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WACO, Texas (Feb. 13, 2023) – Baylor College of Medicine vaccinology pioneers Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., and Maria Elena Bottazzi, Ph.D., will speak about their experiences developing Corbevax in a lecture titled “Behind the Scenes for the Development of a COVID-19 Vaccine Suitable for Global Access” at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, in Room B-110 of the Baylor Sciences Building.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 12, 2023) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on how employees can strike a better balance when working remotely, Christianity and football and the importance and impact of workplace ethics.
Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business are joining University High School and La Vega High School students in the student-led Volunteer Income Assistance (VITA) Program.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 10, 2023) – More than 100 students have entered projects in the 2023 Heart of Texas Regional History Fair, which will be held Thursday, Feb. 16, on the Baylor University campus.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 10, 2023) – The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs today named Baylor University a Fulbright Top Producing Institution for U.S. Students. This recognition is given to the U.S. colleges and universities that received the highest number of applicants selected for the 2022-23 Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 9, 2023) – Baylor University today announced William E. (Ed) Crenshaw, B.B.A. ’73, of Lakeland, Florida, as the recipient of the 2023 Baylor University Founders Medal.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 8, 2023) – Bradley J. B. Toben, J.D. ’77, has decided to transition as dean of Baylor Law School and return to the faculty, effective July 1, 2023, Baylor University Provost Nancy Brickhouse, Ph.D., announced today.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 8, 2023) – Baylor University will conduct a regular test of its outdoor tornado sirens at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 10, along with a required test of the Baylor Alert emergency notification system.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 7, 2023) – Human voices come together without instruments or rehearsal, carrying a four-part harmony to celebrate a centuries-old tradition where every voice is holy. This is Sacred Harp singing, and it is returning to Baylor University after a two-year hiatus.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 5, 2023) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on grassroots activism during the U.S. civil rights movement, the connection of more extreme winter weather events to climate change and the obsession over the Chinese spy balloon and what it says about contemporary American culture.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 3, 2023) – Waco and the surrounding area are full of rich history, telling the stories of the people, places and moments that have shaped Central Texas. This history and the associated stories and images can be easily explored through the Waco History app and Waco History website, developed Stephen Sloan, Ph.D., and Adrienne Cain, M.L.S., of Baylor University’s Institute for Oral History.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 2, 2023) – Baylor University Health Services has rescheduled its flu shot clinic for students, faculty and staff on Wednesday, Feb. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Multicultural Affairs atrium area (Bear Cub) on the first floor of the Bill Daniel Student Center.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 2, 2023) – Baylor University announced today the appointment of Hannah Stolze, Ph.D., as the inaugural William E. Crenshaw Endowed Chair in Supply Chain Management in the Department of Management in Baylor’s nationally ranked Hankamer School of Business.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 2, 2023) – ***POSTPONED TO FEB. 10*** Baylor University will join City of Waco and McLennan County partners to conduct a regular test of outdoor tornado sirens at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 3. Baylor also will conduct a required test of the Baylor Alert emergency notification system.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 1, 2023) - Baylor University-Waco campus will extend holding classes via remote instruction and staff teleworking through noon Thursday, Feb. 2. Normal university operations will resume at that time. Classes beginning at 12:30 p.m. Thursday will be held in person.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 31, 2023) – Gary Mortenson, D.M.A., dean of the Baylor University School of Music since 2015, announced at a faculty meeting today that the 2023-2024 academic year will be his final year as dean, Provost Nancy Brickhouse, Ph.D., wrote in an email to campus.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 31, 2023) – Bryan W. Brooks, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Environmental Science and Biomedical Studies and director of the Environmental Health Science Program at Baylor University, has been elected to the rank of AAAS Fellow, announced today by the Council of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 31, 2023) - Baylor University-Waco campus will extend holding classes via remote instruction through Wednesday, Feb. 1, and staff will continue to telework during this time. University officials will continue to monitor conditions regarding Thursday operations.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 30, 2023) - With the National Weather Service placing Central and North Texas under a Winter Storm Warning – with the potential for icy conditions in our area beginning overnight – Baylor University-Waco campus will hold classes via remote instruction and staff will telework on Tuesday and on Wednesday morning, Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2023. Wednesday classes beginning at 12:20 p.m. will be held in person.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 29, 2023) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on how mobile app design changes influence adoption of app features, what’s ahead for the fourth annual Waco Family & Faith International Film Festival created by a Baylor marketing professor and reflections on the discovery of the Higgs boson, nicknamed the God particle.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 26, 2023) – Baylor University is mourning the death of Clement T. Goode Jr., Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of English who taught at Baylor for 40 years until his retirement in 1997. Dr. Goode died peacefully Jan. 24, 2023, at the age of 93.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 24, 2023) – Faith organizations have traditionally served as first responders when crisis occurs in personal lives as well as in the community. Yet, for all the good they do, faith organizations can do so much more if their efforts and resources could be better recognized and leveraged, through public-private partnerships to sustain and grow their work, according to a case study by Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion.
WACO, Texas (Jan 23, 2023) - Baylor consumer behavior scholar studies the brands who win big during the Big Game’s commercial breaks. The key is empowered storytelling.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 22, 2023) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on NASA-funded Baylor research on the Moon’s “weird” volcanoes, the impact of catchy tunes or “earworms” on falling asleep, a color imaging system revolutionizing TV, cinema and storytelling through vibrant colors never seen before and the need for schools to fully use the skills of school psychologists.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 19, 2023) - Jessica Akers, Ph.D., assistant professor of educational psychology in the Baylor University School of Education, has received a $893,409 grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to develop an innovative treatment model for children with autism and their siblings.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 20, 2023) Ronald Angelo Johnson, Ph.D., associate professor and The Ralph and Bessie Mae Lynn Chair of History at Baylor University, has been awarded the Alpha Chi Distinguished Alumni Award, an annual award given to one alumnus from the organization in recognition of public service that exemplifies the Alpha Chi spirit of making scholarship effective for good.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 18, 2023) – The 2023 spring severe weather season is not too far away, and the National Weather Service and local public safety officials want you to be ready. The National Weather Service (Office out of Fort Worth will be conducting a free severe weather training class for McLennan County from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, in the Letterwinners Lounge at McLane Stadium on the Baylor University campus.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 18, 2023) – On Dec. 8, 2022, East Waco restaurant Tru Jamaica suffered a late-night electrical fire that devastated the popular eatery. As Tru Jamaica begins the long journey to rebuild and reopen, the small family business will continue operating and serving its authentic Jamaican cuisine this spring on the Baylor University campus.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 17, 2023) – With the spring semester underway, Grubhub and Starship Technologies rolled out their robot food delivery service today at Baylor University.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 15, 2023) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on the future of the church, a Baylor demonstration project that grown into a full-blown federal strategy to combat childhood hunger and a “better way” for today’s prisons that tests the theory of accountability as an important tool in returning correctional facilities to their intended purpose of rehabilitation.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 13, 2023) – As Baylor University begins the spring semester on Jan. 17, Interstate 35 construction crews will continue work at busy intersections around campus – particularly 4th/5th and 11th/12th streets – as they complete final construction on I-35.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 13, 2023) – As Baylor University begins the spring semester on Jan. 17, Interstate 35 construction crews will continue work at busy intersections around campus – particularly 4th/5th and 11th/12th streets – as they complete final construction on I-35.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 12, 2023) – Baylor University today announced the recipients of the 2023 Baylor Alumni Awards, which honor individuals who embody the distinctive mission of the University and their remarkable achievements. A celebration honoring the impact of Baylor alumni around the world and recognizing this year’s recipients will be held on campus Feb. 24, 2023.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 11, 2023) – The National Security Agency (NSA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have designated Baylor University as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD), a program that addresses the critical shortage of professionals with cybersecurity skills and highlights the importance of higher education as a solution to defending America’s cyberspace.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 10, 2023) – Baylor University senior Arvind Muruganantham, a cell and molecular biology major on the pre-med track from Fremont, California, is among 16 recipients of the prestigious and highly selective Churchill Scholarship in science, mathematics and engineering, announced today by the Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 10, 2023) – As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day approaches on Monday, Jan. 16, the Baylor University and Waco communities will join with others across the nation to celebrate Dr. King's life and legacy through multiple in-person and online events and a weeklong service opportunity.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 9, 2023) Silicic volcanoes on the Moon, specifically the mysterious Gruithuisen Domes, are a lunar geologic mystery that still perplexes scientists more than half a century after they were discovered. Based on early telescopic and spacecraft observations, these extinct volcanoes have long been suspected to be silicic in composition, in some ways similar to terrestrial strato volcanoes like Mount St. Helens in Washington state.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 8, 2023) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on the potential for precision nutrition as part of cancer treatment, the close relationship between Christianity and American football, the film history of dolls gone evil and a look back at 2022 at Baylor and what’s on the horizon with President Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 5, 2023) – Following a nationwide search, Baylor University Provost Nancy Brickhouse, Ph.D., announced today that Daniel J. Pack, Ph.D., dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and a 2005 Carnegie U.S. Professor of the Year, has been selected as dean of the Baylor School of Engineering and Computer Science. His appointment is effective June 1.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 1, 2023) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on the phenomenon of “gift guilt,” the history of White House Christmas themes from Jill Biden to Jackie Kennedy and the simplicity of Nativity spirituals.
WACO, Texas (Dec. 20, 2022) – Baylor University offices and most facilities will be closed during the Christmas and New Year holidays from Friday, Dec. 23, to Monday, Jan. 2, 2023. The University will reopen on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. The first day of classes for the spring semester will begin on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023.
WACO, Texas (Dec. 18, 2022) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on the state of American Christianity, student-athletes and religious belief and the role of compassionate communication in health care as technology continues to evolve.
WACO, Texas (Dec. 15, 2022) – Baylor University chemist Caleb D. Martin, Ph.D., and his team have developed a new state-of-art Lewis superacid – with applications in the production of most common plastics – that is more efficient to produce, safer for the environment, and could potentially save billions of dollars in manufacturing costs.
WACO, Texas (Dec. 14, 2022) – Baylor University’s nationally ranked Hankamer School of Business and John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise have announced the Top 50 student teams from across the nation for the 12th annual New Venture Competition.
WACO, Texas (12:42 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022) – The National Weather has canceled the TORNADO watch for Waco and McLennan County.
WACO, Texas (Dec. 12, 2022) – Baylor University senior Lauren Jarvis, a University Scholar from Boerne, Texas, has been selected as one of only 40 high-achieving students nationwide – and one of only two students from Texas universities – to receive the prestigious 2023 Marshall Scholarship.
WACO, Texas (Dec. 11, 2022) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on the promotion of university courses and academic exchanges with China, how Texas could fare in an economic recession and the distinctiveness of Baylor’s highly regarded core curriculum.
WACO, Texas (Dec. 7, 2022) – Baylor University data scientists along with colleagues from four other universities have been awarded one of the largest National Science Foundation grants to explore new approaches to engage and prepare the next generation of data scientists through sports analytics.
WACO, Texas (Dec. 7, 2022) – Gray Media Group and KWTX Television will broadcast the national premiere of the 2021 production of “A Baylor Christmas,” recorded last year from the performances of the Baylor University Symphony Orchestra and combined choirs of the Baylor School of Music.
WACO, Texas (Dec. 6, 2022) – Marlene Neill, Ph.D., APR, associate professor and graduate program director in journalism, public relations and new media at Baylor University, has been accepted into the prestigious Arthur W. Page Society.
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Japanese language students from Baylor University’s Department of Modern Languages and Cultures swept the top three awards at the J.LIVE Talk (Japanese Learning Inspired Vision and Engagement), a national competition held in November at George Washington University in Washington D.C.
WACO, Texas (Dec. 5, 2022) – The online MBA program in Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business has been ranked No. 11 nationally among the 2023 Best Online MBA Programs by Poets & Quants, the definitive online publication for business education news.
WACO, Texas (Dec. 5, 2022) - McLennan County celebrated its 15th annual Adoption Day on Nov. 18 at Baylor Law , where 36 children in foster care realized their dream of finding a forever family before McLennan County Judge Nikki Mundkowsky.
WACO, Texas (Dec. 4, 2022) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on the rising number of older Americans who live alone, the need for intercultural and academic exchanges returning between the U.S. and China and the eruption of Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano.
WACO, Texas (Dec. 1, 2022) – **CANCELED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER** 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, beginning at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 2.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 30, 2022) - Athletics can occupy an ambiguous place within a university's greater mission, particularly at religious institutions. Yet, little research has been conducted - until now - to understand student-athletes connection with personal religious beliefs.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 29, 2022) - Latest ranking recognizes Baylor University’s elite program for entrepreneurship research and teaching.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 28, 2022) – Baylor University’s Center for Academic Success and Engagement (CASE) within the Paul L. Foster Success Center has received a $250,000 Student Success Acceleration Program (SSAP) Implementation Grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) to assist students, including those from underrepresented populations, in calculus.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 28, 2022) – Baylor University is among the institutions participating in the inaugural Global Scientific Conference on Human Flourishing, an interdisciplinary conference organized by Templeton World Charity Foundation in partnership with leading academic and policy research centers around the world.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 27, 2022) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on the benefits of divine gratefulness, using old-fashioned art form and 3D printing to open up chemistry to people with blindness or low vision and the many ways Baylor Nursing is making an impact through research and service.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 20, 2022) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on the challenges and opportunities of remote work, new research about wormholes, approaches to racial discussions beyond colorblindness and antiracism, and the joy of McLennan County Adoption Day at Baylor Law School.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 18, 2022) - Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary Dean Todd D. Still, Ph.D., announced today the appointment of Jason Vickers, Ph.D., as professor of Christian Theology and as the inaugural holder of The William J. Abraham Chair of Wesleyan Studies.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 17, 2022) – The Mayborn Museum, located on the Baylor University campus, has announced its new status as a Smithsonian Affiliate, joining a network of more than 200 Smithsonian Affiliates in the United States, Puerto Rico and Panama.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 16, 2022) - Remote work has its own distinct set of challenges, and businesses that help employees respond to these challenges will benefit with a more productive and healthier workforce, according to research led by remote/hybrid work expert Sara J. Perry, Ph.D., associate professor of management at Baylor.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 15, 2022) - The Baylor School of Music adds to Christmas festivities with an array of Christmas concerts that range from the sold-out performances of the popular A Baylor Christmas and Chamber Singers Christmas Concert, to the Baylor Bronze Handbell Concert and the 48 bells of the McLane Carillon sounding out across campus.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 14, 2022) – While peer influence is the top factor that leads to Baylor University students to attain higher levels of vertical faith maturity and horizontal faith maturity, respectively, attending a local place of worship is a powerful predictor of both measures of faith maturity, according to research from Baylor’s ongoing Faith and Character Study, which tracks the long-term impact of a Baylor education on a person’s faith and character.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 14, 2022) – Deborah Logan, Ph.D., professor emerita of English at Western Kentucky University, will present “Harriet Martineau: Spirit of the Victorian Age” at Baylor University’s Armstrong Browning Library and Museum and online via Zoom at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, as part of ABL’s annual Benefactors Day celebration.
Princeton University’s Frank N. von Hippel, D.Phil., a world-renowned expert on the issues surrounding nuclear threat reduction and disarmament, will be at Baylor University on Wednesday, Nov. 16, for the 2022 Fall Physics Colloquium Series and Lecture.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 13, 2022) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on how remote work impacts office gossip, space weather’s effect on earth and voter turnout in 2022.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 10, 2022) – Baylor University faculty members Todd Buras, Ph.D., chair and associate professor of philosophy in the College of Arts & Sciences, and Phillip Donnelly, Ph.D., director of the Great Texts program and professor of literature in the Honors College, have received a $189,999 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant to build on the success of their 2021 summer seminar Disputatio and the Pursuit of Wisdom in the Humanities.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 9, 2022) – When the architects of Baylor University’s Institute for Faith and Learning (IFL) convened in 1997 to lay out its foundations, there was no guarantee that its influence would extend beyond the Baylor campus. A quarter century later, Baylor IFL is celebrating its worldwide contributions to nurturing the synergy between faith and reason.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 7, 2022) - Marlene Neill, Ph.D., APR, associate professor and graduate program director in journalism, public relations and new media at Baylor University, will be presented with the Outstanding Educator Award by the Public Relations Society of America.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 7, 2022) – For National STEM Day, Baylor University is starting a new outreach project, which provides teachers, families and students with do-it-yourself projects designed to make science, technology, engineering and math come alive.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 6, 2022) – Baylor University elementary education graduate Emily Blackwell, B.S.Ed. ’22, now teaching first grade at Brentfield Elementary in Richardson ISD, has been honored as the 2022 National Student Teacher of the Year by Kappa Delta Pi, the international honor society in education, and the Association of Teacher Educators.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 6, 2022) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on how highly processed foods can lead to a higher risk of colorectal cancer in men, the challenges ahead in the Russia-Ukraine conflict as winter approaches and the role of politics and civil discourse.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 4, 2022) – At its regular quarterly meeting, the Baylor University Board of Regents focused its discussion on Baylor’s position in the higher education marketplace, highlighted by strong financial reports about upgraded bond ratings and positive investment returns amid continued strong demand for a Baylor experience and education.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 4, 2022) – As a cold front moves across Texas, the National Weather Service has issued a Tornado WATCH for a large portion of Central Texas, including Waco and McLennan County, effective until 8 p.m. CDT. This means that tornadoes – along with damaging winds and hail – are possible in and near the watch area.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 3, 2022) – Ashley Barrett, Ph.D., BA ’07, MA ’09, associate professor in Baylor’s Department of Communication, has earned a highly coveted CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the impact of new information technologies on the communication they facilitate in healthcare settings and seek ways to promote compassionate communication and empathy in these ever-evolving patient-provider interactions.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 3, 2022) - The Kyle Lake Center for Effective Preaching at Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary will present the third annual National Preaching Conference on Nov. 15-17 at First Baptist Church of Waco.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 2, 2022) – The Baylor University Provost Conference Series will present its inaugural event, Classics and Classical Education in the Black Community, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022, in room 506 of the Cashion Academic Center.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 1, 2022) – ***POSTPONED due to forecasted inclement weather.*** 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, beginning at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 4.
DALLAS, Texas (Oct. 31, 2022) – The Baylor University Louise Herrington School of Nursing (LHSON) is deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of its Associate Dean for the Pre-Licensure Program and Clinical Assistant Professor Karen Cotter, Ph.D., RN, CNE.
WACO, Texas (Oct. 30, 2022) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on opening chemistry to blind and low vision students, rebooting evangelicalism and what is leading the surging enrollment in doctorate of education programs.
WACO, Texas (Oct. 25, 2022) - Baylor University death studies scholar Candi Cann, Ph.D., shares the elements of Día De Los Muertos, a unique Mexican holiday for families to honor and remember their loved ones who have passed away.
WACO, Texas (Oct. 24, 2022) – The annual Baylor Symposium on Faith and Culture will focus on “Art Seeking Understanding” and feature more than 130 speakers from North America, Europe and Africa, representing a diverse range of fields, including philosophy, medicine, history, theology, engineering, ministry and literature.
WACO, Texas (Oct. 24, 2022) – UPDATE: The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning until 9:30 p.m. As a front moves across Texas, the National Weather Service has issued a Tornado WATCH for a large portion of Central Texas, including Waco and McLennan County, effective until midnight (12:00 a.m. CDT). This means that tornadoes – along with damaging winds and hail – are possible in and near the watch area.
WACO, Texas (Oct. 23, 2022) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on the history of the iconic castle in Waco, controversial Halloween costumes and using AI to stop crimes, such as sex trafficking and the sale of stolen car parts.
WACO, Texas (Oct. 18, 2022) – Baylor University and KCEN-TV Ch. 6 (NBC) will team up again to televise the 113th anniversary Baylor Homecoming Parade, one of the oldest and largest collegiate homecoming parades in the nation, with live coverage from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, from Fifth Street on the Baylor campus.
WACO, Texas (Oct. 17, 2022) – An interdisciplinary team of Baylor University researchers in psychology, religion and bioethics will explore how to tackle the complex problems of human flourishing by training theologians to incorporate the methods and insights of the psychological sciences into their work through a $2.5 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation.
WACO, Texas (Oct. 17, 2022) - International Stuttering Awareness Day is recognized annually on Oct. 22. Paul Blanchet, Ph.D., associate professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Baylor University's Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences, has made it his mission to remove the myths and stigma surrounding stuttering.
WACO, Texas (Oct. 17, 2022) – Longtime Southeastern Conference academic administrator Dr. Torie A. Johnson will join Baylor University as its new associate vice president for strategic communications and initiatives, effective Nov. 28.
WACO, Texas (Oct. 17, 2022) – The Oral History Association [OHA] has announced that Baylor University’s Institute for Oral History (IOH) will be the organization’s new home, effective Jan. 1, 2023.
WACO, Texas (Oct. 17, 2022) – Baylor University alumna and author Aurelia Dávila Pratt will introduce her new book, “A Brown Girl's Epiphany: Reclaim Your Intuition and Step into Your Power,” and hold a book signing as the first presenter in the Baylor Libraries Author Series at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, at Moody Memorial Library.
WACO, Texas (Oct. 16, 2022) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on food insecurity, mitigating a “hunger disaster” during the COVID-19 pandemic through public and private partnerships and the many uses of photonics in everyday life that can impact health care, communication, environmental protection and more.
WACO, Texas (Oct. 13, 2022) – Pablo Rivas, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science in Baylor University's School of Engineering and Computer Science, is the principal investigator on a National Science Foundation grant to use technology to identify and disrupt illicit transactions online. Baylor colleague Tomas Cerny, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science, also serves on the five-person research team.
WACO, Texas (Oct. 12, 2022) – Baylor University is one of only 22 U.S. colleges and universities – and only two in Texas – to receive an “A” for its rigorous core curriculum in the annual “What Will They Learn?” report released by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA).
WACO, Texas (Oct. 12, 2022) – Baylor University’s Rosenbalm Fountain will “Light the Night” with purple lights at dusk on Wednesday, Oct. 12, in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM). Purple represents DVAM as a symbol of peace, dignity, survival, honor and dedication to ending domestic violence.
WACO, Texas (Oct. 11, 2022) Jeff Nagel, Ph.D., has returned to his alma mater as The Glenn R. Capp Chair of Forensics and director of the premiere debate program, the Glenn R. Capp Debate Forum.
WACO, Texas (Oct. 9, 2022) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on volcano research, the religious implications of climate change and how to avoid being scammed after a natural disaster.