WACO, Texas (April 12, 2013)-- According to the Centers for Disease Control, "about 1 in 88 children have been identified with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD)" and research shows a steady increase in its occurrence.

WACO, Texas (April 12, 2013) - The Chinese have called it the Year of the Snake, while Ram Trucks' Super Bowl commercial proclaimed it the Year of the Farmer, but 2013 is being called by a different name at Baylor on April 16: The Year of Statistics. As part of a worldwide celebration of statistics and probability, the university will host Ronald Wasserstein, Ph.D., for a lecture at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, in Room C.105 of the Baylor Sciences Building, 101 Bagby Ave.

WACO, Texas (April 12, 2013)--Musique, musica, musik, muziek, music. No matter the language, music influences and shapes different cultures around the world, every day.

WACO, Texas (April 10, 2013)--Baylor University's W.R. Poage Legislative Library will host a special presentation on "Leadership & Lessons Learned From A Decade of Conflict" - featuring a dialogue with former U.S. Congressman Chet Edwards and retired Fort Hood and III Corps commander Lt. Gen. Paul E. Funk - at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 11, in Bennett Auditorium, 1420 S. Seventh St., on the Baylor campus. Lt. Gen. Pete Taylor, who was originally scheduled for the event, is recovering from a recent medical procedure and is unable to attend.

WACO, Texas (April 10, 2013) - Four start-up companies owned by students in Baylor University's Accelerated Ventures Program have been funded by members of Baylor Angel Network through BAN AV Investment Fund One, LLC.

WACO, Texas (April 10, 2013) - From Puccini to Porter, a collection of beloved songs from stage productions will be presented by vocalists of Baylor Opera Theater in "Underground Opera: The Roaring Twenties." These performances will take place at 7:30 p.m. April 12-13 in Roxy Grove Hall of Waco Hall, 624 Speight Ave.

WACO, Texas (April 9, 2013) - With nuclear development at the forefront of international thought following North Korea's recent actions, Robert R. Johnson, Ph.D., will present a lecture titled "Romancing the Atom: Nuclear Infatuation from the Radium Girls to Fukushima." The lecture will take place at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11, in Room C105 of the Baylor Sciences Building, 101 Bagby Ave.

WACO, Texas (April 8, 2013)--The department of environmental science in Baylor University's College of Arts & Sciences is pleased to welcome Christopher Pepper, J.D., a shareholder of Winstead's Energy & Environmental Practice Group.

Baylor University President Ken Starr, a personal friend of Lady Margaret Thatcher, reflected on the passing of the former British Prime Minister.

WACO, Texas (April 5, 2013) - As part of Scholars Week hosted by Baylor's Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Achievement (URSA) program, more than 120 students will present research they have conducted under the supervision of a faculty mentor. The event will take place April 8-11.

WACO, Texas (April 5, 2013) - Helen Wilcox, Ph.D., will be the guest lecturer for this year's John P. Reesing Lecture hosted by the English department in Baylor University's College of Arts & Sciences. The lecture is titled "'Comfortable Words:' The Book of Common Prayer and English Literature."

WACO, Texas (April 5, 2013) -- Around the world, a revolution has begun that cannot be stopped. Girls are taking a stand in the midst of turmoil, suppression and discrimination all across the world.

WACO, Texas (April 4, 2013) -- Baylor University religion scholar Philip Jenkins, Ph.D., will be among lecturers at the German Bishops' Conference in Rome, which will be focused upon new religious movements that are challenges for the Roman Catholic Church.

WACO, Texas (April 4, 2013)--The Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics and Engineering Research (CASPER) welcomes distinguished guest speakers featured in the Spring 2013 Seminar Series. All lectures will take place at 1:30 p.m. in the Baylor Sciences Building, Room E. 231, unless otherwise noted.

WACO, Texas (April 3, 2013) - Baylor University will host the seventh annual Heart of Texas Community Tailgate Party, a free event for families that features Baylor baseball and softball games, food and activities on Saturday, April 13, at Getterman Stadium and Baylor Ballpark.

WACO, Texas (March 28, 2013)--The 19th annual Beall Poetry Festival, a four-day celebration of some of the finest contemporary poetry, will feature five renowned poets. The events, which are free and open to the public, will run Wednesday, April 3, through Saturday, April 6, on the Baylor University campus.

WACO, Texas (March 28, 2013)-- As Adolf Hitler and the Nazis seized a nation, terrorized a continent and attempted to exterminate the entire Jewish population of Europe, Dietrich Bonhoeffer sought to dismantle the Third Reich from the inside.

WACO, Texas (March 28, 2013)--The 27th annual Northcutt Lecture will present a lecture by hymn-poet and author Brian Wren, Ph.D., at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, in Meadows Recital Hall, in the Glennis McCrary Music Building, 110 Baylor Ave.

WACO, Texas (March 26, 2013)--The department of finance in Baylor's Hankamer School of Business welcomes Stephen G. Moyer, author of "Distressed Debt Analysis," considered to be primary reference for distressed debt investors.

WACO, Texas (Mar. 22, 2013) -The musical melody of more than 22 tons of bronze bells will infuse campus in celebration of Lent and Holy Week.

WACO, Texas (March 22, 2013) - Baylor's Institute for Studies of Religion will host Paul Harvey, Ph.D., for a lecture titled, "The Battle for Jesus During the Civil War." The lecture will take place at 3:30 p.m. Monday, March 25, at Kayser Auditorium in the Hankamer School of Business, 1428 S. Fifth St. It will be a discussion of America's religious history, particularly during the mid-19th century.

WACO, Texas (March 22, 2013) - The School of Music at Baylor University will present its Dean's Honor Concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, at Roxy Grove Hall in Waco Hall, 624 Speight Ave.

WACO, Texas (March 26, 2013) - On March 28, the Martin Museum of Art will open its annual Baylor Art Student Exhibition, which will feature 85 works created by the university's students. The exhibition will run through April 17 and will be located in the museum's Gallery I & II at the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center, 60 Baylor Ave.

WACO, Texas (March 20, 2013)--Baylor University's Honors College and the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core (BIC) welcome Peter Berkowitz, J.D., Ph.D., Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, for the 19th annual Laura Blanche Jackson Endowed Memorial Lectureship in World Issues.

WACO, Texas (March 20, 2013) - The School of Music at Baylor University will host the award-winning Peabody Trio as the final performance in this year's Distinguished Artist Series. The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 21, at Roxy Grove Hall in Waco Hall, 624 Speight Ave.

WACO, Texas (March 15, 2013) -- Baylor University is grieved at the loss of benefactor, friend and alumna Nevie Martha Webb Whetsel of Austin, formerly of McAllen, who passed away March 13, 2013. Enthusiastic fans of Baylor Athletics, Martha and Jack Whetsel provided the naming gift for the Lt. Jack Whetsel Jr. Basketball Practice Facility at the Ferrell Center, which is named for their late son. They also supported scholarships for the children of police, firefighters and schoolteachers.

WACO, Texas (March 11, 2013)--The Global Business Forum is an annual conference, hosted by Baylor University and the McBride Center for International Business, that assembles specialists from the academic, business and public policy communities to explore relevant issues concerning the world economy.

WACO, Texas (March 8, 2012) - The department of theatre arts at Baylor University will present The 39 Steps March 19 to March 23 in Jones 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 (March 8, 2013)--Baylor University will not hold classes March 11 through March 15 for spring break. However, many university facilities and administrative offices will remain open.

WACO, Texas (March 7, 2013)--As many Baylor University students and faculty prepare to head to sunny or snowy destinations for a spring break getaway, six Baylor affiliated missions teams have different plans.

WACO, Texas (March 5, 2013) - Baylor University's Sports Sponsorship & Sales (S3) program launched the S3 Report, a monthly online publication (www.baylors3.com) featuring the best sales and marketing practices shared by the sports industry.

WACO, Texas (March 4, 2013) - Baylor University President Ken Starr has expanded the role of his Chief of Staff Karla Leeper, Ph.D., to include an additional title and new responsibilities as Vice President for Executive Affairs.

WACO, Texas (March 4, 2013)--March is Women's History Month (WHM). After being petitioned by the National Women's History Project, Congress in 1989 declared WHM a national celebration. Since then, WHM has highlighted the accomplishments of some of the greatest women in history.

NOTICE: This program has been moved to Jones Concert Hall in the McCrary Music Building, 110 Baylor Ave. The program will begin at 7 p.m. Monday, March 4.
WACO, Texas (March 1, 2013) - In a rare American appearance, Irish poet and Nobel Prize recipient Seamus Heaney will speak at Baylor University as a special guest of The Beall Poetry Festival.

WACO, Texas (Mar. 1, 2013) - Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion welcomes guest lecturer Marvin Olasky, Ph.D., editor-in-chief of the World News Group, for "Rafting the Political Rapids."

WACO, Texas (March 1, 2013) - Marcia McFee, Ph.D., is a worship designer and leader who helps Christians worship God in the fullest ways at churches and conferences across the nation. She will be the guest speaker for the 2013 Hearn Innovators Series hosted by Baylor's Center for Christian Music Studies March 4 to March 6.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 28, 2013)--Baylor University's Office of Community Engagement & Service, the division of film and digital media, and the Fine Arts Living & Learning Center will host a free viewing of the award-winning documentary, "Makarios: A Rising Tide" followed by a Q&A session with award-winning film producer and Baylor University alumna, Kristen Cox.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 28, 2013) - In partnership with the National Education Association's (NEA) Read Across America project, Baylor Bookstore will host an in-store celebration for Dr. Seuss Day on Friday, March 1. Read Across America's Dr. Seuss Day is an annual event held to encourage reading with younger children by celebrating the birthday of famous children's book author and illustrator Theodor Seuss Geisel.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 27, 2013) - Baylor University's Honors College in collaboration with the Center for Catholic-Evangelical Dialogue and the Canada Research Chair for Interpretation, Religion and Culture at Trinity Western University welcome Tracey Rowlan, Ph.D., dean and permanent fellow of John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family in Melbourne, Australia.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 27, 2013) - From Sydney to London, contemporary classical music is growing increasingly popular in the world's most famous concert halls. The progressive genre will come to Waco when the Baylor University School of Music presents concerts with Sō Percussion, the Meehan/ Perkins Duo and other guests March 1 through March 2.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 27, 2013) - Renowned geologist Henry W. Posamentier, Ph.D., will be the featured speaker for the 2013 O.T. Hayward Geology Lecture hosted by the department of geology in Baylor's College of Arts & Sciences. He will present lectures on Feb. 28 and March 1.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 26, 2013) - This is the eighth year that Baylor University will host the Philosophy of Religion Conference, a preeminent discussion on religious philosophy that draws scholars from across the nation. This year's conference will take place Feb. 28 through March 2.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 26, 2013) - Loving your body just the way it is has never been easy. Comparing yourself to celebrities and supermodels with power and fame is a part of human nature. Eating disorders are too often the result of these skewed comparisons.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 26, 2013) - Paul Martens, Ph.D., will be the featured speaker for the annual lecture hosted by Baylor University's religion department in the College of Arts & Sciences. His lecture is titled "You are What You Wear: Reflections on Clothing and Christian Identity" and will be given at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, in Miller Chapel in the Tidwell Bible Building, 600 Speight Ave.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 26, 2013) - Baylor University School of Music's women's chamber choir, Bella Voce, will present a concert "By, For, and About Women" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28 in Roxy Grove Hall located in Waco Hall, 624 Speight Ave.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 22, 2013) - Deborah Cohen, Ph.D., has established a reputation for her specialized knowledge of modern European history, especially in the context of Great Britain. She will speak on "Family Secrets: Shame and Privacy in Modern Britain" as the guest lecturer for the 2013 Edmondson Lecture Series on Feb. 26 and Feb. 27.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 22, 2013)--Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary welcomes Mac McQuiston, president of Focus on the Family's CEO Forum.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 20, 2013) - The Martin Museum of Art at Baylor University will host a reception and gallery talk for one of its most recent exhibitions, Spinning Yarns. The event will be at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, in the museum's Gallery II at the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center, 60 Baylor Ave.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 20, 2013) - Some worry the bond between faith and learning is becoming less cohesive. In response to this concern, Baylor's Institute for Faith and Learning and Academy for Teaching and Learning welcome David I. Smith, Ph.D., as he lectures on "Teaching and Christian Practice."

WACO, Texas (Feb. 20, 2013) - Baylor University welcomes Kyla Ebels-Duggan, Ph.D., as the next guest scholar in the Honors College's Formation Lecture Series. The event will take place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, in the Reading Room of Alexander Residence Hall, 1413 S. Seventh St.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 20, 2013) - During the weekend of Feb. 22, high school students from across the United States will be on Baylor's campus for YouthCue, a festival that brings youth choirs together to improve musical skills and performance techniques. The festival will conclude with a grand concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, at Jones Concert Hall in the Glennis McCrary Music Building, 110 Baylor Ave.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 19, 2012) - True stories, fungi-filled love sagas and documentaries about outrageous competition, will make their debut as Texas Independent Film Network and Baylor University's Film and The Austin Film Society team up for the Spring 2013 Film Series.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 18, 2013) - Dante's The Divine Comedy is considered to be the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language. The epic poem will be the topic of an upcoming seminar when the Honors College at Baylor University hosts Susanna Barsella, Ph.D., professor of Italian at Fordham University. The seminar will take place at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, in the Reading Room at Alexander Hall, 1413 S. Seventh St., on the Baylor campus.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 15, 2013) - "How Interdisciplinary is the Social Scientific Study of Religion?" will be the subject of a lecture by jimi adams, Ph.D., hosted by Baylor University's department of sociology. The lecture will take place at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, in Room 345 of the Draper Academic Building, 1420 S. Seventh St.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 13, 2013) - Paul E. Lingenfelter, Ph.D., a respected leader in higher education, will be the keynote speaker for this year's Distinguished Lecture Series hosted by the Baylor University School of Education. The lecture series will take place Feb. 14 and 15.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 13, 2013) - The 59th annual All University Sing competition, a Baylor University tradition that allows student organizations to showcase their musical talents in a Broadway-style production, will take the stage Feb. 14-17 and Feb. 22-23. Each performance will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Baylor's Waco Hall, 624 Speight Ave.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 13, 2013) - The Baylor University Law School once again is hosting its annual People's Law School, a free half-day curriculum of courses designed to educate consumers about their legal rights and to make the law "user friendly." This year, the People's Law School will include for the first time classes aimed at explaining the Second Amendment.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 8, 2013) - Baylor University welcomes James Tour, Ph.D., an authority on nanoscale science and technology, as the featured lecturer in a colloquium hosted by the Office of the Vice Provost for Research and the departments of physics and chemistry. The colloquium will take place Feb. 12 and 13.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 8, 2013) - Who would have known evangelism and oil had so many similarities?

Darren Dochuk, Ph.D., associate professor in the humanities at Washington University in St. Louis, will explore these similarities in a lecture presented by Baylor University's Institute for Studies of Religion.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 8, 2013)--We've all heard the phrase, "Well I wasn't born yesterday!" But according to crooked businessman Harry Brock, girlfriend Billie Dawn is out of luck when it comes to brains.

WACO, TX (Feb. 8, 2013) - Valentine's Day will come early this year for Baylor University's Armstrong Browning Library (ABL) as it celebrates the fifth-annual Valentine's Day Extravaganza. The extravaganza will take place from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 9, in the McLean Foyer of Meditation of Armstrong Browning Library, 710 Speight Ave.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 7, 2013) - As Black History Month is celebrated across the nation, several special events will take place on the Baylor University campus to celebrate diversity, achievement and unity. The following events are open to the public.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 6, 2013)--On any given Sunday afternoon, a traveler passing through the Deep South might stumble upon the age-old tradition of Sacred Harp singing. In a simpler age when Sundays were a time for the Lord, groups would gather and sing from a traditional songbook passed down for generations.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 5, 2013) - State Rep. Charles "Doc" Anderson, R-Waco, state Sen. Brian Birdwell, R-Granbury, and state Rep. Kyle Kacal, R-College Station, will be featured in The Texas Tribune's "The Hot Seat in Waco" from 11:30 a.m. to noon Friday, Feb. 22, in the Stone Room at Baylor University's Ferrell Center. The event is free and open to the public, but reservations are required.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 5, 2013) - Baylor University's W.R. Poage Legislative Library will present its spring exhibit - "Middle East Patterns: Places, Peoples and Politics" - now through May 15, featuring 150 original photographs from Dr. Colbert Held, a 1938 alumnus of Baylor, former Foreign Service Officer with the State Department and retired diplomat-in-residence at Baylor.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 1, 2013) -Baylor University welcomes Alan Jacobs, Ph.D., The Clyde S. Kilby Chair Professor of English at Wheaton College, as the next guest speaker in its Honors College lecture series. The event will take place at 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4, in the Drawing Room of Memorial Residence Hall, 1425 S. Seventh St.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 30, 2013) - Gilbert Strang, Ph.D., who has taught in Boston since he joined the mathematics faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1962, will make two presentations in Waco as part of the Baylor Lecture Series in Mathematics that begins Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013.

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WACO, Texas (Jan. 29, 2013) - Baylor University welcomed Brian P. Coppola, Ph.D., who will teach in residence at Baylor this spring as the 2012 recipient of the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching, to the Baylor community during a Jan. 30 luncheon held in his honor.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 29, 2013) - Much innocent blood was shed during the time of Robespierre's Reign of Terror. During the French Revolution, the guillotine was an instrument of death, becoming the most powerful symbol of the revolutionary cause.

WACO, Texas (January 24, 2013) - In science fiction, robots look like R2D2. In stores, they look like vacuum cleaners and robotic pets. A new traveling exhibit called Robots + Us at the Mayborn Museum Complex will allow museum visitors to compare sci-fi fantasies of robots with today's technical realities and to explore why it's so hard to build human-like robots. The exhibit will be on display Jan. 26 through April 28.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 23, 2013)--Mindful of one of the most debated scientific issues of today, Katharine Hayhoe, Ph.D., seeks to untangle the complex science behind global warming and climate change, also examining the key role Christian faith and values play into shaping attitudes and actions associated with this topic.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 18, 2013) - Each Monday and Wednesday during the semester, students from all areas of study come together for Chapel, an integral part of Baylor students' education since the university was founded in 1845. This semester will bring an array of special speakers and musicians to Chapel. A list of some of these guests is as follows:

In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Baylor University administrative offices will be closed and no classes will be held on Monday, Jan. 21.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 17, 2013) -- Roger E. Olson, Ph.D., a professor of theology at the George W. Truett Theological Seminary at Baylor University, has been named the holder of the Foy Valentine Professorship of Christian Ethics.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 16, 2013) -- The Waco, Central Texas and Baylor communities are invited to gather for a time of worship and reflection honoring the life and vision of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20, on the Baylor University campus.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 16, 2013) - With the start of a new semester, many are looking ahead to what events will take place during the next several months. Among the most notable and exciting are those of the Lyceum Series, an annual presentation of the Baylor School of Music.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 16, 2013) - Jesus was married. Fact? Or fiction? In recent news, an announcement of a newly-discovered early Christian papyrus fragment led people to believe Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 10, 2013) -- Baylor University announced today a gift from the family and friends of pioneering Baptist ethicist Dr. Foy Valentine that brings to reality a long-held vision for renewed emphasis on Christian Ethics curriculum through the Foy Valentine Endowed Professorship in Christian Ethics at Baylor's George W. Truett Theological Seminary. The numerous faithful and sacrificial gifts from Dr. Valentine's family and friends over the years continued the effort to build this permanent endowment to benefit Truett.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 21, 2012) - Baylor University joined churches and other buildings around the country in tolling its bells at 8:30 a.m. CT today in memory of the children and teachers who were tragically killed Friday, Dec. 14, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 17, 2012) - World-renowned chemist, John L. Wood, PH.D., has been named by Baylor University as The Robert A. Welch Distinguished Professor of Chemistry. His appointment is made possible in part by a $4.2 million grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT).

WACO, Texas (Dec. 12, 2012) - At the majestic sound of Pomp and Circumstance, another class of Baylor students will walk forward to mark the completion of their studies during the university's winter commencement exercises on Saturday, Dec. 15. The two ceremonies will be presided over by Baylor President Ken Starr and take place at the Ferrell Center, 1900 S. University Parks Drive.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 12, 2012) - As students enjoy time off during Winter Break, Baylor University will operate with special business hours. All services and offices will resume their regular hours in advance of classes beginning Jan. 14, 2013.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 11, 2012) - Baylor University Executive Vice President and Provost Elizabeth Davis, Ph.D., has announced the appointment of Beverly Roberts Gaventa, Ph.D., as Distinguished Professor of New Testament Interpretation in the department of religion at Baylor University. Dr. Gaventa currently serves as Helen H.P. Manson Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis at Princeton Theological Seminary, where she has taught for 21 years. She will join Baylor beginning in fall 2013.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 28, 2012) - It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas on the Baylor Campus. Live nativities, Christmas concerts and celebrated traditions warm the campus as the final days of the fall semester come to an end.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 27, 2012) - Man's relationship with time, the universe and the divine are common themes in T.S. Eliot's set of poems, "Four Quartets." Distinguished Japanese-America artist Makoto Fujimura and Boston-based artist and teacher Bruce Herman have collaborated to produce a new body of paintings in response to Eliot's "Four Quartets."

WACO, Texas (Nov. 26, 2012) - One of the most respected minds in philosophy, Charles Taylor, Ph.D., will give a lecture to Baylor students as a guest of Phi Beta Kappa honor society and its Roy B. Albaugh Lecture Series. The lecture will take place at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, in the McLean Foyer of Meditation at Armstrong Browning Library, 710 Speight Ave.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 20, 2012) - In observance of Thanksgiving, Baylor University administrative offices will be closed and no classes will be held Wednesday, Nov. 21, through Friday, Nov. 23.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 13, 2012) - World renowned Old Testament scholar, Konrad Schmid, Ph.D., will speak at Baylor's department of religion 2012 McGee Endowed lecture series at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15 in the Miller Chapel, Tidwell Bible Building, 600 Speight Ave. Schmid, professor of Hebrew Bible and ancient Judaism at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, studies the history of biblical literature concentrating on the books of Genesis through Kings.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 12, 2012)--Houston's Ecclesia Church is a sanctuary to the homeless and drug addicts, a haven to suburb dwellers and high-profile attorneys, and a home to Robbie Seay and his band. Poetic and vulnerable lyrics incorporated into songs of praise and worship have set Robbie Seay Band apart from the rest.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 9, 2012) - The department of theatre arts at Baylor University will present "Hecuba" Nov. 13-18 in the 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 at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 9)-- Grammy Award-winning Hespèrion XXI, an international music ensemble founded by Spanish viol player Jordi Savall, will perform at Baylor University as part of the School of Music's Distinguished Artist Series.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 9, 2012) - "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here" is a famed line from what is considered to be the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language, Dante's The Divine Comedy. The epic poem will be the topic of an upcoming seminar when the Honors College at Baylor University hosts Christian Moevs, Ph.D., a professor of Italian at the University of Notre Dame and an authority on Dante's works. The seminar will take place at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, in the Reading Room at Alexander Residence Hall, 1413 S. Seventh St.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 7, 2012) - Baylor University students, faculty and staff will gather to honor members of the military, past and present, during a Veterans Day recognition ceremony at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 9, on Fountain Mall, 1360 S. Fifth St. The ceremony is sponsored by Veterans of Baylor, Army ROTC and Air Force ROTC.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 7)--Since 1985, thousands of students at Baylor University have taken the initiative to spend a Saturday in the greater Waco community, serving agencies, families, churches and public areas as part of the bi-annual Steppin' Out service event.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 6, 2012) -- The Baylor Autism Resource Center (BARC) will host a fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, at Rosa's Café, 4200 Franklin Ave.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 6, 2012) - Helge Antoni, a much sought-after pianist worldwide both in solo recitals and in concertos with orchestra, will speak at Baylor on how the arts and humanities encourage acts of compassion through one's life and work.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 5)--Contrary to what many liberals have predicted, not only has religion not vanished, but it has gained a renewed momentum worldwide, according to Ran Hirschl, Ph.D., professor of political science and law at the University of Toronto.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 5, 2012) -- People who don't want to wait until Sunday for a sermon -- and who would like to hear preaching from the pastors of tomorrow -- can do so at a free festival at Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary on Tuesday, Nov. 6, and Thursday, Nov. 8.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 2, 2012) - At its annual Homecoming meeting today, the Baylor University Board of Regents approved two new doctoral programs in the School of Music and a joint master's degree in divinity and business administration from George W. Truett Theological Seminary and Hankamer School of Business. Regents also honored Baylor Stadium Founders and recipients of the 2012-2013 Baylor Meritorious Achievement Awards.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 2, 2012) - Aspiring entrepreneurs will gain valuable advice from Robert J. Knorr, the Entrepreneur-In-Residence at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business, during a brunch and lecture on "The Entrepreneurial Spirit: Founding, Funding and Faith." The event will take place at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, in the Blume Conference Room of Cashion Academic Center, 1401 S. Fourth St.