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Students are welcome to relax and enjoy fellow students' musical performances at this semester's first Acoustic Café from 8 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, in the Student Union Building (SUB) Den.

Be the Change Mission Conference, an annual event led by Baylor University students to give others a glimpse of global missions, will be held Tuesday, Sept. 27, through Saturday, Oct. 1, on various campus locations and surrounding areas.

The 21st annual meeting of the Texas Medieval Association will be held Friday, Sept. 30, to Saturday, Oct. 1, on the Baylor University campus.

Darius and Holly DiTallo of Scottsdale, Ariz., have been selected as the Baylor University's Parents of the Year for 2011. The couple - both Baylor graduates - will be honored on Parents Weekend during halftime of the Baylor vs. Rice football game Sept. 24 at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco.

Thousands of prospective students and their families are expected to visit and learn more about Baylor University on Saturday, Oct. 1, during the 2011 Fall Premiere hosted by Baylor Admission Services and its partners, including Campus Living and Learning, Student Activities, Baylor Air Force ROTC and Baylor's chapter of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.

Four members of the Baylor University music faculty will perform a concert of piano music by 19th-century Hungarian composer Franz Liszt at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 26, in Roxy Grove Hall on the Baylor campus.

The Baylor University Honors College will host a conference, "The City and the Soul: Pierre Manent on Politics, Philosophy and Christianity," on Monday, Sept. 26, and Tuesday, Sept. 27, on the Baylor campus. The events are free and open to the public.

J. Harry Jeanes, Regent Emeritus, alumnus and faithful friend of Baylor University, passed away Sept. 22. A native Wacoan, Jeanes lived a humble life of service and philanthropy, garnering repute as a steadfast pillar in the community. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Anna Sturgis Jeanes, and his parents, Joe Hackney Jeanes and Lena Jeanes.

Parents can experience what life is like as a "Baylor Bear" through various traditions and activities as Baylor University hosts Parents Weekend on Friday, Sept. 23, and Saturday, Sept. 24, on the Baylor campus.

The undergraduate entrepreneurship program at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business is ranked No. 3 in the country from among more than 2,000 schools surveyed by The Princeton Review for Entrepreneur Magazine.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 20, 2011) - Entrepreneurs pray more, worriers are less likely to attend religious services, Southerners are more likely to see their work as a mission from God, and liberals are less likely to believe in an afterlife -- particularly one in which they will be reunited with loved ones, according to some of the latest findings from the Baylor Religion Survey, one of the most extensive surveys ever conducted on American religious attitudes.

A gallery talk and reception featuring oil painter Ann Ekstrom will take place from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 22, at Baylor University's Martin Museum of Art.

Gulf War Illness (GWI)--the chronic health condition that affects about one in four military veterans of the 1991 Gulf War--appears to be the result of several factors, which differed in importance depending upon the locations where veterans served during the war, according to a Baylor University study

Born almost blind in 1942, Ken Medema began playing the piano when he was five years old. Three years later, he began taking classical music lessons in braille, playing by ear and improvising. Now, more than 60 years later, he has released 26 albums and regularly performs across the United States, Canada and Europe.

John Humphrey, co-founder and chairman of the board of the information technology consulting company Pariveda Solutions, Inc., will present a guest lecture called "Networking for Life" at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 20, in Room 109 of Rogers Engineering and Computer Science Building, 105 Baylor Ave.

The Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative (BRIC) project was selected as one of eight worldwide finalists competing for CoreNet Global's 2011 H. Bruce Russell Global Innovators Awards (GIA).

"Thoroughly Modern Millie!" -- the tale of Millie Dillmount as she heads for the Big Apple in 1922 with big dreams and a big heart -- will open Baylor Theatre's 2011-2012 season.

Two new faculty members were appointed to the Baylor University department of environmental science this fall: Dr. George Cobb, professor and chair of the environmental science department, and Dr. Cole Matson, assistant professor of environmental science.

Was the Civil War a war on religion? The answer to this question will be discussed at the Symposium on the Civil War and Religion on Monday, Sept. 19, hosted by the Baylor University Institute for Studies of Religion.

Men who channeled positive thoughts into a five-week writing assignment about their testicular cancer showed signs of improved mental health afterward, in contrast to men who wrote negatively or neutrally about their condition, according to results of a Baylor University researcher.

Baylor University's Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics and Engineering Research (CASPER) will host a seminar featuring Dr.-Ing. Ralf Srama, associate researcher at the Institute of Space Systems at the University of Stuttgart, at 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, in Room D110 of the Baylor Sciences Building on the Baylor campus.

As the Sept. 21 execution date looms for a man convicted for his role in chaining and dragging a black man to his death, attention again will be focused on the small East Texas town of Jasper. The town, vilified worldwide as racist after the 1998 murder, has only partly recovered from unfair stereotyping, Baylor researchers said.

Sociologist and author James Davison Hunter will speak on "Christianity, Politics and Power" at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, at Baylor University's Bennett Auditorium.

Baylor University has enrolled 15,029 students - the university's largest overall enrollment - as well as the most academically prepared freshman class in Baylor's 166-year history, according to official 12th-day enrollment statistics compiled by the Office of Institutional Research and Testing. The enrollment report comes as Baylor moved up four places to No. 75 in the latest "Best Colleges" rankings released today by U.S.News & World Report.

Baylor University School of Music's Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble will perform in a joint concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, in Jones Concert Hall of the Glennis McCrary Music Building on the Baylor campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Academy for Leader Development and Civic Engagement will present its first speaker in this year's Leadership Lecture Series at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, in the Hankamer School of Business Kayser Auditorium on 1428 S. Fifth St. in Waco. Baylor University President Ken Starr will present "Leadership in Public Life," and will discuss his perspectives on leadership.

Soprano Deborah Williamson, Ph.D., associate professor of voice at Baylor University, and pianist Jeffrey Peterson, Ph.D., assistant professor of voice and vocal coach at Baylor, will present a recital at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 12, in Roxy Grove Hall.

The Baylor Religion Club will host a panel discussion focusing on the relationship between the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and traditional Christian views at 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12, at Miller Chapel.

The Baylor University School of Education's Center for Community Learning and Enrichment (CCLE) will host the Fall Conference in Gifted Education, "Surviving and Thriving with Gifted Children at Home and at School," on Friday, Sept. 9, to Saturday, Sept. 10.

The Baylor Jazz Ensemble will travel back to the 1940s for an evening swing concert on Saturday, Sept. 10, at Jones Concert Hall in the Glennis McCrary Music Building.

The details of where you were and what you were doing when you learned about the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, are stamped indelibly into your memory, vivid as a photograph. Or are they? No, says Charles Weaver, Ph.D., professor of psychology and neuroscience at Baylor University.

Baylor University's Texas Hunger Initiative, The Texas Food Bank Network and First Choice Power today released "Hunger by the Numbers: A Blueprint for Ending Hunger in Texas," which includes a hunger scorecard for each of the 254 counties of Texas and a road map with resources for funding and programs to fight at a local, statewide and national level.

Baylor University Carillonneur Lynnette Geary will play a memorial recital on the 10th anniversary the terrorist attacks of 2001 beginning at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11. The program of music, presented in memory of those who perished in the attacks, will be performed on the McLane Carillon in Pat Neff Hall Tower.

Baylor University will hold "A Tribute to Fallen Heroes," an event to remember the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces who have given their lives in service to the country and to honor those who continue to serve, at 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, on the northwest patio of Moody Memorial Library.

Baylor University will hold "Baylor Remembers: A Service of Remembrance" commemorating the 10th anniversary of 9/11, beginning at 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, at Waco Hall on the Baylor campus. The service is open to the public.

In observance of Labor Day, Baylor University administrative offices will be closed and no classes will be held on Monday, Sept. 5.

Dr. Sarah-Jane Murray, associate professor in the Great Texts Program within the Honors College at Baylor University, has received a $210,000 grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities that will allow Murray to translate the Ovide moralisé from Old French into English. The translation will make this seminal work available to a broad audience in the humanities and to popular readers for the first time.

Baylor University's Institute for Family Business will honor the 2011 Texas Family Business of the Year award winners and finalists at a banquet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, in Barfield Drawing Room of the Bill Daniel Student Center on the Baylor campus.

David Bond West, a May 2011 Baylor University graduate from San Antonio, has been selected to receive a Fulbright scholarship to study at the University of Iceland during the 2011-2012 academic year. West is Baylor's 26th Fulbright recipient since 2001 and fourth selection in 2011.

Dr. Crayton J. Yapp, professor of geochemistry at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, will lecture on "Rusty Geochemical Records of Earth's Surficial Environments" at 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2, in room E231 of the Baylor Sciences Building on the Baylor University campus.

Baylor University was one of only 19 institutions nationwide to earn an "A" for its high-quality core curriculum, according to What Will They Learn?, a report on the state of general education at the nation's colleges and universities from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA).

Baylor University's division of film and digital media will host a showing of the 2010 documentary "Echotone" from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, in Room 101 of Castellaw Communications Center on the Baylor campus.

Dr. Anzhong Wang, professor of physics at Baylor University, will begin the 2011 Fall Physics Colloquium Series with a lecture at 4 p.m., Aug. 31, in room E125 of the Baylor Sciences Building.

The Martin Museum of Art at Baylor University will present a new gallery exhibit featuring the works of famed graphic design artist McRay Magleby and oil painter Ann Ekstrom beginning Aug. 30.

Students enrolled in Baylor University's newly developed psychology class will focus on an often overlooked aspect of psychology this fall: Positivity.

Dr. Curt Nichols, assistant professor of political science in the College of Arts and Sciences at Baylor, is interviewed by KRLD-AM, Dallas/Fort Worth, about how U.S. Presidents rank according to a statistical analysis of presidential ranking surveys.

Ministers, performers and inspirational speakers will be among the guests for Chapel at Waco Hall on the Baylor University campus this fall.

Baylor University will welcome several distinguished speakers and performers to campus this fall. Below is a list of the lectures, conferences, symposia, and performances that will be held during August and September at Baylor.

By merely stepping into a darkened booth, gripping a couple of handles and pushing a "trigger," you one day may be able to virtually try on garments and find the perfect fit -- all without a glance in a mirror. The procedure, which uses a body scanner, is being explored by Baylor University's family and consumer sciences department as the high-tech future for clothing design.

Baylor University environmental researchers have proposed in a new study a different approach to predict the environmental safety of chemicals by using data from other similar chemicals.

Current undergraduate physics students will present their summer research experiences and findings to the public on Thursday, Aug. 25, at the Undergraduate Research Symposium being hosted by the department of physics at Baylor University.

To familiarize graduate and undergraduate students, faculty and staff with library resources, Baylor University Libraries will host four library research workshops to begin the fall semester.

As if President Barack Obama doesn't already have enough to worry about, a statistical analysis of presidential ranking surveys suggests that he is likely to be viewed as an "average" president by expert evaluators if he serves only one term, according to a Baylor University researcher.

Baylor University has announced the establishment of the Baylor/Waco Foundation Endowed Scholarship Fund benefitting students who are graduates of McLennan County high schools. Baylor President Ken Starr will recognize the fundraising efforts of the volunteer Steering Committee at a reception at 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 22, in the White-Beckham room of the Bill Daniel Student Center on Baylor's campus.

A new study by Baylor University environmental researchers will look at asthma rates, regional air contaminants, pollution source and contaminant particle size in a Tarrant county school district near Fort Worth.

A co-worker's rudeness can have a great impact on relationships far beyond the workplace, according to a Baylor University study published online in the Journal of Organizational Behavior

Reality TV mom Kate Gosselin's show has been canceled, but the single mother of eight is masterful at re-inventing herself and will weather the setback -- in large part because of her savvy with social media, predicts a Baylor University expert on image repair.

The Waco Tribune-Herald featured a guest column today by Baylor University President Ken Starr regarding the future of the Big 12. Click the link below to read the full text of Judge Starr's column with the permission of The Waco Tribune-Herald.

Baylor University doctoral student Samuel Stroope, a researcher in the department of sociology, has been named recipient of a prestigious award given by the Association for the Sociology of Religion for outstanding student paper.
His research explored the interplay of congregation members' educational backgrounds.

Once again, Baylor University will serve as one of 140 satellite locations for the Willow Creek Leadership Summit, which will take place Aug. 11-12 in Waco Hall.

A Baylor University study has found that a popular nutritional supplement that is marketed to lead to greater muscle strength through increasing blood flow to the muscle does not increase blood flow as claimed on the bottle.

In a continuing effort to provide alumni, parents and the general public with a convenient online ordering system for Parents Weekend and Homecoming special events, Baylor University will launch single-game and event ticket sales on Aug. 8.

When it comes to satisfaction with body function and body appearance, older men and women have different opinions, although physical activity does improve satisfaction in both sexes, according to new study by a Baylor University researcher.

A new book by Baylor University's James A. Roberts, Ph.D., "Shiny Objects: Why We Spend Money We Don't Have in Search of Happiness We Can't Buy" (HarperOne; November 2011; $25.99; ISBN 9780062093608), is available for presale at Amazon.Com and Barnes & Noble. The book will be published Nov. 8, 2011.

For the sixth straight year, a best-selling college guide for college-bound students and their parents has named Baylor University a "Best Buy." Baylor is one of only 49 public and private colleges and universities in the United States, Canada and Great Britain to earn the designation.

Baylor University's Delta Epsilon Iota chapter has received the 2010-2011 Chapter of the Year Award for its excellence in maintaining national standards in promoting principles of dedication, enthusiasm and initiative in all areas of campus life.

Baylor University Law School will hold its summer commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 30, in Jones Concert Hall at the Glennis McCrary Music Building on the Baylor campus.

The greater the severity of a child's Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms, the more negative impacts on the child's health-related quality of life from the perspective of the child and the parent, a new study by a Baylor University psychologist has found.

Baylor University joined an elite group of universities when it was named to The Chronicle of Higher Education's 2011 Honor Roll as one of the country's "great colleges to work for." Only 30 national universities identified by the Chronicle as "large four-year colleges" were awarded honor roll status.

Baylor University physics researchers joined scientists from around the world July 25 to announce results relating to the search for the elusive Higgs Boson particle at the International Europhysics Conference on High Energy Physics, or EPS, in Grenoble, France.

At its summer meeting today, the Baylor University Board of Regents set tuition and required fees for the 2012-2013 academic year and approved the design and construction of an indoor tennis practice facility for the university's championship tennis programs, improvements to the outdoor tennis center and the hiring of an architectural firm to design the renovation of the Marrs McLean Science Building.

Dr. Suzy Weems, a national food expert and chair of Baylor University's family and consumer sciences department, is interviewed July 21 by KRLD-AM with this word for health-seekers: Leave no egg uncooked.

Baylor University alumnus Adam Urrutia, who graduated summa cum laude in 2007, has been selected one of 16 Lilly Graduate Fellows, the Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts has announced. Urrutia is the latest Baylor graduate to be chosen as a Lilly Fellow. Others chosen recently are Gideon Jeffrey, a 2010 summa cum laude graduate, and Amanda Weppler, a 2007 magna cum laude graduate.

Baylor University is mourning the death of Dr. Bill D. Lamkin, professor emeritus of educational psychology and Dean Emeritus of the School of Education. Lamkin passed away July 17 at the age of 82. Memorial services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, July 21, at Seventh & James Baptist Church, 602 James Ave., Waco.

A new Baylor University study has found that some bird species in the desert southwest are less affected, and in some cases positively influenced, by widespread fire through their habitat. In fact, the Baylor researchers say that fire actually helps some bird species because of the habitat that is formed after a fire is positive for the bird's prey needs.

A flurry of Internet sites are touting raw egg drinks or shakes as "primal and powerful," with others suggesting uncooked eggs be blended with vanilla or avocado for a tasty, healthy snack and still others insisting that the connection between raw eggs and salmonella is a myth.

A new graduate program and emphasis on sports chaplaincy will be established soon at Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary to meet a growing need for ministry not only to professional athletes but also for youth athletic leagues, church recreation programs and missions outreach.

Two Baylor University professors use a bottle of Coca-Cola to teach basic business principles to minimally educated entrepreneurs in developing countries.

An oral history project - Texas in World War II - recounting the pivotal role Texans played in World War II has won national recognition for the Institute for Oral History at Baylor.

Singing That Good Old Baylor Line is just one of many Baylor University traditions incoming freshman and transfer students will learn this month at Line Camp.

Dr. Joel C. Gregory, professor of preaching at Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary, presented a special report on "Global Baptist Preaching" to the Baptist World Alliance meeting July 4-9 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Church music ministers and choir directors from across the country will gather for the 10th annual Alleluia conference at Baylor University Tuesday, July 19, through Friday, July 22. This year's event is a milestone, marking a decade of opportunity for those in sacred music ministry to refine their skills, fellowship with colleagues, enjoy concerts and find inspiration through worship.

Baylor University graduate student George Montanez has been accepted into the Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship program, which aids and funds students pursuing doctoral degrees.

Research universities with an organizational climate that actively supports commercialization and encourages interdisciplinary collaboration among researchers are more likely to produce invention disclosures and patent applications, according to a new study.

Dr. Jonathan Tran, assistant professor of theological ethics in the department of religion at Baylor University, has been appointed as Faculty-in-Residence for Brooks Flats, which houses the Global Community Living-Learning Center. Tran will begin his service in the fall.

Baylor University Ken Starr shared "welcome news for Baylor University students and for higher education in Texas," after learning that the budget enacted by the Texas legislature will include more than $9.6 million in support of the Texas Equalization Grant (TEG) program at Baylor.

More than 1,500 incoming freshmen attending July's Baylor Line Camps will take on a major project as they are welcomed to Baylor and to the city they will call home for the next four years.

Depictions of exposed pipes, perfect reflections in shop windows, vivid abstract designs, nature and lifelike portraits help make up the very eclectic 40-piece watercolor exhibition coming to Baylor University's Martin Museum of Art located in the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center through Aug. 13.

More than 80 young people, participants in an extensive four-week therapy program at Baylor University to improve their language and reading skills, received recognition in a ceremony July 1 at the Lee Lockwood Scottish Rite Library and Museum.

Administrative offices will be closed Monday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day, while other facilities have altered hours.

In the wake of the unveiling of a commemorative stamp depicting iconic author Mark Twain, a Baylor University scholar says there was more to anti-racist Twain than most people know - including a stint as a Confederate soldier and a boyhood in which he believed that slavery was right and righteous.

WACO, Texas (June 28, 2012)- Some areas of the southern United States are suffering from the longest dry spell since 1887 and a new Baylor University study shows that could prove problematic for aquatic organisms.

When a corporation draws negative publicity for an adverse event, its brand's reputation can suffer, even if the allegations are false. Chris Pullig, Ph.D., department chair and associate professor of marketing at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business and colleague Sujay Dutta, Ph.D., assistant professor of marketing in Wayne State University's School of Business Administration in Detroit, offer research-based insight that can help brand owners and managers salvage a brand's reputation after a crisis.

Mental illness of a family member destroys the family's connection with the religious community, a new study by Baylor University psychologists has found, leading many affected families to leave the church and their faith behind.

Women who return to work after giving birth are more likely to stay on the job if they have greater control over their work schedules, according to a Baylor University study. Researchers also found that job security and the ability to make use of a variety of their job skills leads to greater retention of working moms, while the impact of work-related stress on their physical and mental health causes greater turnover.

Baylor University announced today a $2 million gift, given anonymously to the Hankamer School of Business, to endow the Baylor Entrepreneurship Innovation Challenge, a business plan competition that will provide invaluable opportunities for students from all over the nation as they seek to develop their business ideas. The gift and the development of the business plan competition will further enrich the nationally recognized Entrepreneurship program at Baylor University.