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WACO, Texas (June 13, 2022) - Two construction projects will impact evening and overnight traffic by the Baylor Waco campus from June 13-17.

WACO, Texas (June 2, 2022) – ***CANCELED*** 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, June 3.

WACO, Texas (June 2, 2022) – Baylor University celebrated its 2022 Champions of Change, Solid Gold Neighbor (SGN) Community honorees for their outstanding community engagement and SGN Research Fellows during a May 25 recognition ceremony, hosted by Baylor’s Office of External Affairs.

WACO, Texas (June 1, 2022) - Five years ago this week — June 1, 2017 — President Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D., officially took the reins at Baylor as the University’s 15th president. On a recent Baylor Connections, President Livingstone revisits 10 major moments from the last five years in academics and research, student life, athletics and more.

WACO, Texas (May 31, 2022) - The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will begin shifting traffic this week on northbound I-35, while the City of Waco begins a construction project on the S. 17th Street bridge, which will be closed from Webster to Franklin avenues through next spring.

WACO, Texas (May 31, 2022) – The iconic lights of Pat Neff Hall on the Baylor University campus – which since 1978 have glowed green after a Baylor victory or in commemoration of a special moment – will undergo a major upgrade during June, thanks to funding from the Senior Class of 2022 Gift and Student Government.

WACO, Texas (May 24, 2022) - On Wednesday, May 25, 2022, from 6:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Baylor University Department of Public Safety (BUDPS), in conjunction with the Baylor University Police Department (BUPD) and nine other local and federal law enforcement partners, will conduct a joint active threat training exercise in and around Kokernot Hall on the Baylor campus.

WACO, Texas (May 25, 2022) – At its regular May meeting, the Baylor University Board of Regents voted to extend the contract of President Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D., to 2032 in recognition of her exemplary University and national leadership that has elevated Baylor as a preeminent Christian research university with strengths across the board in academics, research and athletics.

WACO, Texas (May 16, 2022) – Baylor University is mourning the recent passing of two retired faculty members, Jean Boyd, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of Musicology in the School of Music, and Bruce C. Cresson, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of Religion in the College of Arts & Sciences.

WACO, Texas (May 12, 2022) – Last spring in the midst of COVID, Baylor University celebrated the Classes of 2020 and 2021 with socially distanced outdoor ceremonies at McLane Stadium. In 2022, Baylor’s spring commencement returns to the Ferrell Center May 13-14.

WACO, Texas (May 12, 2022) – Baylor University Honors College faculty member Candi K. Cann, Ph.D., associate professor of religion in the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core (BIC), has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to South Korea, a prestigious and competitive fellowship of the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

WACO, Texas (May 11, 2022) – Following a nationwide search, Baylor University Provost Nancy Brickhouse, Ph.D., announced today that Jason R. Carter, Ph.D., vice president for research, economic development and graduate education at Montana State University, has been selected as the Dean of Baylor’s Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences. His appointment is effective August 8.

WILLIAMBURG, Virginia (May 10, 2022) – The iEngage Summer Civics Institute at Baylor University has been named the 2022 recipient of the Sandra Day O’Connor Award for the Advancement of Civics Education, presented by the National Center for State Courts.

DENVER, Colorado (May 9, 2022) – The “best hour of the week” – Baylor University’s Dr Pepper Hour – is making four local stops at Denver-area campuses to conclude an eight-week Dr Pepper Hour Tour of Texas and Colorado. The tour will stop by Monday, May 9, at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Tuesday, May 10, at Cherry Creek High School in Greenwood Village, Wednesday, May 11, at Holy Family High School in Broomfield and Thursday, May 12, at Valor Christian High School in Highlands Ranch.

WACO, Texas (May 6, 2022) – Nursing continues to be the largest and most trusted profession and serves as the face of health care to the American public. However, it also one of the most stressful professions, with studies showing that burnout among nurses – even before the COVID-19 pandemic – remains a significant issue.

WACO, Texas (May 5, 2022) – The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado WATCH for a large portion of Central Texas, including Waco and McLennan County, effective until 6 p.m. tonight (Thursday, May 5, 2022). This means that tornadoes – along with damaging winds and hail – are possible in and near the watch area.

WACO, Texas (May 4, 2022) – Baylor University students continue the momentum of a record-setting 2021-2022 academic year of attaining some of the most prestigious national and international scholarships and awards, including another Fulbright and two Boren Scholarship recipients.

WACO, Texas (May 4, 2022) – Twelve Baylor University professors have been honored with Outstanding Faculty Awards for teaching, scholarship and contributions to the academic community for the 2021-2022 academic year.

WACO, Texas (May 4, 2022) – 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, May 6.

WACO, Texas (May 5, 2022) – Baylor University faculty members Jay Yoo, Ph.D., associate professor of apparel merchandising in the Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences, and Byron Newberry, Ph.D., professor of mechanical engineering in the School of Engineering and Computer Science, have been selected to receive the 2022 Centennial Professor Awards for summer research projects.

WACO, Texas (May 4, 2022) – Kenneth Van Treuren, Ph.D., professor of mechanical engineering and associate dean of research and faculty development in the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Baylor University, has been honored as the 2022 Cornelia Marschall Smith Professor of the Year.

WACO, Texas (May 3, 2022) – Mojgan Parizi-Robinson, Ph.D., senior lecturer of biology in the College of Arts & Sciences at Baylor University, has been selected as the 2022 Collins Outstanding Professor, an honor voted on annually by the senior class.

MIDLAND, Texas (April 29, 2022) – The “best hour of the week” – Baylor University’s Dr Pepper Hour – is making three local stops at Midland-Odessa campuses as part of an eight-week tour of Texas and Colorado. The Dr Pepper Hour Tour will drop in Monday, May 2, at Trinity School of Midland; Tuesday, May 3, at Midland’s Legacy High School; and Wednesday, May 4, at Odessa’s UTPB STEM Academy.

WACO, Texas (May 2, 2022) – After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Baylor University renewed its annual tradition of celebrating and praying over the 600 students who will serve as counselors this summer at camps from coast to coast and across the country.

WACO, Texas (May 2, 2022) – Teams from Liberty University and Baylor University were named the top winners of the sixth annual National Undergraduate Negotiation Competition, hosted April 22 by Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business. The event is the only negotiation competition designed specifically for teams of university undergraduate students to build negotiation skills among future business leaders.

WACO, Texas (April 29, 2022) – Teams from the University of Pittsburgh, George Washington University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology were named winners of Baylor University’s 11th annual New Venture Competition, a business plan and elevator pitch competition that showcases top collegiate entrepreneurs and their student created, managed and led ventures.

WACO, Texas (April 27, 2022) – A new Ancestral Legacy Mural in Baylor University’s Center for Academic Success and Engagement (CASE) in the Sid Richardson Building has joined the growing list of inspirational murals located throughout the City of Waco.

DALLAS, Texas (April 19, 2022) – The “best hour of the week” – Baylor University’s Dr Pepper Hour – is spending the next two weeks making local stops at Dallas/Fort Worth-area high school campuses as part of an eight-week Dr Pepper Hour Tour of Texas and Colorado.

WACO, Texas (April 19, 2022) – Baylor University has launched the NextGen Bears Program, an annual celebration of the future generations of Baylor Bears that offers parents, grandparents, family and friends the opportunity to purchase a spirit box filled with an exclusive collection of Baylor gear specially curated for ages 0-13+.

WACO, Texas (April 14, 2022) – Baylor University students from across the disciplines are off to a record-setting 2021-2022 academic year by receiving some of the most prestigious – and competitive – scholarships, fellowships and internships at the national and international levels, including a record-shattering 13 Fulbrights - and still counting – as well as Baylor’s first Truman Scholar in 15 years and recipients of the Goldwater Scholarship, Critical Language Scholarship and Churchill Scholarship.

WACO, Texas (April 14, 2022) – WACO, Texas (April 14, 2022) – The Baylor University family is grieving the loss of beloved former First Lady Joy Reynolds. The wife of Baylor’s 11th President and later Chancellor and President Emeritus, the late Herbert H. Reynolds, Mrs. Reynolds fulfilled her role as First Lady with boundless grace and energy.

WACO, Texas, April 12, 2022) - The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado WATCH for most of Central Texas, including Waco and McLennan County, effective until 11 p.m. tonight (Tuesday, April 12, 2022). This means that tornadoes – along with damaging winds and hail – are possible in and near the watch area. It is recommended that outdoor activities be moved indoors.

AUSTIN, Texas (April 11, 2022) – The “best hour of the week” – Baylor University’s Dr Pepper Hour – is spending this week making local stops to Austin-area campuses as part of an eight-week tour of Texas and Colorado.

WACO, Texas (April 8, 2022) – A total solar eclipse will take place on April 8, 2024, and Texas is an ideal location for viewing this rare celestial display. Lowell Observatory is teaming with the City of Waco, Baylor University and Discovery on a public event, Eclipse Over Texas 2024. This will include an onsite celebration at Baylor University’s McLane Stadium in Waco, as well as virtual programming that people around the world may view.

WACO, Texas (April 7, 2022) – Scientists of the CDF collaboration at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory – including Baylor University researchers with the Experimental High Energy Physics group – announced today that they have achieved the most precise measurement to date of the mass of the W boson.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (April 5, 2022) – The “best hour of the week” – Baylor University’s Dr Pepper Hour – is making a pair of local stops at San Antonio-area campuses as part of an eight-week tour of Texas and Colorado. The DrPepperHourTour.com will drop in Wednesday, April 6, at Northside Health Careers High School and Thursday, April 7, at Antonian College Preparatory High School.

WACO, Texas (April 7, 2022) – Baylor University today announced a $3 million gift from Jim and Sharon Harrod of Horseshoe Bay, Texas, establishing an endowed faculty chair position to support exceptional scholarship and transformational learning within the Honors College and the study of great thinkers who have stood at the intersection of the Christian faith and culture at large.

WACO, Texas (April 4, 2022) – Leslie Palich, Ph.D., The W.A. (Agnes) Mays Professor of Entrepreneurship in Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Ireland, a prestigious and competitive fellowship of the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

WACO, Texas (April 4, 2022) – Baylor University has agreed to a new 10-year contract with Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Mack B. Rhoades IV, announced Monday by President Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D. The contract, which was approved by the Baylor University Board of Regents this afternoon, will allow the two-time Athletics Director of the Year to complete his career at Baylor, leading one of the most recently successful Power 5 programs in the country.

WACO, Texas (March 31, 2022) – Baylor University is once again joining universities and communities around the country to increase public awareness and prevention education about sexual assault and interpersonal violence during Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM).

WACO, Texas (March 30, 2022) – With severe weather season underway, 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. on the first Friday of each month through July.

WACO, Texas (March 29, 2022) – Several Baylor University graduate and professional programs were among those nationally ranked in the 2023 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings, released March 29.

WACO, Texas (March 29, 2022) – Baylor Missions sent two student teams over spring break to help with ongoing rebuilding efforts in Mayfield, Kentucky, and LaPlace, Louisiana, two communities devastated in 2021 by natural disasters. Baylor School of Education students also continued their longtime partnership with schools in Santa Elena, Costa Rica.

WACO, Texas (March 29, 2022) – Baylor Law Professor Joshua G. Borderud, J.D. ’09, recently received the 2020 American Inns of Court Sandra Day O’Connor Award for Professional Service at the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C., for excellence in public interest or pro bono activities. At Baylor Law, Borderud serves as the supervising attorney for the Veterans Clinic, the Trial Advocacy Clinic and the Estate Planning Clinic.

HOUSTON (March 27, 2022) – The “best hour of the week” – Baylor University’s Dr Pepper Hour – is making a series of local stops at Houston-area campuses as part of the eight-week Dr Pepper Hour Tour of Texas and Colorado.

WACO, Texas (March 24, 2022) – Cezary Karwowski, a master’s candidate in piano performance in Baylor University’s School of Music, made history as the winner of the prestigious 2021-2022 Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Young Artist Performance Award for his captivating solo piano performance repertoire.

WACO, Texas (March 25, 2022) – Baylor University’s Office of Spiritual Life, in collaboration with campus ministries and Waco churches, will again host FM72, a gathering of college students March 27-30 on Fountain Mall in the heart of the Baylor campus for 72 hours of continuous prayer, asking God for revival and renewal.

TYLER, Texas (March 23, 2022) – The “best hour of the week” – Baylor University’s Dr Pepper Hour – is making a pair of local stops at Tyler campuses as part of an eight-week tour of high schools in Texas and Colorado. The Dr Pepper Hour Tour continues its road trip on Thursday, March 24, at All Saints Episcopal School and Friday, March 25, at Grace Community School.

WACO, Texas (March 22, 2022) – Baylor University Libraries will be presented with the 2022 Innovation in Instruction Award from the Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) of the American Library Association for the Libraries’ information literacy syllabi miner project, a large-scale automated curriculum mapping project.

WACO, Texas (March 21, 2022) - The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado WATCH for a large portion of Central Texas, including Waco and McLennan County, effective until 10 p.m. tonight (Monday, March 21, 2022). This means that tornadoes – along with damaging winds and hail – are possible in and near the watch area.

WACO, Texas (March 18, 2022) – The best hour of the week – Baylor University’s Dr Pepper Hour – is making a pair of local stops to kick off an eight-week tour of Texas and Colorado, opening up the road trip on Monday at Waco’s Vanguard College Preparatory School and Tuesday at McLennan Community College.

WACO, Texas (March 14, 2022) - Overnight this week, TxDOT crews plan to close the northbound I-35 exit ramp (Exit 334B), which provides access to 8th-4th/5th Streets-Downtown-University Parks Drive-MLK Blvd by the Baylor Waco campus, to continue paving the northbound I-35 mainlanes.

WACO, Texas (March 7, 2022) - Beginning Tuesday, March 8, TxDOT will close two I-35 intersections at University Parks Drive and 5th Street overnight this week by the Baylor campus.

WACO, Texas (March 3, 2022) — Seven student winners of Baylor University’s fifth biennial Semper Pro Musica Solo and Chamber Competition will perform at New York City’s prestigious Carnegie Hall in May.

WACO, Texas (March 3, 2022) – 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, beginning at 10 a.m. Friday, March 4.

WACO, Texas (March 2, 2022) – Religious believers who embrace accountability to God (or another transcendent guide for life) experience higher levels of three of the four variables of psychological well-being – mattering to others, dignity and meaning in their lives, though not happiness – according to a study from researchers with Baylor University, Westmont College and Hope College.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 23, 2022) - Due to anticipated freezing rain with at/or below freezing temperatures overnight that could lead to icing on bridges and overpasses and some surface streets, Baylor University will hold classes via remote instruction and staff will telework until 12 noon on Thursday, Feb. 24.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 21, 2022) – The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has rescheduled the northbound I-35 mainlane traffic shift from US 84/Waco Drive to N Loop 340 due to expected weather events this week. These are among the final traffic shifts for the I-35 project through Waco, which is anticipated being completed by early 2023.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 18, 2022) – During its regular quarterly meeting, the Baylor University Board of Regents celebrated the University reaching Research 1 status and eclipsing the $1.1 billion goal of the Give Light philanthropic campaign, received an update on the Paul and Alejandra Foster Pavilion and participated in a discussion about Baylor’s holistic approach to student success.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 15, 2022) – Baylor University’s annual Pruit Memorial Symposium – “Go Tell It on the Mountain: Perspectives on Black Preaching, Theology and Gospel Music” – will be held at 12:15 p.m. CST Thursday, Feb. 16, via Zoom with a hybrid option.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 15, 2022) – Stephen Heyde, M.F.A., The Mary Franks Thompson Professor of Orchestral Studies and Conductor-in-Residence, has announced his retirement effective in May after leading the orchestral program at the Baylor University School of Music since 1984. Heyde also has been the Music Director and Conductor of the Waco Symphony since 1987.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 10, 2022) – Baylor University will conduct a regular test of its outdoor emergency sirens, beginning at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in addition to a required test of the multi-tiered Baylor Alert emergency communications systems, which is used to alert the campus community of a significant emergency or threat on or near campus.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 7, 2022) – Baylor University researchers will examine virtue formation in higher education moral communities, both secular and faith-based, with a $2.7 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 3, 2022) – Baylor University today announced a significant milestone as gifts and pledges to the Give Light Campaign have surpassed the initial goal of $1.1 billion, marking the campaign as the largest and most successful fundraising effort in the University’s 177-year history.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 2, 2022) - ***UPDATED 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 4, 2022: Baylor University will resume normal hours and operations on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022.*** The National Weather Service has placed Central and North Texas under a Winter Storm Warning. With the high potential for hazardous icy conditions as a strong arctic front moves through Central Texas, Baylor University will hold classes via remote instruction and staff will telework on Thursday and Friday, Feb. 3-4.

WACO, Texas (Feb. 1, 2022) – Baylor University today announced Paul (BBA ’79) and Alejandra Foster of El Paso, Texas, as the recipients of the 2022 Baylor University Founders Medal.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 27, 2022) - Beginning tonight from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m., TxDOT plans to close a section of the northbound I-35 mainlanes north of the Baylor campus from US 84/Waco Drive to N. Loop 340 to continue work reconstructing the northbound mainlanes.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 27, 2022) – Baylor University has named Hollylynne S. Lee, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Statistics Education at North Carolina State University, as the 2022 recipient of the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 20, 2022) – Baylor University senior chemistry major Kate Rojales of Milton, Georgia, is among 18 recipients of the prestigious Churchill Scholarship in mathematics, science and engineering, announced by the Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States. Rojales, who conducts research as an undergraduate in inorganic chemistry, is the second Churchill Scholar in just two years of the University being a participating institution in the program.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 19, 2022) – Baylor University researchers Holly Oxhandler, Ph.D., and Clay Polson, Ph.D., associate professors in the Diana R. Garland School of Social Work, have been awarded an $843,647 grant from the John Templeton Foundation, a subaward through the University of South Alabama for their research project within the overall Spiritual and Religious Competencies Project.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 19, 2022) – A recent National Science Foundation funded study that included Baylor University paleoclimatologist Steven L. Forman, Ph.D., professor of geosciences, evaluates current and future dust sources in central North America with consideration for climate change. These fine dust fluxes are detrimental to asthmatic and general cardio-pulmonary health for populations downwind, particularly areas of west Texas and New Mexico that have large areas of significant dust sources with dry and drought conditions in the past decade.

WACO, Texas (Jan. 18, 2022) - Baylor University today announced the recipients of the 2022 Baylor Alumni Awards, which honor individuals who embody the distinctive mission of the University and their remarkable achievements. A celebration honoring the impact of alumni around the world and recognizing this year's recipients will be held on campus on Feb. 18, 2022.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 21, 2021) – Baylor University and the City of Waco have announced an initial agreement to partner on the riverfront location of the Paul and Alejandra Foster Pavilion, which like its football predecessor McLane Stadium will be in the highest visibility area of the city’s growing Riverfront district.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 16, 2021) – Baylor University has been named a Research 1 university by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, joining the nation’s top-tier research institutions as a doctoral university with very high research activity and elevating Baylor as a preeminent Christian research university.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 15, 2021) – Baylor University has received a $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help the University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary launch the Future Church Project.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 14, 2021) – TxDOT plans to close intersections and an exit ramp close to campus overnight this week as crews work to reconstruct the I-35 northbound mainlanes and overpasses.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 13, 2021) – Baylor University has set the dates for its annual Family Weekend and Homecoming traditions in Fall 2022.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 9, 2021) – Baylor University today announced a gift of $1.5 million from the Deerbrook Charitable Trust of Chevy Chase, Maryland, and Harris and Anne Clark of Dallas to establish the Louise Herrington School of Nursing’s (LHSON) first endowed faculty position.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 7, 2021) - Beginning at 7 a.m. this Thursday, Dec. 9, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) plans to close 4th Street where it crosses under I-35 until early 2022.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 6, 2021) – KWTX Television will broadcast a remastered presentation of its Emmy-nominated and Telly Award-winning production of “A Baylor Christmas,” produced in 2018 from the performances of the Baylor University Symphony Orchestra and combined choirs of the Baylor School of Music.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 1, 2021) – Baylor University students joined Waco community leaders in celebration of $79,500 in total grants presented to seven local nonprofits through the University’s “Philanthropy and the Public Good” course and its ongoing partnership with the Fort Worth-based Philanthropy Lab.

WACO, Texas (Dec. 1, 2021) – Alexandra Ronnenberg, who graduated from Baylor University in May with a B.S.Ed. in elementary education, has been named Clinical Teacher of the Year for the state of Texas, honored for her outstanding instruction and interaction with children while a senior at Baylor.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 30, 2021) – The John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise in Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business has announced the winners of the first annual 2021 Baylor Impact Awards.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 29, 2021) – A Baylor University-led study on ethical listening discovered that women and nonmanagers believe that management is not receptive to their feedback and are dissatisfied with organization listening efforts. That, in turn, has led to fewer employees sharing legitimate concerns.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 19, 2021) – Laine Scales, Ph.D., professor of social work at Baylor University’s Diana R. Garland School of Social Work, is among the education leaders helping launch the Consortium for Global Education’s (CGE) new Research Institute, creating a collaboration between faculty and students on topics of all disciplines that have an international component.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 18, 2021) – Baylor University today announced the first chair established through the Baylor Illuminate Chair Matching Program, which supports the Give Light Campaign’s goals to increase endowed faculty positions. An anonymous gift of $1.5 million established the first chair through the program, The William J. Abraham Endowed Chair, to support George W. Truett Theological Seminary’s Wesley House of Studies. An additional gift of $1 million to establish a scholarship was made by Jeff (BBA ’86) and Debbie (BS ’87) Wooley of Woodway to support the program’s students.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 17, 2021) – Decline in prospective memory — the ability to perform daily intentions — is a key driver of everyday functional impairment in dementia. Baylor University researcher Michael Scullin, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology and neuroscience, led a study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, to determine if smartphone technology could help improve prospective memory functioning.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 13, 2021) – Baylor University today announced the naming of the Paul and Alejandra Foster Pavilion in honor of Paul (BBA ’79) and Alejandra Foster, of El Paso, Texas. The naming is in recognition of Paul and Alejandra’s gift of $100 million in 2019 to the Give Light Campaign, which launched the public fundraising campaign for the Basketball Pavilion, home to Baylor’s National Championship basketball teams.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 11, 2021) – Baylor University today announced the naming of the Mary Jo Robbins Clinic for Autism Research and Practice in honor of Mary Jo Robbins of Houston. The announcement is in recognition of the support and continued efforts of William K. “Bill” and Mary Jo Robbins, a couple who has spent their lifetimes championing excellence in health care.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 11, 2021) – U.S. Army veteran, fifth-grade teacher and Baylor University doctoral student Erika Neuman has been named a Pat Tillman Foundation Scholar in recognition of her military service and her mission to educate children.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 10, 2021) – Baylor University and University Libraries will unveil the Black Gospel Archive & Listening Center (BGA), a state-of-the-art center to house the permanent collection of the Black Gospel Restoration Project, during a grand opening and dedication ceremony at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 12, in the garden level of Moody Memorial Library.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 8, 2021) – Baylor University today will host Baylor ResearchU, a new virtual program designed to showcase research opportunities to prospective high school students, in recognition of National STEM Day. Featuring conversations with Baylor researchers and mentors, Baylor ResearchU aims to encourage high school students to pursue research opportunities early in their college career that will enhance their experience and prepare them to address meaningful societal challenges.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 8, 2021) – Baylor University will make its national debut on season two of The College Tour, an innovative series from Emmy-nominated producers – with segments featuring actual Baylor students – that premieres Monday, Nov. 8, on Amazon Prime TV.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 8, 2021) – Poets&Quants, the definitive online publication for business education news, has unveiled its 2022 ranking of The Best Online MBA Programs, which includes a top 10 ranking for the online MBA in Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business. The Baylor online MBA jumped to No. 8 nationally by Poets&Quants, moving up from last year’s No. 16 ranking.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 5, 2021) – During its regular fall meeting, the Baylor University Board of Regents affirmed the framework for the next five years of Illuminate, the University’s strategic plan, including hiring 100 new faculty to accelerate the University toward Research 1 status as the preeminent Christian research university.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 3, 2021) – Matt Ridley, Ph.D., award-winning journalist and science writer, will be the featured speaker at the Free Enterprise Forum at Baylor University’s Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation, hosted by the John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise on Thursday, Nov. 4. This event will be held in Foster 240 at 5:15 p.m.

WACO, Texas (Nov. 2, 2021) – Pinnipeds — a group including seals, sea lions and walruses — are relatively recently derived marine mammals that evolved from terrestrial carnivorans and reentered the marine environment. Their recent adaptations to an amphibious lifestyle make their evolutionary anatomy of particular interest to Baylor University researcher Sarah Kienle, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 31, 2021) - Beginning at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 1, I-35 construction crews plan to close Dutton Avenue from 4th Street to ML Cooper by the Dutton Parking Garage. This closure will allow TxDOT to continue work to realign 4th and 5th Streets to traditional T-intersections east of the interstate by campus.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 29, 2021) – Social and biomedical scientists at Harvard University and Baylor University have joined forces to launch the $43.4 million, five-year “Global Flourishing Study” (GFS), the largest initiative of its kind to investigate the factors that influence human flourishing throughout the world. It also represents largest funded research project in the University’s history.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 27, 2021) - TxDOT plans overnight closures of a northbound mainlane and northbound entrance/exit ramp Oct. 27-28 to allow crews to slightly shift the temporary ramps for continued mainlane reconstruction.