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WACO, Texas (Aug. 17, 2020) – People who experience threats to their existence — which these days may well be economic and political instability — are more likely to experience miracles, according to a Baylor University study.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 16, 2020) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in local and national media stories as they shared their research and expertise on a variety of subjects, including a Baylor study on the autonomy of remote workers, COVID-19 related stories on film, theatre arts and hybrid learning; and topics on health and sports.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 13, 2020) - Beginning tonight (Thursday, Aug. 13), the Texas Department of Transportation plans to close all lanes of 4th Street where they cross under I-35 to pave the southbound overpass. In addition, crews plan to close all lanes of the northbound frontage road from 17th Street to the entrance ramp just north of 17th Street nightly for paving work beginning tonight through Sunday, Aug. 16.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 13, 2020) - A leading international research organization which funds outstanding early-career researchers and provides opportunities for mentorship and collaboration has named a Baylor University anthropology professor to its prestigious global scholar program.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 12, 2020) – Baylor University will honor its May and August graduates with a virtual commencement ceremony beginning at 10 a.m. CT Saturday, Aug. 15, presented via Facebook Live on the official Baylor University Facebook page and on the University's Commencement website.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 12, 2020) – Beverly Roberts Gaventa, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of New Testament Interpretation in the department of religion at Baylor University, has been awarded the prestigious Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies by The British Academy. She is one of only a few Americans to receive this award, established nearly a century ago.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 11, 2020) – Baylor University today announced the launch of a new partnership with Dallas-based independent instructional design firm, iDesign, to offer all faculty in-depth resources within the university’s learning management system (LMS) that can be mobilized in the online, hybrid, and face-to-face instructional environments.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 10, 2020) – Leigh Greathouse, Ph.D., a leading researcher in the relationship between diet, the microbiome, disease and health at Baylor University, has been awarded a prestigious Career Development Award from the Department of Defense (DoD) to study the link between diet and colon cancer treatment.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 9, 2020) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in local and national media stories as they shared their research and expertise on a variety of subjects, including a Baylor professor’s grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, COVID-19 related stories on technology, food insecurity and campus guidelines; and topics on anthropology, mental health, race, religion and scientific discoveries.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 6, 2020) – Marlene S. Neill, Ph.D., associate professor and graduate program director of Baylor University’s department of journalism, public relations and new media, has been named a member in the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) College of Fellows.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 5, 2020) – The Texas Department of Transportation plans to close all lanes of University Parks Drive where they cross under I-35 nightly starting tonight (Wednesday, Aug. 5) to Friday, Aug. 14, to continue reconstructing the southbound I-35 overpass. Drivers on University Parks Drive planning to cross under I-35 will need to use either 4th/5th Streets or MLK Jr. Blvd.

WACO, Texas (August 2, 2020) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in local and national media stories as they shared their research and expertise on a variety of subjects, including the Baylor Collaborative on Poverty and Hunger’s award from USDA, COVID-19 related stories on Social Security, remote learning and supply chain management; music, anthropology, mental health and scientific discoveries on the Earth’s temperature.

WACO, Texas (July 31, 2020) – Texas researchers from the University of Houston, Baylor University and Texas A&M University have discovered evidence for why the earth cooled dramatically 13,000 years ago, dropping temperatures by about 3 degrees Centigrade.

WACO, Texas (July 31, 2020) — Universities will be faced with numerous changes, challenges and opportunities during the fall semester due to the mitigation and management of campus health as it relates to COVID-19. Baylor University is by no means exempt from these headwinds; in fact, the University is uniquely positioned to be successful despite them.

WACO, Texas (July 30, 2020) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a grant of nearly $1 million to the Baylor University Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty for an innovative pilot program designed to encourage Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants to purchase and consume milk as part of a healthy, balanced diet.

WACO, Texas (July 28, 2020) – Baylor University’s A Cappella Choir, under the direction of Brian A. Schmidt, D.M.A., associate professor of choral music and director of graduate choral studies in the Baylor School of Music, has been announced as the winner of The American Prize in the Collegiate Choral Division for 2020.

WACO, Texas (July 25, 2020) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in local and national media stories as they shared their research and expertise on a variety of topics, including COVID-19 related stories on herd immunity, the health of jobseekers and how churches might be able to host remote-learning sites for children; higher education issues such as video and online learning and cellphone use in the classroom; and race and culture topics, from Halloween costumes and cultural appropriation to the history of race in Hollywood films.

WACO, Texas (July 24, 2020) — A mountain people in Uganda — branded as selfish and loveless by an anthropologist half a century ago — really is not, according to a study led by a Baylor University anthropologist.

WACO, Texas (July 23, 2020) – Construction crews on the I-35 Waco project plan to close the northbound I-35 exit ramp (Exit 334B) for 8th Street-4th/5th Streets-Downtown-University Parks Drive from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. tonight (Thursday, July 23). Northbound drivers planning to use this exit will be directed to exit at MLK Jr. Blvd. (Exit 335C) and turn around.

WACO, Texas (July 20, 2020) – As individuals and institutions across the country consider necessary changes to effectively fight racism, two terms are gaining familiarity: cultural humility and antiracism.

WACO, Texas (July 19, 2020) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in local and national media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on a variety of subjects, including COVID-19's global impact on grief as well as faith and mental health, how families can practice "pandemic patience" and the growth of multiracial church congregations.

WACO, Texas (July 17, 2020) – The Baylor University Board of Regents gathered virtually Thursday and Friday for its quarterly regular meeting to discuss and receive updates on numerous items, including the University’s plans for the fall semester in light of COVID-19 and the launch of the Commission on Historic Campus Representations.

WACO, Texas (July 15, 2020) – Baylor University and the Allbritton Art Institute have announced the appointment of Nathan T. Elkins, Ph.D., FSA, as director of the Allbritton Art Institute.

WACO, Texas (July 14, 2020) – Baylor University today announced the establishment of the Trailblazer Scholars Program, a scholarship program designed to recognize the importance of fostering diversity and mutual respect at Baylor University. Launching the program with $5 million in scholarship support, the University will actively engage alumni and donors to support growth in the program, with a goal of providing a cohort of 80 or more students scholarship support through Trailblazer Scholarships.

Baylor University today announced the cancellation of in-person graduation ceremonies honoring August 2020 graduates Aug. 14-15 due to a surge in cases and hospitalizations related to COVID-19 across Texas and the nation. In its place, the University will host a virtual ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 15, to honor its May and August graduates.

WACO, Texas (July 12, 2020) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in local and national media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on a variety of subjects, including COVID-19 and new management research that found perceived pregnancy discrimination in the workplace can lead to health challenges for mothers and babies.

WACO, Texas (July 9, 2020) – Liela Romero, Ph.D., a highly regarded rising cancer researcher and 2011 Baylor University alumnus, has joined the Baylor faculty with the support of a $2 million grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT).

WACO, Texas (July 8, 2020) – Psychiatric inpatients with major depressive disorders who increased in the virtue of patience during hospitalization also showed fewer symptoms of depression, according to a Baylor University study.

WACO, Texas (July 7, 2020) – Perceived pregnancy discrimination indirectly relates to increased levels of postpartum depressive symptoms for mothers and lower birth weights, lower gestational ages and increased numbers of doctor visits for babies, according to a management study led by Baylor University.

WACO, Texas (July 6, 2020) – Baylor University today announced the members of the 26-member Commission on Historic Campus Representations – established as part of a unanimously passed resolution by the Board of the Regents on June 26 that acknowledged the University's historical connections to slavery and the Confederacy – and the specific charges that will guide the work of the Commission.

WACO, Texas (July 5, 2020) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in local and national media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on a variety of subjects, including music and pain management, COVID-19's impact from the grocery supply chain to how people grieve loved ones, and race, culture and the church.

WACO, Texas (June 30, 2020) – Beginning tonight, I-35 construction crews plan to set beams for the University Parks Drive southbound overpass and close all lanes of University Parks Drive, where they cross under I-35, from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. Tuesday, June 30, to Friday, July 3.

WACO, Texas (June 30, 2020) – Baylor University today announced the funding of a new endowed faculty position within the Honors College, which will provide increased emphasis within the College on research in the Health Sciences. The $1.5 million gift from Dr. James Robert (JB) Parker of Amarillo, Texas, will combine with a match from the Baylor Academic Challenge to create The James Robert Parker Endowed Chair in Health Science and Leadership.

WACO, Texas (June 28, 2020) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in local and national media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on a variety of subjects, including race and films, learning and brain development, making sense of COVID-19 information, decision making and work-life conflict from parents' point of view.

WACO, Texas (June 26, 2020) – As both “an opportunity and an obligation to pursue racial healing as an expression of the Christian faith and adherence to Biblical principles of justice and love,” the Baylor University Board of Regents has unanimously passed a Resolution on Racial Healing and Justice that openly acknowledges the University’s historical connections to slavery and the Confederacy. The Board’s acknowledgement initiates a process on racial conciliation across the University and calls on the Board and the University to “pursue opportunities to inclusively explore and engage in significant conversations about this aspect of the institution’s past.”

WACO, Texas (June 25, 2020) – Baylor University’s drive toward Research 1 (R1) status received a major boost this spring as four faculty members earned prestigious CAREER development awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The grants represent the largest number of CAREER awards earned by Baylor faculty in a single semester and nearly doubled the University’s total number of active CAREER awards to nine.

WACO, Texas (June 24, 2020) — Following extended conversations with and consultation of seminary faculty, alumni and friends, Dean Todd D. Still, Ph.D., announced today, with strong support from university administration, the formation of a Wesley House of Studies at Baylor University’s Truett Seminary. In conjunction, he announced that Dr. William J. Abraham, a theologian, philosopher, author and minister, will serve as the founding director of this strategic initiative.

WACO, Texas (June 22, 2020) – Construction crews will be closing all lanes of 4th and 5th Streets where they cross under I-35 beginning tonight, Monday, June 22, through Friday, June 26, from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m., as they set beams for the southbound I-35 overpass over 4th/5th Streets.

WACO, Texas (June 22, 2020) – People felt less gratitude when they read about receiving a favor along with many other individuals, as opposed to a favor that was only given to themselves, according to a Baylor University psychology study.

WACO, Texas (June 21, 2020) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in local and national media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on a variety of subjects, from the history of Juneteenth and enduring freedom songs and protest spirituals to COVID-19’s impact on churches as they make decisions to hold in-person worship services.

WACO, Texas (June 19, 2020) – As the protests following the death of George Floyd began to roil the country, it was only a few days before the demonstrators began to sing an array of freedom songs and protest spirituals, as well as a few new adaptations, including Bill Withers’ “Lean on Me.”

WACO, Texas (June 17, 2020) – The Center for First-generation Student Success, an initiative of NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and The Suder Foundation, recently elevated 11 First-gen Forward Institutions, including Baylor University, to the Advisory Institution designation.

WACO, Texas (June 16, 2020) – When Baylor’s campus was closed due to COVID-19, Kara Jones drove several times from her home in San Antonio to Waco — a 360-mile round trip — as one of the few volunteers able to help out Mission Waco Health Clinic during that time.

WACO, Texas (June 15, 2020) – Baylor University’s department of New Student Programs today announced reimagined plans for Baylor Line Camp - Home Edition, which will continue the Baylor Line Camp tradition of providing an opportunity at no cost for incoming students to build relationships with one another before arriving on campus in the fall.

WACO, Texas (June 15, 2020) – A new treatment for stress which combines mindfulness with hypnotherapy has shown positive results in a Baylor University pilot study.

WACO, Texas (June 14, 2020) – Baylor University is mourning beloved benefactor and Baylor parent, Barbara “Babs” Nell Baugh, of San Antonio, who passed away today after a long, courageous battle with Parkinson’s disease. She was 78. As president of the Eula Mae and John Baugh Foundation, Baugh was a champion for higher education informed by Christian values, and her generous support of Baylor’s faculty, staff and students leaves an indelible mark on the institution.

WACO, Texas (June 14, 2020) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in local and national media stories as they shared their research and expertise on a variety of topics, including the Black athlete in American culture, the songs and scripture at the funeral of George Floyd, COVID-19 related stories on the voice of nurses in health care policy and links between religion and health, and how a world-class violinist answered the calling to teach.

WACO, Texas (June 12, 2020) – Baylor University President Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D., has joined more than 160 college presidents and chancellors in committing to full student voter registration and participation in all elections through the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN). To support full student voter participation of all eligible students, ALL IN and its Higher Education Presidents Council has launched a call to action for higher education presidents and chancellors to fully engage students in electoral participation.

WACO, Texas (June 10, 2020) – Mezzo-soprano Jamie Van Eyck, Ph.D., associate professor of voice and vocal studies division director at Baylor University’s School of Music, will be featured in Episode 11 of Austin Opera’s weekly broadcast series “Live from Indy Terrace” from 3 to 3:30 p.m. Friday, June 12.

WACO, Texas (June 7, 2020) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in local and national media stories as they shared their research and expertise on a variety of topics, including protests over George Floyd and other unarmed Black Americans, the personality traits that allow you to excel at working from home, the value of undergraduate research and the possibility of a COVID-19 vaccine.

WACO, Texas (May 31, 2020) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in local and national media stories as they shared their research on monitoring software, a new paleontological discovery and the effect of some chemical compounds in consumer products, while adding their expertise on new topics ranging from the emotional and spiritual impact of the loss of rites of passage and using film to start conversations about race. In addition, a number of national media outlets shared the heartwarming story of a mother's special backyard Baylor graduation ceremony for her son.

WACO, Texas (May 29, 2020) – As private rocket company SpaceX readies for the scheduled launch to the International Space Station on Saturday or Sunday — the first space crew launch from America in nearly a decade — Baylor University planetary geophysicist Peter James, Ph.D., says that private companies not only have lowered the cost of space exploration but also may speed it along.

WACO, Texas (May 24, 2020) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in local and national media stories as they shared new Baylor research on a surprising link between chemical compounds found in many consumer products and the onset of obesity and some scientific sleuthing that led to a fascinating discovery. Baylor experts also weighed on several COVID-19 related stories on grief, legal issues with eviction, summer camps and young volunteers.

WACO, Texas (May 21, 2020) – Baylor University today announced a $75,000 gift from the H-E-B Tournament of Champions Charitable Trust that will provide staffing support for the Baylor University Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, helping fund the Emergency Meals-to-You effort over the next six months.

WACO, Texas (May 21, 2020) – Baylor University’s May Minimester is underway, and students are currently enrolling in large numbers for the University’s Summer of Discovery with two online summer sessions from June 2-July 7 and July 9-August 12, respectively.

WACO, Texas (May 20, 2020) – Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary has announced that it plans to launch an extension campus for the San Antonio region in 2021, seeking to reach students who cannot pursue traditional, in-residence theological education. True to Truett’s mission, the extension will exist to equip God-called people for gospel ministry in and alongside the local church.

WACO, Texas (May 19, 2020) – Crews plan to close all north and southbound I-35 mainlanes near BUS 77, north of the Baylor campus, nightly from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m., beginning tonight, May 19, through Thursday, May 21. This will allow crews to continue work safely while removing the remaining sections of the southbound I-35 mainlanes and continue reconstruction work along I-35. These closures will include all east and westbound lanes of BUS 77 where they cross under I-35.

WACO, Texas (May 19, 2020) – Brooke E. Blevins, Ph.D., associate professor of social studies education and chair of the Department of Curriculum & Instruction in the Baylor University School of Education, has been named The Conwell G. Strickland Endowed Chair in Education.

WACO, Texas (May 19, 2020) – A Russian paleontologist visiting the Natural History Museum in London desperately wanted a good look at the skeleton of an extinct aquatic reptile, but its glass case was too far up the wall. So he attached his digital camera to a fishing rod and — with several clicks — snagged a big one, scientifically speaking.

WACO, Texas (May 18, 2020) – Chemical compounds found in many consumer products could be major contributors to the onset of lipid-related diseases, such as obesity, in humans, according to a Baylor University study.

WACO, Texas (May 17, 2020) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in local and national media stories as they shared their research and expertise on a variety of topics, including lynching and church history, the world of small satellites and COVID-19 related stories on developing patience in a pandemic, online storytelling and a Baylor partnership featured on ABC World News Tonight that is helping feed millions of children whose rural school districts are closed due to COVID-19.

WACO, Texas (May 15, 2020) – At its regular spring meeting, the Baylor University Board of Regents approved a $679.9 million annual operating budget for 2020-2021 and passed a resolution supporting the University’s continued commitment to its academic and Christian mission, while prioritizing the health and safety of the Baylor campus community amid the health risks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

WACO, Texas (May 13, 2020) – Construction crews plan to close all north and southbound I-35 mainlanes near Forrest Street, just north of the Baylor University campus, beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 14, through 6 a.m. to continue work on the turnaround lane at Forrest Street. Additionally, to keep the traveling public safe and traffic flowing during this time, some side streets, where they cross I-35, will be closed.

WACO, Texas (May 13, 2020) – Baylor University students from across the disciplines capped off a record-setting 2019-2020 academic year by receiving some of the most prestigious – and competitive – scholarships, fellowships and internships at the national and international levels.

WACO, Texas (May 10, 2020) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in local and national media stories as they shared their research and expertise on a variety of topics, including COVID-19 related stories on the importance of mask wearing, social distancing and hand washing; the challenges of remote work; legal protections for employers; losing a business due to COVID-19; and exhibiting the fruit of the spirit in the middle of a pandemic.

WACO, Texas (May 7, 2020) – Interstate-35 construction crews plan to close 8th Street at the northbound frontage road at noon tomorrow (Friday) May 8, as they begin the installation of drainage features and other work in preparation for reconstructing the northbound frontage road.

WACO, Texas (May 7, 2020) — Youth aging out of foster care, at-risk single moms and homeless veterans achieved significant life transformation through an intensive, volunteer-based, relationship-focused model, according to a preliminary study of a limited number of participants in the Open Table program conducted by Baylor University’s Program on Prosocial Behavior.

WACO, Texas (May 6, 2020) – Following a nationwide search, Baylor University Provost Nancy Brickhouse, Ph.D., announced today that Shanna Hagan-Burke, Ph.D., professor of special education and head of the department of educational psychology at Texas A&M University’s College of Education and Human Development, has been selected as Dean of the Baylor School of Education. Her appointment is effective July 1.

WACO, Texas (May 5, 2020) – Lilly Ettinger, assistant director of wellness at Baylor University and director of the University’s Beauchamp Addiction Recovery Center (BARC), has been honored by the Association of Recovery in Higher Education (ARHE) with its 2020 Collegiate Recovery Staff of the Year Award.

WACO, Texas (May 6, 2020) — More than 80 specialists from around the globe who deal daily with the issues of dying and grief — including three from Baylor University — have joined to develop new rituals and resources to honor those who die during the COVID-19 era and to aid the living as they grapple with the crisis.

WACO, Texas (May 4, 2020) – Twelve Baylor University professors have been honored with Outstanding Faculty Awards for teaching, scholarship and contributions to the academic community for the 2019-2020 academic year.

WACO, Texas (May 5, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced a major expansion of Meals-to-You, an innovative partnership between the Baylor University Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, USDA, McLane Global and PepsiCo, to feed low-income kids in rural areas. The initiative will serve nearly 5 million meals per week to rural children impacted by COVID-19-related school closures – five times its original goal.

WACO, Texas (May 5, 2020) – David Moseman, Ph.D., senior lecturer in religion at Baylor University, has been selected as the 2020 Collins Outstanding Professor, an honor voted on annually by the senior class.

WACO, Texas (May 5, 2020) – Daughters often put in emotional labor and significant time to make Mother’s Day feel special. Research shows that this type of "kin work" is largely invisible - to the daughters themselves, and others - because it is expected of daughters to make that contribution, said a Baylor University expert in mother-daughter relationships.

WACO, Texas (May 4, 2020) - Crews plan to close all lanes of University Parks Drive under the I-35 mainlanes to prepare for installing drainage lines. This closure is planned to occur nightly from 5 p.m. to noon beginning tonight, May 4, to Wednesday, May 6.

WACO, Texas (May 4, 2020) – The Baylor University Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program, known nationally as the McNair Scholars Program, is wrapping up an impressive 2019-2020 academic year with an inaugural national McNair Research Conference held in September and Baylor’s largest graduating cohort of McNair Scholars.

WACO, Texas (May 2, 2020) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in local and national media stories as they shared their research and expertise on a variety of topics, including COVID-19 related stories on remote teaching, sleep patterns, nursing and supply chain disruptions.

WACO, Texas (May 1, 2020) – As Baylor University shifted classes online to promote social distancing, Anne Jeffrey, Ph.D., assistant professor of philosophy, shifted her “Contemporary Moral Problems: Bioethics” class to engage her students in real world challenges prompted by the response to the virus.

WACO, Texas (April 27, 2020) – After gathering input from across student support offices, all academic units and the Office of the Provost, Baylor University has made the decision to become a test-optional institution for the 2021 application cycle for incoming freshman students.

WACO, Texas (April 27, 2020) – Most treatment providers for individuals with alcohol use disorders are well versed in either the 12-Step Alcoholics Anonymous program or in a different treatment such as cognitive behavioral therapy — but the two approaches can mesh well, according to a Baylor University researcher.

WACO, Texas (April 27, 2020) – When COVID-19 concerns led to the difficult but necessary decision to move all courses online, Baylor faculty found themselves having to quickly adapt to a remote-class format. With a few weeks left in the semester, Lenore Wright, director of the Academy for Teaching and Learning and associate professor in the Honors College, urges faculty to continue to utilize available resources.

WACO, Texas (April 27, 2020) – Baylor University’s Mayborn Museum is hosting a special Virtual Meet the Scientists: Virus 101 online at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 28. Special guest is Kelli Barr, Ph.D., assistant professor of tropical disease and global health biology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences.

WACO, Texas (April 24, 2020) – With the CoVID-19 pandemic abruptly forcing students into an extended period of physical isolation and heightened stress, Academic Mentoring in Baylor University’s Paul L. Foster Success Center (PLFSC) continues to connect students in need of additional assistance to finish the semester successfully with peer mentors.

WACO, Texas (April 24, 2020) – With announcements coming in from across the country that schools will remain closed for the duration of the spring semester and won’t be reconvening until the next school year, many parents of students are understandably concerned about their kids falling behind or that they aren’t making the most of the situation for their students.

WACO, Texas (April 24, 2020) – The Baylor University Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty and its Texas Hunger Initiative project have been recognized with the Waco Independent School District’s Rise Award for Outstanding Community Partners for assisting the district with curbside student meals after schools were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

WACO, Texas (April 22, 2020) - To begin constructing a new north-to-southbound turnaround at I-35 and Forrest Street, crews plan overnight closures for all northbound I-35 mainlanes between MLK Boulevard and US 84 and all southbound I-35 mainlanes between US 84 and 4th/5th Streets, beginning tomorrow night and nightly next week. Crews also have closed 5th Street where it connects to the northbound I-35 frontage road to reconstruct the frontage road.

WACO, Texas (April 22, 2020) – Andrea L. Dixon, Ph.D., associate professor of marketing and executive director of the Center for Professional Selling in the Hankamer School of Business, has been named Baylor University’s 2020 Cornelia Marschall Smith Professor of the Year.

WACO, Texas (April 23, 2020) – A Baylor University marketing professor and advertising expert has created a list of brands and commercials she says are “stellar examples of empowered storytelling” during this time of pandemic.

WACO, Texas (April 22, 2020) – The work continues for staff in the Baylor University Counseling Center, who continue to serve hundreds of students, despite physical separation, social distancing and shelter-in-place mandates due to COVID-19.

WACO, Texas (April 21, 2020) – Baylor University President Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D., will be a featured speaker in “Christian Leadership in a Time of Crisis,” a virtual discussion to be held online at 7 p.m. (CST) Thursday, April 23.

WACO, Texas (April 20, 2020) – Amid the shelter-in-place mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic, diligent student caregivers in the Bill and Eva Williams Bear Habitat, a Class C Zoo, have maintained world-class supervision and protection of the University’s black bears, Judge Joy and Judge Lady.

WACO, Texas (April 20, 2020) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in local and national media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on a variety of subjects, including COVID-19’s impact on faith and education, history and quarantines and relationships.

WACO, Texas (April 18, 2020) - Construction crews will begin work Sunday night, April 19, to permanently remove the existing I-35 northbound exit to University Parks Drive (Exit 335B).

WACO, Texas (April 17, 2020) – As couples and families shelter in place throughout the nation to slow the spread of COVID-19, they are navigating the unique combination of crisis, change and close quarters together.

WACO, Texas (April 17, 2020) – With travel and activity restrictions changing summer plans for many students, Baylor University today announced its 2020 Summer of Discovery, an innovative collection of discounted summer course bundles for current students, incoming freshmen and rising high school seniors in an online environment to help them advance toward their academic goals.

WACO, Texas (April 16, 2020) – More than 330 Baylor University faculty and staff, who have volunteered as “Bear Care Coaches,” are reaching out to assigned groups of students each week to help them navigate the stresses of remote online education, being away from their peers and trying to adapt to a college experience disrupted by COVID-19.

WACO, Texas (April 16, 2020) – Baylor University faculty members Lisa Shaver, Ph.D., and Joe C. Yelderman Jr., Ph.D., have been selected to receive 2020 Centennial Professor Awards for their respective research projects on women’s rhetoric and the impact of drought on groundwater in the Central Texas region.

WACO, Texas (April 16, 2020) – Thanks to the resources of the Baylor University Libraries, health care professionals on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic at Family Health Center Waco have received 550 3D-printed surgical mask tension-relief bands produced on equipment from the libraries’ Experiential Learning Commons (ELC).

Jeannie, BA ’95, and Dr. Daniel McGinnis, BA ’99, reside in Sheffield, England with their two children. Three of their four family members were diagnosed with COVID-19, with Jeannie experiencing a moderate (borderline severe) case.

WACO, Texas (April 15, 2020) – Religious Americans were better able than less religious ones to weather the economic storm of the 2008 recession, at least in terms of well-being, according to a study that may have implications for the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.