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WACO, Texas (Feb. 19, 2014) - The Center for Christian Music Studies at Baylor University will host one of the five 2014 Festival of Youth Choirs Friday, Feb. 21, through Sunday, Feb. 23, sponsored by the organization YouthCUE.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 18, 2014) - A Baylor tradition since 1953, All University Sing is one of the most anticipated events on campus for students, faculty and alumni each year. This year's event - held Feb. 20-22, 27-28 and March 1 - features seven-minute, Broadway-style acts from 19 student organizations, all competing for the highly coveted first, second or third place awards.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 19, 2014) -- Vivian Gamblian, RN, MSN, coordinator of simulation at Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing in Dallas has been selected through competitive application for the year-long Leadership Development Program for Simulation Educators.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 18, 2014) - Co-creator of the NBC television drama "Chicago P.D." Derek Haas, BA '91, MA '95, will return to his alma mater for a screening of the first episode of the series' second season.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 18, 2014)-- Baylor University researchers, in collaboration with an international team of scientists, have discovered definitive evidence of the environment inhabited by the early ape Proconsul on Rusinga Island, Kenya. The groundbreaking discovery provides additional information that will help scientists understand and interpret the connection between habitat preferences and the early diversification of the ape-human lineage.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 18, 2014) - The W.R. Poage Legislative Library at Baylor University will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement with an exhibit featuring photographs, interactive video and other artifacts on display from February through June 2014. "Reflections on the Civil Rights Movement" is free and open to the public.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 14, 2014) - At the recent Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) meeting in Nashville, Baylor doctoral student Elias Oziolor and undergraduate student David Dreier won first place poster presentation awards for best Ph.D. and undergraduate research presentations, respectively.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 14, 2014)-- Baylor University's Center for Professional Selling recently announced the winners of the 2014 Baylor Business Sell-Off (BBSO) Competition. This year's competition consisted of 49 individual competitors who met face-to-face with 11 corporate buyers.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 14, 2014) - The Baylor University Institute for Studies of Religion will welcome Elesha Coffman, Ph.D., assistant professor of church history at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary at 3:30 p.m. Monday, February 17, 2014, in Armstrong Browning Library's Cox Lecture Hall. She will speak on the development of mainline Protestantism in the years following World War II.

WACO Texas (Feb. 14, 2014) - Helen Horowitz, Ph.D., The Sydenham Clark Parsons Professor, emerita, at Smith College in Massachusetts, will present two lectures as part of the 2014 Charles Edmondson Historical Lectures at Baylor University.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 14, 2014) - On Valentine's Day two years ago, 573 of some of the most famous love letters ever written were brought into the digital age through a partnership between Wellesley College in Massachusetts and Baylor University in Texas. This year and again on Valentine's Day, the two institutions have collaborated to release an expanded collection of more than 4,000 digitized letters written by and to eminent Victorian poets Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning, whose courtship and marriage made for one of the greatest literary romances ever known.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 14, 2014) - At their regular February meeting, Baylor University's Board of Regents approved naming the University's new on-campus track and field facility for a legendary coach and the construction of the Elliston Chapel, while Baylor President and Chancellor Ken Starr announced the appointment of David E. Garland as interim provost.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 14, 2014) -"Hopefully she'll win. She has a really good chance of winning."
Those were the words of Jaynie Fader, senior lecturer in the apparel design and merchandising program in Baylor University's College of Arts & Sciences, about Helena Stefanowicz in October. Stefanowicz, then a senior at Baylor, had just entered the National Make it with Wool competition.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 13, 2014) - The Baylor University apparel design and product development and apparel merchandising areas have been ranked No. 27 on a list of "The 32 Most Influential Fashion Schools." The list was published in a blog post by FashionPlaytes.com, a website that invites tween girls to design and wear their own clothes. The program was previously recognized by fashion-schools.org in June of last year and the popular blog Fashionista in 2011.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 12, 2014) - Baylor University will operate its regular schedule today, as classes will be held and all offices are open.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 12, 2014) -- Being critical, angry and defensive isn't always a bad thing for couples having a big disagreement -- provided they are in a satisfying relationship. In that case, they likely will have a "big resolution" regardless of how negative they were during the discussion, according to a study by a Baylor University psychologist.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 12, 2014) - The department of religion in the Baylor College of Arts & Sciences is teaming up with the Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Baylor University Press to host Harold W. Attridge, Ph.D., former dean and current Sterling Professor of Divinity of Yale Divinity School, on Thursday, Feb. 13.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 10, 2014) -Baylor University's John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise will welcome renowned author and social critic Os Guinness at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12 in Kayser Auditorium. Guinness will speak about his most recent book, "A Free People's Suicide: Sustainable Freedom and the American Future."

WACO, Texas (Feb. 7, 2014) - This fall, Baylor University students will have the opportunity to participate in The Philanthropy Lab, a full-credit course in which students learn not only the history and philosophy of giving back but also gain practical experience in donating real money - at least $50,000 in Baylor's case - to a worthy local cause.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 7, 2014) - If you were to die today, what would you be remembered for? Nothing more than the contents of your cellphone?

WACO, Texas (Feb. 7, 2014) - In honor of Black History Month, the Baylor University Association of Black Students, in conjunction with the Department of Multicultural Affairs, will host the 27th annual Black Heritage Banquet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11 on the fifth floor banquet room of Cashion Academic Center. This year's banquet will focus on Job 23:10, which says, "He knows where I am going, and when he has tested me I will emerge as pure gold."

WACO, Texas (Feb. 7, 2014) - Two Baylor professors in the Louise Herrington School of Nursing in Dallas - Dean Shelley Conroy, Ed.D., and Assistant Professor Claudia Beal, Ph.D. - are on the list of 100 inspiring nurses to watch in 2014 on Online LPN to RN, a website that provides information on nursing education and careers.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 6, 2014) - Baylor University's gospel choir, Heavenly Voices, will present the annual Gospel Fest concert at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8 in Waco Hall, 624 Speight Ave. The concert will feature special guest and recording artist Crystal Aikin.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 6, 2014) - The Baylor Center for Christian Music Studies will host the 13th annual Sacred Harp sing from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, in the Great Hall of George W. Truett Theological Seminary.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 6, 2014) - "I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett..."
Such were the words of Victorian poet Robert Browning to his future wife and fellow poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning in his first of many love letters.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 6, 2014) - From 6 p.m. to midnight Friday, Feb. 7, the lights atop Baylor University's Pat Neff Hall tower will be illuminated red, instead of the traditional green, in support of the American Heart Association's National Wear Red Day and the Go Red for Women campaign.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 5, 2014) -- Two philosophy scholars at Baylor University and one at Western Washington University have received a $1.5 million grant from the Templeton Religion Trust for the three-year project "The Nature and Value of Faith" to shed new light on faith.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 5, 2014) -- Despite their strong pro-family values, evangelical Christians have higher than average divorce rates -- in fact, being more likely to be divorced than Americans who claim no religion, according to findings as cited by researchers from Baylor University.
The research is part of a new report released by the Council on Contemporary Families.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 4, 2014) - Is there any secular, rational argument against same-sex civil marriage? Doesn't equality require it? Could a few extra marriage licenses really affect you or your marriage? What about the needs of people attracted to members of their own sex? Isn't the debate practically over?

WACO, Texas (Feb. 4, 2014) - The Baylor School of Education will welcome William H. Schubert, Ph.D., a professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, at 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6 in Marrs McLean Science Building, Room 301.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 5, 2014) - Over the past four years, Dennis Horton, Ph.D., associate director of the department of religion and the J. David Slover Professor of Ministry Guidance in Baylor's College of Arts & Sciences, has studied the impact of short-term missions on communities, participants and ministries. He will present his recent findings from two grant-funded projects in his lecture, "Short-Term Mission Trips: Are They Worth our Investment of Time, Money and Effort?" on Thursday, Feb. 6.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 4, 2014) -- It was a time when slaves scrabbled for whatever food they could find, grow or collect from their white owners, a time when spirituals held coded messages for fugitives, a time of dangerous escapes to the North or Canada for freedom via the Underground Railroad.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 31, 2014) - The Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion will welcome Lesley-Ann Dyer, Ph.D., ISR's 2013 Green Scholars Initiative Post-Doctoral Fellow in Manuscript Research, as she gives her topic, "Eternity at the Medieval Crossroads Between Athens and Jerusalem: the Perspectives of Anselm of Canterbury and Peter Abelard" Monday, Feb. 3.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 31, 2014) - Baylor University's Honors College will welcome scholarly biographer and Stockholm University professor of literature Bengt Jangfeldt Feb. 4 through 6.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 14, 2014) -- Can playing online video games help students learn civics education? According to Baylor University researchers, the answer is yes.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 29, 2014) - Baylor University released a statement today and expressed its deepest sympathies for the family of a construction worker who died in an accident while working on the pedestrian bridge at McLane Stadium.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 28, 2014) - Baylor University will welcome the C-SPAN Bus to campus from 10:30 a.m. to noon Thursday, Jan. 30, on Fifth Street outside the Bill Daniel Student Center.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 28, 2014) - As part of the 2014 Physics Colloquium Series, the Baylor University department of physics has invited Adam Kraus, Ph.D., to speak at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, in the Baylor Sciences Building Room E.125. Kraus, an assistant professor in the department of astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin, will be lecturing on giant planets caught at formation.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 28, 2014) - A large part of improving as a musician includes listening, which is why the Baylor School of Music has invited performers and lecturers to address students as part of the Lyceum Series.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 27, 2014) - Baylor University today announced a gift of $1.5 million from Billy and Elaine Williams of Naples, Fla., that will create the Williams Family Soccer and Olympic Sports Center, an on-campus, $3.3-million facility approved by Baylor's Board of Regents at its October 2013 meeting.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 24, 2014) - The Baylor Academy for Leader Development will host Bonnie Lesley, Ed.D., founder of Texas Kids Can't Wait, as she presents her topic, "Creating Equity in Education," Tuesday, Jan. 28.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 24, 2014) - Baylor University will operate its regular schedule today, as classes will be held and all offices are open.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 24, 2013) - What do you get when you mix a string quartet, a rock band and a theater performance troupe? eighth blackbird.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 24, 2014) - The Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion will welcome Mark Tooley, president of the Institute on Religion & Democracy, at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 28, in the Cox Lecture Hall of Baylor's Armstrong Browning Library.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 24, 2014) -- Most religions teach their followers to "Love thy neighbor" -- including those of different races, nationalities or beliefs. But is religiousness really related to love of neighbors? A Baylor University study provides partial support for that idea.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 23, 2014) -- The Black Gospel Music Restoration Project -- a search-and-rescue mission launched by a Baylor University researcher to save little-known recordings from yesteryear's Golden Age of black gospel --will become a permanent feature of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 22, 2014) - The Mayborn Museum Complex will open a new exhibit titled WEEBLES Coast to Coast on Saturday, Jan. 25. With help from Weebles characters, visitors will "travel" to each of the 50 states to learn about geography, history and culture.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 21, 2014) - Free Enterprise at the John F. Baugh Center in Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business will host Adam Kissel, former vice president for programs for the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), as he presents his topic, "Free Speech and Double Standards in Higher Education" Wednesday, Jan. 22.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 17, 2014) - In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 20, organizations in Waco will be commemorating the life of the civil rights activist with many activities.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 17, 2014) - Faculty from the department of art in the Baylor College of Arts & Sciences will display their work in the 2014 Biennial Department of Art Faculty Exhibition at the Martin Museum of Art starting Tuesday, Jan. 21.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 17, 2014) - In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Baylor University administrative offices will be closed and no classes will be held Monday, Jan. 20.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 16, 2014) - The Baylor School of Music trombone quartet, appropriately named "Bearbones," recently won the Eastern Trombone Workshop's National Trombone Quartet Competition. The quartet members are seniors John Romero and Andrew Crixell, junior Matthew Harris and sophomore Jared Dickerson.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 16, 2014) - At its first meeting of the spring semester, Baylor University's Faculty Senate presented President and Chancellor Ken Starr with a Senate resolution congratulating him on his recent appointment as Chancellor and commending him for his leadership of the University.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 16, 2014) - Baylor University has named Meera Chandrasekhar, Ph.D., professor of physics and astronomy and Curator's Teaching Professor of Physics at the University of Missouri, as the 2014 recipient of the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching. The Cherry Award is the only national teaching award - with the single largest monetary reward of $250,000 - presented by a college or university to an individual for exceptional teaching.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 15, 2013) - As part of its year-long lecture series, the Baylor Honors College will host Two Illustrated Lectures Friday, Jan. 17, with Alden Smith, Ph.D., professor of classics in Baylor's College of Arts & Sciences, and Piergiacomo Petrioli, Ph.D., adjunct professor in the Italy Program at the University of Oregon.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 30, 2013) - Baylor University announced today that it would name its new football stadium, McLane Stadium, after one of the most distinguished and generous alumni families in Baylor University history. The name honors Drayton McLane Jr. and his family's continuing generosity to the University and lengthy history of service to Baylor.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 20, 2013) - Baylor University today announced a gift of $3 million from Bob and Laura Beauchamp of Houston that will establish the Beauchamp Athletics Nutrition Center (BANC), an on-campus facility formally approved by Baylor's Board of Regents on Dec. 19. The Beauchamps' gift will support the construction of a new 12,000-14,000-square-foot dining environment focused on the overall health and performance of student-athletes.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 20, 2013) - Before they clash in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, Baylor University and the University of Central Florida will join together and give back to their host communities in Arizona. On Dec. 31, members of the two university spirit squads will join with fans from both schools to pack meals at the St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance warehouse in Phoenix, while other members of the two spirit squads and mascots Bruiser and Knightro will visit Phoenix Children's Hospital.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 19, 2013) - Earlier this month, Tyler Kopas, a senior Professional Sales student from Phoenix, Ariz., traveled to Chicago as Baylor University's Model UN Head Delegate and was recognized as the "Outstanding Delegate" by his committee, the highest award that an individual student can be given at the conference.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 19, 2013) - Baylor University today announced a gift of $1 million from the Carlton Family Foundation, led by Bill and Pat Carlton of Little Rock, Ark., that will create the Carlton Family Foundation Dean's Board Room in the Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 19, 2013) - Serving as the central on-campus resource for Fiesta Bowl and Big 12 Champion merchandise, the Baylor University Bookstore is opening a temporary Baylor Bowl Store on University Parks Drive, located on the Ferrell Center parking lot near Getterman Stadium. The 2,400-square-foot, glass enclosed pop-up store will open on Friday, Dec. 20.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 17, 2013) - Students who have fulfilled all degree requirements in their area of study will celebrate fall commencement on Saturday, Dec. 21, at Baylor University's Ferrell Center, 1900 S. University Parks Drive.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 20, 2013) - In observance of the Christmas and New Year's holidays, Baylor University will close from Dec. 24 through Jan. 1. Baylor University administrative offices will have adjusted hours during the break. Classes will begin Monday, Jan. 13 for the spring semester.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 12, 2013) -- Civilians traumatized by Libya's civil war in 2011 -- which left many homeless, poor and grieving -- have virtually no access to mental health professionals, but many have found healing through small groups led by Libyan volunteers who were trained by American professionals, according to a Baylor University study.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 12, 2013) - Fourteen Baylor students traveled to Chicago Nov. 23 to 26 to participate in the American Model United Nations Conference, where more than 1,000 college students from across the country participate in a simulation of the United Nations.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 12, 2013) - Baylor University today announced a gift of $1 million from Ed and Denise Crenshaw of Lakeland, Fla., that will create the Ed and Denise Crenshaw Student Commons within the Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation. The $100 million, 275,000-square-foot Foster Campus will provide a new home for the University's nationally ranked Hankamer School of Business.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 11, 2013) -- People who are part of a congregation's largest racial group are more likely to feel they belong and be more involved-- regardless of whether their group is barely half or nearly all of the members, a Baylor University study shows.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 11, 2013) -Some Baylor University students suddenly became Argentinians and Peruvians for a few days in November, thanks to the Eugene Scassa Mock Organization of the American States (ESMOAS) conference.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 6, 2013) -- Baylor University President and Chancellor Ken Starr will be in Rome to deliver a keynote address of "Christianity and Freedom: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives," an international scholars' conference, on Friday, Dec. 13, and Saturday, Dec. 14.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 6, 2013) - Baylor University will operate its regular schedule today, as classes will be held and all offices are open. Use caution while driving to campus. A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect until 6 p.m. for Central Texas, according to the National Weather Service in Fort Worth.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 5, 2013) - Working with gifted and talented students is nothing new for Susan Johnsen, Ph.D., director of gifted programs in the School of Education at Baylor University. In addition to her day job, she is editor of "Gifted Child Today," coauthor of more than 200 articles, monographs, technical reports and dozens of books related to gifted education, and author of three tests used in identifying gifted students.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 4, 2013) - Baylor University today announced a gift of $1 million from Steve and Penny Carlile of Marshall, Texas, that will create the Steve and Penny Carlile Plaza on the Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation, a major facility project whose construction was formally approved by Baylor's Board of Regents on Oct. 18.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 4, 2013) -- Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary has received a $249,132 grant as part of Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc.'s Theological School Initiative to Address Economic Issues Facing Future Ministers.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 3, 2013) - Christmas is drawing near, and Baylor University won't let you forget it. Several events will be held on campus throughout December to bring out the Christmas spirit.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 2, 2013) - Baylor University will present its annual Christmas activities, including Christmas on Fifth Street, Christmas at Baylor and the annual carillon recital, beginning Monday, Dec. 2.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 29, 2013) -- After four weeks of head-to-head competition in alumni giving, Baylor University young alumni demonstrated their pride in the University by joining together in support of the inaugural Baylor vs. TCU Young Alumni Challenge. At the final count, 1,315 Baylor young alumni made gifts to the University totaling more than $164,500.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 25, 2013) -In observance of Thanksgiving, Baylor University administrative offices will be closed and no classes will be held Wednesday, Nov. 27, through Friday, Nov. 29.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 25, 2013) - Baylor University will operate its regular schedule today, as classes will be held and all offices are open.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 22, 2013) -Baylor vocalists recently competed in the Texas and Oklahoma regional competition of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS). Semi-finalists from Baylor were placed in all 10 collegiate divisions, with 11 of those students going on to become finalists. Four students earned first place, each in a different division.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 22, 2013) - Students and faculty from the department of family & consumer sciences at Baylor University received multiple awards and scholarships for their work from the national and state Make it with Wool competition earlier this month.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 21, 2013) - Baylor University today announced a gift of $2.5 million from the Paul and Jane Meyer Family Foundation, based in Waco, Texas, that will establish the Paul and Jane Meyer Conference Center within the Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation, a major facility project formally approved by Baylor's Board of Regents on Oct. 18.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 19, 2013) - Trena Wilkerson was on the other side of the globe when she heard the news.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 19, 2013) - Following favorable discussion, the Waco City Council tonight voted to establish the Baylor Waco Stadium Authority, a city-appointed board that will provide general oversight of non-Baylor events at the University's new $260 million stadium currently under construction on the banks of the Brazos River.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 18, 2013) - The end of the fall semester marks a culminating point for graduating Baylor art students: the BFA Senior Exhibition.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 15, 2013) - Baylor Theatre will open its production of "Shipwrecked! - An Entertainment! The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself)" at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, and run through Sunday, Nov. 24, in the Maybee Theatre of the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 15, 2013) - The Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion and the department of classics will welcome Dirk Obbink, Ph.D., to lecture on ancient Biblical texts at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, in the basement of the Armstrong Browning Library.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 15, 2013) - The Southwest Regional Meeting (SWRM) of the American Chemical Society will welcome Donald Blake, Ph.D., and Stephen Fesik, Ph.D., to present the Gooch-Stephens and W. Dial Black Family Lectures Sunday, Nov. 17 and Monday, Nov. 18, at the Waco Convention Center.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 4, 2013) -- "The Day Kennedy Died," a Smithsonian Networks documentary, will be shown at Baylor University at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, as part of campus events commemorating the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 13, 2013) - Baylor's department of classics welcomes Harvard University's Richard F. Thomas as he presents his paper, "Transatlantic Virgil: Colonialism, Empire and the Poetics of Exile," from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 15.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 12, 2013) - Baylor University today announced a gift of $1.5 million from Paul and Carol McClinton of Waco, Texas, that will name the McClinton Family Auditorium within the Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation, a major new facility on the Baylor campus that will house the University's Hankamer School of Business.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 11, 2013) - The Baylor Keston Center for Religion, Politics and Society will present its first-ever symposium titled "Religion and Political Culture in Communist Countries: Past, Present and Future," Thursday, Nov. 14 and Friday, Nov. 15, in the Armstrong Browning Library.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 12, 2013) -- The C.S. Lewis 50th Memorial Conference honoring the late C.S. Lewis, Christian philosopher and author, will be co-sponsored by the Baylor University Honors Residential College and the departments of philosophy and religion at Baylor on Nov. 18, Nov. 22 and Nov. 23.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 11, 2013) -- Donna Johnson, author of Holy Ghost Girl: A Memoir, will speak about coming of age as the daughter of a famous tent-revival evangelist during the American Studies Association of Texas Conference Nov. 14 to 16 at Baylor University.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 11, 2013) - In light of Baylor University's significant progress during the presidency of Judge Ken Starr, the Baylor Board of Regents has voted to extend the contract of President Starr. The Board has assigned Judge Starr the new title of "President and Chancellor." He will continue to serve as the University's chief executive officer. In providing the additional title, the Board has charged the President to work to increase Baylor's influence in the nation and around the world.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 8, 2013) - George Cobb, Ph.D., professor and chair of the department of environmental science in Baylor's College of Arts & Sciences, has received the Herb Ward Exceptional Service Award from the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC).

WACO, Texas (Nov. 11, 2013) - The annual Roy B. Albaugh lecture, sponsored by Baylor's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, will welcome Charles Ramirez Berg, Ph.D., to speak about Latino stereotypes in film at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, in the SBC Theater of the Mayborn Museum Complex.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 11, 2013) - The Baylor University Libraries and the Academy for Teaching and Learning will co-sponsor a new luncheon series, the Education Showcase. Held throughout the year, these meetings will highlight exceptional faculty who will share transformational pedagogical strategies, reflect on the craft of teaching or relate their experiences using technology in education.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 11, 2013) - Baylor University will host the 17th annual Eugene Scassa Mock Organization of the American States (ESMOAS) program Nov. 14 through 16.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 11, 2013) - Christian rock band The Digital Age, along with special guests Luke Hicks and Manifest Music Company, will perform at 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22, in Barfield Drawing Room on the second floor of Baylor University's Bill Daniel Student Center, 1311 S. Fifth St.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 11, 2013) - Michael Parrish, Ph.D., the Linden G. Bowers Professor of American History in Baylor's College of Arts & Sciences, will provide the culminating presentation of the Institute for Studies of Religion's fall programs on Faith and Freedom in the Lone Star State from 7 to 9:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 14.