challenge traditional Baptist commitments to the separation of church and state-- will be examined by Blake Ellis, Ph.D., associate professor of history at Lone Star College-CyFair, in an Oct. 10 lecture at Baylor University.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 2, 2013) - Baylor University announced today the establishment of the L-3 Endowed Scholarship Fund in the School of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS), provided by a gift from L-3 Platform Integration to benefit future Baylor engineering and computer science majors. The scholarship represents another step in the meaningful partnership between L-3 and Baylor University ECS.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 2, 2013) -- The feature film "Where We Started," directed by the director of Baylor University's Film & Digital Media Division, will be among those screened at Dallas' VideoFest, chosen as the best festival in Dallas by D Magazine.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 30, 2013) - Students and faculty will have the chance to gain some wisdom from the 2013 professor of the year at the Cornelia Marschall Smith Lecture this Thursday.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 27, 2013) - The million-selling San Diego-based band Switchfoot will make a stop at Baylor on its Fading West Tour at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28, at Waco Hall. Tickets are on sale now at Baylor's Student Activities office.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 27, 2013) - The division of Asian and African languages in the department of modern foreign languages will sponsor a presentation by Consul General Suk-bum Park at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 1, in Draper Room 139.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 27, 2013) - Chris Tomlinson, an award-winning supervisory correspondent for The Associated Press, will speak at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 30, in Marrs McLean Room 101.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 26, 2013) - The Parchman Endowed Lecture series will feature Richard Mouw, Ph.D., Sept. 30 through Oct. 2 at Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 24, 2013) - The department of physics in Baylor's College of Arts & Sciences has released its 2013 Fall Colloquium Series.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 25, 2013) -- Tomlinson Hill, an award-winning documentary about the history and racial divide in the small Texas town of Marlin, will be screened at Baylor University on Monday, Sept. 30, with a discussion to follow.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 24, 2013) - The Institute for Air Science at Baylor will welcome aerobatic pilots Chip Lamb and Kirby Chambliss from 5 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26 in the Marrs McLean Science Building, Room 101, 1214 S. Fourth St.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 23, 2013) - The church music department at Baylor University's School of Music has invited Andrew Peterson to share in concert Sept. 23-24 as part of the Hearn Innovators in Christian Music series.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 23, 2013) - The John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business will host its first event of the fall on Sept. 24 with a lecture from John Tomasi, Ph.D., professor of political science and director of the Political Theory Project at Brown University.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 23, 2013) - After months of planning, practicing and perfecting, it's finally here: Legally Blonde the musical.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 23, 2013) -- Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson and former Congressman Chet Edwards will speak at "Engaging Public Service: A Conversation" on Tuesday, Sept. 24, at Paul W. Powell Chapel in Truett Seminary.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 23, 2013) -- Many American Christians are heedless or unconcerned about other Christians in Syria, Egypt and elsewhere who are facing growing violent persecution, says Georgetown University scholar Thomas F. Farr, Ph.D., who will lecture at Baylor on Monday, Sept. 30.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 20, 2013) - Baylor Family Weekend activities are still on schedule for Friday and Saturday, but locations for some events have been changed due to the rain.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 20, 2013) - A large part of improving as a musician includes listening, which is why the Baylor School of Music has invited performers and lecturers to address students as part of the Lyceum Series.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 18, 2013) - After Dark, Baylor University's annual fall talent show, will showcase gifted students at 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2013 in Waco Hall. The show, which is held annually during Family Weekend at Baylor, will feature top student talent and includes everything from singers and dancers to a ventriloquist this year.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 19, 2013) - Baylor University's College of Arts and Sciences will host its annual Beall-Russell Lecture in the Humanities on Monday, Sept. 23. This year's lecture features Timothy Egan, award-winning author, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, The New York Times columnist and regular BBC radio contributor.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 20, 2013) -- Award-winning journalist Sarah Pulliam Bailey, a national correspondent for Religion News Service, will lecture at Baylor on Wednesday, Sept. 25, about the state of religion reporting, the impact of digital media and social networking on journalism and how people of faith can find a place in prominent news outlets.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 18, 2013) - Baylor University has enrolled the most diverse student body in the University's 168-year history and set another overall enrollment record, according to official 12th-day enrollment statistics compiled by the Office of Institutional Research and Testing. The fall enrollment report also shows fall-to-fall retention for last year's class of Baylor freshmen at its highest point ever.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 17, 2013) - The Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics and Engineering Research (CASPER) at Baylor University will host its fall seminar series Sept. 20 through Nov. 22.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 16, 2013) -- Religion played a key role in the revolution that brought an independent Texas republic into existence, and today, religion thrives in the State of Texas, with perhaps a greater diversity of faiths than in any other state.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 16, 2013) - Michael Honeycutt, Ph.D., director of the toxicology division of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), will give a lecture entitled "Toxicology at the TCEQ: What do Regulatory Toxicologists Do?" at Baylor on Thursday, Sept. 19. The event is sponsored by the department of environmental science in Baylor's College of Arts & Sciences.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 16, 2013) -- Representatives from McLennan Community College and Baylor University announced today the creation of a formal transfer program known as Baylor Bound. Baylor President Ken Starr and McLennan President Dr. Johnette McKown signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a three-year pilot program to help students transfer more easily between the two institutions.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 13, 2013) - Ministers, educators, social workers, students and business professionals will discuss how American Christians can most effectively and respectfully partner with Christians around the world to address complex issues of poverty, injustice, and oppression during the Rethink Missions conference Sept. 16-17 on the Baylor University campus.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 13, 2013) - The Honors College will host an evening of music, poetry and storytelling from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 19 in the Alexander Reading Room.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 11, 2013) - From Eve to Mary and all the ladies in between, the women of the Bible hold much importance in Christian history, most Baylor students would agree.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 10, 2013) - As the nation pauses to reflect on the 12th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Baylor University Carillonneur Lynnette Geary will play a recital in memory of those who perished in the assaults at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, on the McLane Carillon in Pat Neff Hall Tower.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 10, 2013) - The Martin Museum of Art at Baylor University will present a solo exhibition of contemporary paintings, drawings, and collages by Robert Reed, professor of painting and printmaking at Yale University.

Baylor University President Ken Starr issued a statement today following the vote by the membership of the Baylor Alumni Association on a Transition Agreement between the BAA and the University.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 4, 2013) -- Baylor University Executive Vice President and Provost Elizabeth Davis, Ph.D., has announced that the Center for Christian Ethics, located at Baylor since 2000 to engage Christians in reflection about significant ethical issues, has merged with the Institute for Faith and Learning (IFL), effective at the beginning of the 2013-14 academic year. The Center's director, Robert Kruschwitz, Ph.D., professor of philosophy, has joined IFL as a senior scholar.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 29, 2013) - Members of the former First Baptist Church Spring Branch of Houston, Texas, presented Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary with a generous gift of $1 million on Sunday, Aug. 26, honoring the church's history through the establishment of the First Baptist Church Spring Branch of Houston, Texas George W. Truett Theological Seminary Endowed Scholarship Fund.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 30, 2013) - Baylor University will debut a new commercial during Saturday's nationally televised football game between Baylor and Wofford at 6:35 p.m. at Floyd Casey Stadium. The Baylor TV ad underscores a number of essential and defining themes for the University: academic excellence, Christian commitment, servant leadership, global reach, and a sustained focus on Baylor's distinct mission.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 30, 2013) - Baylor University will host "OsoSafe," the university's annual Campus Safety Awareness Day, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, during Dr Pepper Hour in Barfield Drawing Room in the Bill Daniel Student Center. The event also includes a "live burn" demonstration on Fifth Street that shows how quickly a fire can spread in a dorm room setting.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 30, 2013) - In observance of Labor Day, Baylor University administrative offices will be closed and no classes will be held on Monday, Sept. 2.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 30, 2013) - For more than 160 years, Baylor University has provided students with the opportunity to fellowship together twice a week during chapel, the university's oldest tradition. Hosted by the Spiritual Life Center, this time is designed for musicians, speakers and other interesting guests to share their talents or wisdom with students during the semester.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 29, 2013) - Baylor University Board of Regents Chair Richard Willis, BBA '81, MBA '82, announced today that Paul L. Foster, BBA' 79, will defer his service on the University's governing board as he assumes leadership of the University of Texas System Board of Regents. Foster was elected UT System chair on Aug. 22.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 28, 2013) - The beauty of worship is that there is no one way to go about doing it correctly. The guitars and drum sets that many Baylor students enjoy at local churches in Waco are certainly not the only way to experience reverence, as the brothers of the French monastery Taizé could tell you. The Taizé way of worship is powerful, peaceful and contemplative in nature.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 26, 2013) - Kicking off the final year at Floyd Casey Stadium, Baylor University's annual Traditions Rally will open up the 2013 Baylor football season with a bang, beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29. Nashville-based musician Ben Rector will headline this year's Traditions Rally with a free concert open to the public.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 27, 2013) - To commemorate the 50th anniversary of The March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic "I Have A Dream" speech, Baylor University's McLane Carillon will participate in a nationwide bell-ringing event called "Let Freedom Ring" at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 26, 2013) - In its latest move to expand its reach to potential ministerial students and meet the changing needs of congregations, Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary will open an extension campus in Austin in January 2014.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 26, 2013) -- An exhibition of work by American photographer Ansel Adams, best known for his black-and-white images of nature, will be displayed at Martin Museum of Art at Baylor University from Sept. 10 to Nov. 14.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 23, 2013) - Venezuelan group Diaspora Duo, with pianist Alfredo Ovalles and violinist Raúl Suárez, will present a guest recital at Baylor University at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 27 in Roxy Grove Hall, 624 Speight Ave. Their program is entitled "Roots: Folk Music After the Twentieth Century."

WACO, Texas (Aug. 14, 2013) - For some students, the end of summer marks the start of a new school year; for others, it marks the end of their school days.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 13, 2013) - Baylor University is mourning the passing of Jean Bethke Elshtain, Ph.D., one of America's foremost public intellectuals and Visiting Distinguished Professor of Religion and Public Life at Baylor's Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR). The world-renowned scholar, who also served as The Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics at the Divinity School at The University of Chicago, died Sunday at the age of 72.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 9, 2013) - More than 60 fifth-through 10th-graders will participate in iEngage, a civics engagement summer camp Aug. 12-14 at Baylor University, where they will learn how to make a difference in their neighborhoods, schools and communities and build leadership skills.

WACO, Texas (August 7, 2013)--Where could you see 13 of the world's top church leaders, philanthropists, researchers, politicians and business men and women gather to exchange ideas? Right on campus.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 6, 2013) - In a continuing effort to provide alumni, parents and the general public with a convenient online ordering system for Family Weekend, Homecoming special events and single-game football tickets (*excluding the Dec. 7 game vs. Texas), Baylor University will launch single-game and event ticket sales at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 3, 2013) - Baylor University is mourning the passing of distinguished public servant, alumnus and former University trustee Jack E. Hightower, BA '49, LLB '51. The former State Representative, State Senator, U.S. Congressman and Texas Supreme Court Justice died Aug. 3 in Austin following a long illness. He was 86.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 3, 2013) - Baylor University is mourning the passing of distinguished alumnus, former University Chaplain and chair of Baylor Board of Trustees Dr. Milton E. Cunningham, BA '50. The longtime pastor and missionary died Aug. 3, 2013 of complications following a stroke, having lived his life to the praise of the glorious grace of God and the gospel of Jesus Christ. He was 84.

WACO, Texas (July 12, 2013) - One of the most significant paintings of the crucifixion of Jesus is by Salvador Dali. It's a clean, bloodless, athletic and comfortable-looking Christ, hung on a sturdy wooden cross overlooking peaceful waters.

WACO, Texas (July 5, 2013) - Baylor Student Activities and Campus Recreation won't let you succumb to boredom this summer. The staff has been busy hosting events for students who are still on campus and will continue to do so throughout July.

WACO, Texas (July 2, 2013) - In observance of Independence Day, many Baylor buildings will close or have altered hours.

WACO, Texas (June 24, 2013) - Baylor University Board of Regents Chairman Richard Willis announced today that Paul L. Foster, BBA '79, Chairman of the Board and Executive Chairman of Western Refining Inc., of El Paso, has been elected to a three-year term on the University's governing board. Foster will begin his service as a Baylor Regent when the board next meets in July.

WACO, Texas (June 19, 2013) - How do you pray? Openly through song and dance, or through private, silent prayer? The brothers in the Taizé monastery in southern France sing Scripture until "singing becomes serene," as they put it. The Office of Spiritual Life will host a Taizé Prayer Service in the Spiritual Life Center Chapel at 500 Speight Ave. from 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Thursday, June 20.

WACO, Texas (June 12, 2013) - Former flute soloist for the New York Philharmonic Jeanne Baxtresser will lecture Wednesday, June 12, and Friday, June 14, in the Meadows Recital Hall in the Glennis McCrary Music Building.

WACO, Texas (June 10, 2013) - If a picture's worth a thousand words, then Paul Fontaine's works can tell his life story. Baylor's Martin Museum of Art will be displaying its borrowed collection of the works of Fontaine in celebration of what would be his 100th birthday.

WACO, Texas (June 7, 2013) - The Texas Hunger Initiative will host a free viewing of the documentary A Place at the Table, from 2 to 5 p.m. Monday, June 10 at the Mayborn Museum Complex on the Baylor University campus. Afterward there will be a discussion featuring Matt Hess, Executive Director of World Hunger Relief, Inc., Gaynor Yancy, Ph. D., professor in the School of Social Work and Cheryl Pooler, social worker for the Waco ISD Homeless Outreach Services.

WACO, Texas (June 6, 2013) - Summer is finally here. There's time for playing video games, watching TV, snacking on potato chips or for learning something new. How will your child spend the next three months?

WACO, Texas (May 31, 2013) - Although it may seem that Baylor's campus is in hibernation during the summer months, it is still filled with students participating in summer camps. Starting the first week of June, students of all ages will be attending camps to develop their skills in sports, scholastics and music.

WACO, Texas (May 24, 2013) - Baylor University will not hold classes and will close administrative offices on Monday, May 27, in observance of Memorial Day, while other campus facilities will have altered hours.

WACO, Texas (May 23, 2013) --As spooky music plays, the heart beats faster and the muscles tense. The moment a loud noise sounds, the eyes squeeze shut as the lips pull back toward the ears. The body suddenly jumps, and shoulders and arms slightly rise, as if ready to defend themselves against an imaginary threat.

WACO, Texas (May 21, 2013) - The National League of Cities (NLC) has selected Waco as one of 21 cities nationwide to participate in a leadership academy that will help the city reduce childhood hunger by leveraging federal funding.

WACO, Texas (May 17, 2014) - Former Baylor University Regent and current Baylor Health Center orthopedic physician Dr. Red Covington of Waco passed away May 14 in Waco after a brief illness. He was 75.

WACO, Texas (May 3, 2013)--More than 90 looks created by Baylor fashion students will be on display at the Cirque de la Mode fashion show this year.

WACO, Texas (May 3, 2013) - In honor of Robert Browning's 201st birthday, the Armstrong Browning Library will host a concert and lecture as part of its annual Browning Day celebration. The event will take place at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, in the McLean Foyer of Meditation of the Armstrong Browning Library, 710 Speight Ave.

WACO, Texas (April 29, 2013) - Each year, following the Phi Beta Kappa initiation banquet, one undergraduate scholar is chosen to present a lecture hosted by The Pulse, Baylor University's undergraduate journal. The 2013 lecture will be presented by David Welch and will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, in the Reading Room of Alexander Residence Hall, 1413 S. Seventh St.

WACO, Texas (April 29, 2013)--The 14th annual Black Glasses Film Festival will screen films directed and created by students from film and digital media division of Baylor's College of Arts & Sciences.

WACO, Texas (April 29, 2013)--Every spring since 1994, Baylor University's graduating class has selected one outstanding Baylor professor to receive the Collins Outstanding Professor Award. This year's honoree is Tim Thomasson, clinical professor in accounting and business law in Baylor's Hankamer School of Business.

WACO, Texas (April 26, 2013)--Baylor University religion scholar Philip Jenkins, Ph.D., will be among lecturers at the 2013 Wilberforce Weekend Conference in Arlington, Va.

WACO, Texas (April 25, 2013) - With rapidly increasing technological development and new tools for communication, how can the church communicate faithfully in a digital age? This question will be at the center of a symposium titled "iFaith? The Church in the Digital Age."

WACO, Texas (April 24, 2013) - Written in the Latin language, Roman literature remains an enduring reflection of the culture and traditions of ancient Rome. Baylor University's Honors College welcomes Joseph Farrell, Ph.D., professor of classics at the University of Pennsylvania, for a lecture on Roman antiquity.

DALLAS (April 22, 2013) - Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing (LHSON) will present an art exhibition called "The Life of a Caregiver Portrayed through Photography" from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 23. The free event will take place at LHSON, located at 3700 Worth St. in Dallas.

WACO, Texas (April 22, 2013) -- Francis J. Beckwith, Ph.D., a professor of philosophy at Baylor University and Resident Scholar in Baylor's Institute for Studies of Religion, will travel to Rome in mid-June to speak at The Celebration of Evangelium Vitae: Faithful to Life conference, sponsored by the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization.

WACO, Texas (April 22, 2013) - The department of theatre arts at Baylor University will present Mad Forest April 23 through April 28 in Mabee Theatre of the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center, 60 Baylor Ave. Performances through Saturday will begin at 7:30 p.m., with matinees offered on Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m.

WACO, Texas (April 19, 2013) -- A festival marking the arrival of spring, with a step back in time to the 1890s, will be held Saturday, April 20, in the Governor Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village at Baylor University's Mayborn Museum Complex.

WACO, Texas (April 19, 2013) -- In response to calls for life-saving blood donations, Baylor University and Carter BloodCare will have a campus-wide blood drive today beginning at 10:30 a.m. on the Baylor campus. Two Carter BloodCare donation buses will be located on Fifth Street by Marrs McLean Gym and the Vara Martin Daniel Plaza.

WACO, Texas (April 19, 2013)--Fossil, nuclear and renewable energy sources are undergoing profound changes. The world is gradually shifting from coal and oil to the energies of the future. This transition is the subject of the energy documentary film "Switch." Now playing at more than 300 universities, Baylor's department of geology will present a screening of the movie at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 22, in Bennett Auditorium of Draper Academic Building, 1420 S. Seventh St.

The explosions Wednesday night in West have shocked and saddened us all. We are eager to be of assistance. LATEST BAYLOR UPDATE: 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 19, 2013: Blood Drive TODAY on the Baylor Campus

WACO, Texas (April 18, 2013) - Three preeminent scholar/teachers from the University of Missouri, New York University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been selected as finalists for Baylor University's 2014 Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching, the only national teaching award - with the single largest monetary reward of $250,000 - presented by a college or university to an individual for exceptional teaching. The winning professor will be announced by Baylor in spring 2014.

WACO, Texas (April 18, 2013) - Five for Fighting, known for the hit song "Superman (It's Not Easy)" that became an anthem after the Sept. 11 attacks, will perform tonight (Thursday, April 18) at a benefit concert at Baylor University to aid the West, Texas, community as it recovers from Wednesday's explosion. The concert is free and open to the community. Cash donations are welcome to support relief efforts in West. The concert - originally scheduled for tonight on Fountain Mall on the Baylor campus as part of the University's Diadeloso celebration - has been moved indoors to the Ferrell Center, 1900 S. University Parks Drive at LaSalle Avenue in Waco.

Baylor President Ken Starr reaches out to Baylor Nation about the tragic events in West, Texas, only 17 miles from the Baylor campus. The University community continues to be in prayer for West and for the members of our own Baylor family whose lives have been disrupted by this disaster so suddenly. However, on Diadeloso, a day of tradition for our University, Baylor Nation is choosing to embody an even greater tradition -- that inspired by Christ Jesus to be energetically in service to the needy.

WACO, Texas (April 17, 2013) -In 1824, Beethoven completed one of his greatest works: Symphony No. 9 in D minor. Famous for "Ode to Joy" in its final movement, the symphony will be presented in a sold out concert by Baylor's School of Music at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 20, in Jones Concert Hall of the McCrary Music Building, 110 Baylor Ave.

WACO, Texas (April 17, 2013)--A tradition that started in 1932 as a way to "bring smiles to the faces of students" by giving them a break from classes, dawns Baylor's campus once more.

WACO, Texas (April 17, 2013)--Ever wondered what it would have been like to live on Earth in the pre-historic times? With research conducted by Daniel J. Wescott, Ph.D., ancient human behavior is unveiled through the study of long bone biomechanics.

WACO, Texas (April 16, 2013)--Baylor University will recognize its top students during the 21st annual Harry and Anna Jeanes Academic Honors Week, beginning with the Honors Convocation at 2 p.m. Friday, April 19, in Barfield Drawing Room in the Bill Daniel Student Center.

WACO, Texas (April 15, 2013) -- Clinical psychologist Kenneth I. Pargament, Ph.D., a leading figure in exploring the connection between spirituality and health, will lecture at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, at Kayser Auditorium in the Hankamer School of Business, 1428 S. Fifth St.

WACO, Texas (April 15, 2013)--Baylor University's School of Education will spotlight undergraduate research conducted by Baylor teacher education candidates at the fifth annual Science of Wondering research symposium.

WACO, Texas (April 12, 2013) - The Piper Children's Art Gala and Auction, featuring art by children and Baylor University faculty members, will take place at 6 p.m. Friday, April 19, in the foyer of Baylor's Martin Museum of Art in the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center, 60 Baylor Ave.