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WACO, Texas (March 23, 2020) - Earlier today, leaders with the City of Waco and McLennan County amended disaster declarations to include a Shelter in Place order, effective at 11:59 p.m. (Monday, March 23) and expected to extend through Tuesday, April 7, to prevent and slow down community spread of COVID-19. Read more about how this order will impact Baylor University.

WACO, Texas (March 20, 2020) – While a huge focus is on health and mortality during the coronavirus outbreak, not to be forgotten are those who are grappling with death from natural causes, diseases, accidents and crime. Funerals and visitations are the customary means of support friends and loved ones — but restricted travel and social distancing poses challenges.

WACO, Texas (March 19, 2020) – Millions of children and teens throughout the United States are relegated to their homes. As parents struggle to carve out a new normal for themselves and their children, a Baylor University professor says physical fitness should still be a priority.

WACO, Texas (March 17, 2020) – The Baylor University Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty has joined together with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, McLane Global, PepsiCo and others in a national effort called

WACO, Texas (March 17, 2020) – Baylor Social Work Professor James Ellor, Ph.D., an expert on working with older adults as well as disaster behavioral health, said it’s important in this time of uncertainty to continue to support, appropriately, those older adults who are self-isolating in their homes and those in long-term care facilities.

WACO, Texas (March 16, 2020) – With many schools closed as a measure against the spread of coronavirus, and many parents working remotely, families can incorporate a variety of activities — including educational ones — to keep kids engaged and ready to continue learning when they return to school, say family experts at Baylor University.

WACO, Texas (March 16, 2020) – A clear majority of participants in a national survey about the zero-tolerance policy on the United States/Mexico border strongly opposed separating immigrant families and charging the parents as criminals, according to Baylor University research.

Our smartphones, social media accounts, televisions and radios are clogged with information about COVID-19. Some is good information. Much is bad. In this brief Q&A, Marlene Neill, Ph.D., APR, associate professor of journalism, public relations and new media, shares tips to discover which voices to trust and follow during a crisis.

WACO, Texas (March 16, 2020) – Baylor University President Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D., updated the Baylor University community today regarding the extension of online instruction through the remainder of the spring semester, the postponement of May Commencement and more.

Baylor University Marketing Professor Jim Roberts, Ph.D., said the consumer response during the current coronavirus pandemic is concerning and advises shoppers to refocus their actions on the good of the community.

Kirk Wakefield, Ph.D., the Edwin W. Streetman Professor of Retail Marketing and executive director of Sports Sponsorship & Sales, shares his study via Forbes about sports fans and what they'll during absence of major sporting events.

Baylor management professor Sara Perry, Ph.D., is a featured expert in this New York Times story about working from home -- something many are doing as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

On Wednesday, the NBA took the unprecedented step to suspend its season following the revelation that one of its players tested positive for coronavirus. In addition, the NCAA announced that the March Madness basketball tournaments will be played, but without fans present.

WACO, Texas (March 12, 2020) – Baylor University has issued a self-quarantine directive to its baseball team and staff after learning that three TSA agents in San Jose, California, who had indirect contact with the team, coaches and travel party earlier this week, have tested positive for the coronavirus.

WACO, Texas (March 11, 2020) – Baylor University President Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D., sent an email today to the Baylor campus community regarding a change in academic operations for the next three weeks. This change will include an extension of spring break for an additional week (March 16-20) and the transition of classes to an online learning environment for a two-week period, beginning March 23.

WACO, Texas (March 6, 2020) — Baylor University’s department of environmental science will host the ninth annual Young Environmental Scientists (YES) Meeting, a conference designed to provide a platform for environmental science students to share their research and receive free professional training in their field.

WACO, Texas (March 5, 2020) – Baylor Provost Nancy Brickhouse, Ph.D., announced today that after eight years of distinguished service to Baylor University, Shelley F. Conroy, Ed.D., MS, RN, CNE, dean of the Louise Herrington School of Nursing, has decided to step down from her administrative post effective June 30.

WACO, Texas (March 5, 2020) – Baylor University’s Armstrong Browning Library and Museum has amassed one of the world’s largest collections of physical and digital research materials centered on one of history’s most noteworthy literary couples (and lovebirds), the Victorian poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

WACO, Texas (March 4, 2020) – Baylor University interior design students and an associate professor are assisting with the design for a hyperclean play space for children who have cancer and are undergoing chemotherapy, as well as for youngsters with a host of other diseases which also may compromise immunity.

WACO, Texas (March 4, 2020) – The Glenn R. Capp Debate Forum will host a public debate featuring Baylor Debate and the Japanese National Debate Team at 7 p.m. Thursday in Room 101 of Castellaw Communications Center, 219 Baylor Ave.

WACO, Texas (March 3, 2020) – Baylor University Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Mack B. Rhoades IV has been selected as a recipient of the Under Armour AD of the Year Award for 2019-20, announced today by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA).

WACO, Texas (March 2, 2020) – This week marks the 250th anniversary of the Boston Massacre and to commemorate it, students from the Baylor University department of history and Baylor Law School will stage a performance of the trials that occurred after this historic event. The performance will be at at 3 p.m. Thursday, March 5 in Bennett Auditorium, 1420 S. Seventh St.

In the following Q&A, David Dicks, Ph.D, Baylor University assistant professor of finance, shares his thoughts on why this uncertainty has damaged the markets, puts the current situation in historic perspective and offers hope to investors.

WACO, Texas (March 2, 2020) – As severe weather season begins, Baylor University will join City of Waco and McLennan County partners, in cooperation with the Waco/McLennan County Office of Emergency Management, to conduct a regular test of outdoor tornado sirens at 10 a.m. Friday, March 6.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 28, 2020) – This coming week, Baylor University will host multiple guest speakers and performances in various disciplines, including arts and sciences, music, religion, entrepreneurship and history. The department of history and Baylor Law School will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Boston Massacre with a staged performance of the trials that occurred after the historic event.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 27, 2020) – Baylor University’s Executive MBA Program is now offering a new Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Innovation and Management.

WACO, TX (Feb. 27, 2020) – American Journal of Public Health has published a new article, “Identifying Needs for Advancing the Profession and Workforce in Environmental Health,” which aims to identify priority challenges and related research needs to catalyze effective delivery of essential environmental health services for common environmental health program areas in U.S. health departments.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 27, 2020) – Baylor University has been ranked on the Peace Corps’ list of top volunteer-producing colleges and universities in 2020, coming in at No. 21 among medium-sized schools. Currently, 17 Baylor alumni are serving as Peace Corps volunteers in countries around the world.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 26, 2020) – Baylor University has announced the slate of Alumni-elected Regent candidates presented for election this spring.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 24, 2020) — Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary will present the Science and Christian Ministry Conference, a two-day workshop featuring four national speakers who will address topics that pastors and churches encounter in their ministries. The conference will be held Feb. 24-25 in Truett Seminary, 1100 Third St.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 24, 2020) – At its regular February meeting, the Baylor University Board of Regents celebrated the groundbreaking of the Mark and Paula Hurd Welcome Center – a new multi-purpose facility that will serve as an exciting new entry point to Baylor’s campus – and approved the final phase and project budget of the $21.2 million restoration of the University’s iconic Tidwell Bible Building.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 21, 2020) – Baylor University today hosted a groundbreaking ceremony honoring the philanthropy of Paula Hurd and the late Mark Hurd, who together provided the naming gift for the Mark and Paula Hurd Welcome Center, and kicking off the construction of a new multi-purpose facility that will serve as an exciting new entry point to Baylor’s campus.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 21, 2020) — This coming week, Baylor University will host multiple guest speakers and performers from various disciplines, including arts and sciences, music, religion, history and entrepreneurship, along with various film screenings. The Department of Multicultural Affairs will host its annual Black Heritage Banquet in honor of Black History Month, and the Multicultural Women’s Symposium.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 20, 2020) – Col. Walter M. “Sparky” Matthews, a 1992 Baylor University graduate and Surgeon General of the newly formed United States Space Force (USSF), will speak to Baylor students about “The U.S. Space Force and the Future of Medicine in Space,” at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, in Room D.108 of the Baylor Sciences Building, 101 Bagby Ave.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 19, 2020) – More than 100 students from 18 Central Texas schools were awarded medals from the Waco Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation for their winning projects in the 2020 Heart of Texas Regional History Fair (HOTRHF), held Feb. 14 on the campus of Baylor University.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 18, 2020) – On Sept. 15, 1896, a staged head-on collision between two locomotives – known as the “Crash at Crush” – had both disastrous and unexpected consequences. The Texas Collection at Baylor University will host Mike Cox, author of the recently released book “Train Crash at Crush, Texas: America’s Deadliest Publicity Stunt,” for a lecture and book signing from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, at the Mayborn Museum Theater, 1300 S. University Parks Drive.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 18, 2020) – During the season of Lent, the Office of the Chaplain will continue its “Texts and Teachers” Bible study that will feature Baylor University scholars teaching on various biblical texts that connect with the themes and stories of the Lenten season.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 14, 2020) — Baylor Law School will host its 15th annual People’s Law School, a half-day of “user-friendly” law courses designed to inform Central Texas communities of their rights in their day-to-day lives.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 14, 2020) — Art critic Jason Kaufman and internationally recognized artist, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, will discuss the artist’s life, artwork and career at the 2020 Allbritton Art Institute Biennial Artist Conversation. The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, in the McClinton Auditorium (Foster 240) in the Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation, 1621 S. Third St.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 13, 2020) – This coming week at Baylor University, lectures from various academic disciplines including religion, art and psychology will be held as well as the opening night of the Baylor Theatre production, “Yerma.” Baylor also will kick off opening night of the ever-popular All University Sing on Thursday.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 12, 2020) – Howard Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics at Baylor University, has been recognized by SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics, with its SPIE Rising Researcher Award.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 12, 2020) – With more than a quarter of U.S. adults now having tattoos — and nearly half of millennials sporting them — only a handful of studies have focused on religious tattoos. But a new study by researchers at Baylor University and Texas Tech University analyzes faith-centered tattoos and is the first to use visual images of them.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 11, 2020) – In celebration of Baylor University’s 175th anniversary, the Baylor Family will join together on Wednesday, Feb. 12, in support of areas across the University by connecting their generosity with areas of need and growth during the second annual Baylor Giving Day.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 7, 2020) – Baylor University is conducting a regular test of the multi-tiered Baylor Alert emergency communications systems from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7. The test includes Baylor Alert email and text messages, tones and announcements on outdoor and indoor loudspeakers and messages on University social media channels and the baylor.edu website.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 6, 2020) - Registration is open now for the People’s Law School on Saturday, Feb. 15, at Baylor Law School. The free event offers a half-day curriculum designed to educate consumers about their legal rights. In addition to courses on elder law, wills and estate planning, family law and veterans’ rights, new courses include Presidential Power, Contesting Your Property Taxes, Guardianship, Don’t Learn Your Law from the Movies and more.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 6, 2020) — This coming week, Baylor University will host lectures in chemistry, entrepreneurship, music and religion, along with various film screenings. Baylor also will present multiple seminars including the Hearn Innovators Series, Free Enterprise Forum, Entrepreneurship Research Seminar and the People’s Law School.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 5, 2020) – Former members of the U.S. Congress – Rep. Alan Steelman (R-TX 5th District, 1973-1976) and Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX 11th and 17th Districts, 1991-2010) – will be joined by Baylor Law Professor Rory Ryan and Baylor History Professor Stephen Sloan, Ph.D., for a panel discussion and Q&A, “Investigating Impeachment: Context, Congress, and the Constitution,” at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, on the fifth floor of the Cashion Academic Center on the campus of Baylor University.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 4, 2020) - It doesn’t take a cape and a mask to be a hero – it takes a big heart and a lot of love. This was the message Baylor Law Professor Bridget Fuselier had for members of the 20 foster families who adopted children into their forever homes during Baylor Law’s Adoption Day in November.

WASHINGTON (Feb. 3, 2020) — The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced that Bryan W. Brooks, Ph.D., of Baylor University has joined Environmental Science & Technology Letters as editor-in-chief.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 3, 2020) – Organizers of the inaugural two-day Waco Family & Faith International Film Festival are rolling out the red carpet – Hollywood style! – for members of the Waco, Baylor and Central Texas communities.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 3, 2020) – More than 320 students have entered projects in the 2020 Heart of Texas Regional History Fair, which will be held Friday, Feb. 14, at the Bill Daniel Student Center, 1311 S. Fifth St., on the campus of Baylor University. Students from schools in Bell, Bosque, Coryell, Falls, Freestone, Hamilton, Hill, Lampasas, Limestone, McLennan, Milam, Mills, Navarro and Robertson counties have registered 172 projects in various categories.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 1, 2020) – Baylor University will host a variety of events throughout the month of February to celebrate Black History Month.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 31, 2020) – On the 175th anniversary of its founding, Baylor University today announced that Mark and Paula Hurd have been honored with the Baylor University Founders Medal.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 31, 2020) – This week, Baylor University will host guest speakers from a variety of academic disciplines, such as religion, entrepreneurship, music and athletics. The University will host Grammy Award-winning vocalist and professor of music at Middle Tennessee State University Cedric Dent, Ph.D., at the 2020 Pruit Symposium.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 29, 2020) - In accordance with global safety and security best practices and guidance from the U.S. Department of State and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Baylor University-sponsored travel to China, Hong Kong and Macau is temporarily postponed until further notice.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 29, 2020) – Members of Baylor Opera Theater will present four performances of Claudio Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 30, and Friday, Jan. 31; and at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1, and Sunday, Feb. 2, in the Jesse H. Jones Theater of the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center, 60 Baylor Ave.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 29, 2020) – Baylor University’s 2020 Pruit Memorial Symposium, which focuses on the tradition of American black sacred music in conjunction with the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project of the Baylor Libraries, will feature a public presentation and gospel sing on Tuesday, Feb. 4, headlined by Grammy Award winner Cedric Dent, Ph.D., professor of music at Middle Tennessee State University and a member of the well-known gospel and jazz vocal sextet Take 6.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 28, 2020) – Baylor University is joining with the National Cyber Security Alliance to recognize global data privacy awareness during the annual Data Privacy Day (Jan. 28), an effort to raise awareness about data privacy, security and trust issues.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 28, 2020) – Baylor University’s sustainability program has earned Texan by Nature Project Certification, which provides Texas employers, organizations and individuals with recognition of meaningful conservation efforts involving and benefiting people, prosperity and natural resources.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 27, 2020) – Baylor University is pleased to share that the Waco-McLennan County Public Health District (WMCPHD) announced today that test results were negative for Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) for the Baylor student whose samples were sent to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) last week.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 27, 2020) – Baylor University today announced a yearlong celebration of the 175th anniversary of its founding that will begin with a birthday celebration as part of the Baylor Men’s Basketball game set to tip off at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, in the Ferrell Center.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 26, 2020) – Baylor University was recognized today by the Baptist General Convention of Texas on Texas Baptists Institutional Legacy Day for 175 years of service in Christian higher education during a special worship service at historic Anderson Baptist Church in Anderson, Texas.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 24, 2020) — Baylor University’s

WACO, Texas (Jan. 24, 2020) — This coming week, Baylor University will host lectures in music, art and religion along with various film screenings and a concert by Baylor Opera Theater Guild. Baylor also will present the KUMILAN Ensemble, the E.K. Bailey Memorial Preaching Event and 2020 Largent Lecture.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 23, 2020) – Baylor University today announced the recipients of the 2019-20 Baylor Alumni Awards, which celebrate the distinctive mission of the University and honor those who achieve remarkable success in a manner consistent with that mission.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 21, 2020) – Baylor University has named Jennifer Cognard-Black, Ph.D., professor of English at St. Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM), as the 2020 recipient of the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 17, 2020) – Baylor University and the Texas Business Journals today unveiled the results of a research partnership that provide insights from business leaders across the state.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 16, 2020) – To celebrate the life and legacy of the late Civil Rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., communities across the nation will participate in MLK Day of Service on Monday, Jan. 20. King once said, "Life's most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?" and to answer his question, Baylor University and the City of Waco will host various events and projects encouraging people to serve in their community.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 16, 2020) – This week, Baylor University will host multiple art exhibits, the Baylor Concerto Competition, the Alongside Ministry Innovation Conference and celebrate the Institute of Oral History’s 50th anniversary. In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, classes will not be held Monday, Jan. 20, and the Baylor and Waco communities will hold various celebrations and service projects throughout Waco to commemorate the life and legacy of the late Civil Rights leader.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 17, 2020) – In observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Baylor University administrative offices will be closed, and no classes will be held on Monday, Jan. 20.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 15, 2020) – Baylor University online graduate programs that lead to a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) in Leadership and Innovation are moving up in the U.S. News 2020 Best Online Programs rankings released Jan. 14.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 14, 2020) — Baylor University recently celebrated with six local community organizations at a ceremony in which more than $75,000 in grants were given to the nonprofits through the University’s “Philanthropy and the Public Good” course and its ongoing partnership with the Fort Worth-based Philanthropy Lab.

STILLWATER, Oklahoma (Jan. 14, 2020) – Baylor University President Linda Parrack Livingstone, Ph.D., of Waco is one of four Oklahoma State University graduates who are being inducted into the OSU Hall of Fame.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 9, 2020) – Crews have completed removal of the I-35 southbound mainlanes that cross over MLK Boulevard, with all east and westbound lanes that cross under I-35 at MLK Boulevard anticipated to reopen as early as after noon on Friday, Jan. 10.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 9, 2020) – Crews have completed removal of the I-35 southbound mainlanes that cross over MLK Boulevard, with all east and westbound lanes that cross under I-35 at MLK Boulevard anticipated to reopen as early as after noon on Friday, Jan. 10. Later Friday, crews will begin work to remove the southbound mainlanes over University Parks Drive, closing all lanes on University Parks that cross under I-35 as early as the evening of Friday, Jan. 10, through the morning of Monday, Jan. 13.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 8, 2020) – Many of us are “always on” — scrolling through social media, checking email or searching the web, says author Angela Gorrell, Ph.D., assistant professor of practical theology at Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 6, 2020) – Baylor University Provost Nancy Brickhouse, Ph.D., announced today that Jeffry Archer, Associate Dean of User Services at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, will join Baylor University as Dean of University Libraries, effective June 1, 2020.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 3, 2020) – As faculty, staff and students return to the Baylor University campus for the spring semester, they will see more big changes to Interstate 35, beginning Jan. 7 with a major shift of all I-35 traffic to the northbound mainlanes and the closure of some southbound exit ramps.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 3, 2020) – As faculty, staff and students return to the Baylor University campus for the spring semester, they will see more big changes to Interstate 35, beginning Jan. 7 with a major shift of all I-35 traffic to the northbound mainlanes and the closure of some southbound exit ramps.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 18, 2019) – Baylor University and George W. Truett Theological Seminary will celebrate graduation of students with commencement ceremonies Friday, Dec. 20, and Saturday, Dec. 21.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 18, 2019) – Baylor University will be closed for the Christmas and New Year’s holidays from Dec. 23 through Jan. 2. Some facilities on campus will operate under varying schedules during the break. The following is a list of university facility hours and closures for the break.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 18, 2019) — Forager-horticulturalist children in the Amazon rainforest do not spend more calories in their everyday lives than children in the United States, but they do spend calories differently. That finding provides clues for understanding and reversing global trends in obesity and poor metabolic health, according to a Baylor University researcher in a study published in Science Advances.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 17, 2019) – KWTX Television will broadcast an encore presentation of its Telly Award-winning, Emmy Award-nominated production of “A Baylor Christmas,” an hour-long program produced in 2018 from the performances of the Baylor University Symphony Orchestra and combined choirs of the Baylor School of Music.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 16, 2019) — A workshop focused on mental health and international education was hosted recently by Baylor University’s

WACO, Texas (Dec. 13, 2019) – Emeka Okafor, Ph.D., assistant professor of epidemiology in public health at Baylor University, has received a career development grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the effects of drug use, particularly cannabis, on treatment outcomes of patients with HIV.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 13, 2019) – Crews will be lifting and placing beams under the Forrest Street bridge in preparation for constructing the turnaround lanes. To perform this work safely, a full closure of the northbound I-35 mainlanes at Forrest Street, as well as intermittent closures to the southbound I-35 mainlanes, will take place overnight on Monday, Dec. 16.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 13, 2019) — Baylor University’s Model United Nations (MUN) team was named an “Outstanding Delegation” at the 2019 National Model United Nations Conference, Nov. 8-10 in Washington, D.C.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 13, 2019) – Marco Franco, a doctoral candidate in environmental science at Baylor University, has been awarded the 2020 Colgate-Palmolive Award for Student Research Training in Alternative Methods from the Society of Toxicology.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 11, 2019) – Baylor University announced today that Lady, one of the University’s two American Black Bear mascots, is undergoing an innovative, noninvasive radiation treatment for a benign cranial mediastinal mass, or thymoma, in her chest. The tumor was found during a routine wellness examination with veterinarians at Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 09, 2019) – Preventing serious medical conditions typically requires patients to follow treatment plans, which may involve taking medication, exercising or following a diet. Although the effectiveness of these plans often depends on patients adhering to their treatment plan, around 50 percent of patients fail to adequately use those plans, studies show.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 9, 2019) – Lawson Sadler, a senior University Scholar at Baylor University from San Antonio, has been selected as one of 46 American university students to receive the prestigious 2020 Marshall Scholarship. The award announcement was made today by the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission, which includes eight regional committees who select the recipients.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 6, 2019) – Below are upcoming I-35 construction activities beginning Sunday, Dec. 8, that will impact University Parks Drive, 5th Street and I-35 frontage roads. Please see the TxDOT map, plan ahead by using

WACO, Texas (Dec. 5, 2019) – This week, Baylor University will host a variety of concerts, performances and events to celebrate the upcoming Christmas season, including “Christmas Lights in the Village,” which will use more than 30,000 lights to illuminate the Gov. Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village at the Mayborn Museum. The University will also begin Christmas break on Dec. 21 and will hold Commencement ceremonies at 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Dec. 21 in the Ferrell Center, 1900 S. University Parks Drive.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 5, 2019) – Baylor University senior biochemistry major Andrea Gathercole was one of five students who won $100,000 in the 11th annual Dr Pepper Tuition Giveaway, which took place Dec. 6-7 during the College Football Conference Championship games.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 4, 2019) – Baylor University announced today the availability of new Baylor-branded license plates to allow drivers to display their Baylor pride on the road and support Baylor students as they go.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 4, 2019) — Hundreds of environmental health professionals across the nation report challenges and research needs in six areas — drinking water quality, wastewater management, healthy homes, food safety, public health pests and emerging issues such as disaster risk reduction and new facility types for body art and cannabis-infused products — in research from Baylor University and partners.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 4, 2019) – Baylor University graduate Zane Zovak, B.A. ’18, has been named to the 2021 Class of Schwarzman Scholars, one of the world’s most prestigious graduate fellowships located at Schwarzman College at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 3, 2019) – Gabbi Mucerino, a senior political science major at Baylor University from Lakewood, Colorado, has been awarded a 2020 Charles B. Rangel Graduate Fellowship following a highly competitive nationwide contest. Mucerino is the first Baylor student to receive the Rangel Fellowship, which is funded by the U.S. Department of State and administered by Howard University and supports extraordinary individuals who want to pursue a career in the Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 2, 2019) – Baylor University has announced the 2020 dates for Family Weekend and the University’s 111th anniversary Baylor Homecoming celebration.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 2, 2019) – Americans travel farther on average to their worship places than they did a decade ago. But while those who belong to a congregation in their neighborhood attend more often, “worshipping local” does not make them feel closer to their neighbors or more satisfied with the neighborhood, according to a new study by researchers at Baylor University and Calvin University.