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Lulin Jiang, Ph.D., Leads Team Accepted into NSF's National I-Corps Program
June 28, 2024
Dr. Lulin Jiang, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Baylor

Baylor University's groundbreaking research in fuel-flexible combustion technology has garnered national attention, as Lulin Jiang, Ph.D., and her team have been accepted into the National Science Foundation's prestigious National I-Corps™ program. 

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Gifted Students Immersed in College Life During Baylor TIP Summer Residential Camp
June 28, 2024
Baylor TIP 2024 Engineering Students

For the first time this summer, the Baylor University Talent Identification Program (TIP) in the School of Education hosted residential camps for high-ability gifted students in grades 8 through 12 in June on the Baylor campus. 

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Two more NBA first-round picks brings Baylor’s total to five in four years
June 28, 2024
Photos of NBA Commissioner Adam Silver with Ja'Kobe Walter (left) and Yves Missi (right)

It’s become commonplace to hear Baylor names called in the first round of the NBA Draft. But to hear two of them called in a three-pick span? That’s raising the bar even further.

Ja’Kobe Walter and Yves Missi became Baylor men’s basketball’s first pair of teammates ever drafted in the first round of the same draft. Walter was selected with the 19th overall pick by the Toronto Raptors, while Missi went two picks later, at No. 21, to the New Orleans Pelicans.

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Podcast Points: Teaching History as a Storyteller with Military Historian Julie Anne Sweet
June 27, 2024
Julie Sweet, Ph.D.

This week’s Baylor Connections guest – in honor of Independence Day – is Julie Anne Sweet, Ph.D., professor of history, director of military studies and an expert on colonial and revolutionary America and military history. 

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Benjamin Franklin: Founding Father…and Much More
June 27, 2024
Benjamin Franklin

As Independence Day approaches, a Baylor management professor - and longtime Ben Franklin scholar - shares his thoughts on a four aspects of the Founding Father's legacy.

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Physical Therapy Researchers Receive $2.5 Million Department of Defense Grant Award to Improve Pelvic Care for Women Service Members
June 27, 2024
Baylor University physical therapy researchers Laurel E. Proulx, PT, DPT, Ph.D., and Shane Koppenhaver, PT, Ph.D.

Baylor University physical therapy researchers Shane Koppenhaver, PT, Ph.D., and Laurel E. Proulx, PT, DPT, Ph.D., have received a four-year $2.5 million grant award from the Department of Defense to test a novel intervention for women service members suffering from debilitating chronic pelvic pain that could provide better access to care and rapid, effective treatment.

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Winningest coach in Baylor women’s tennis history — and now, a Baylor grad, too
June 26, 2024
Joey Scrivano holding up his diploma while crossing the stage

In 22 seasons as head coach of the Baylor women’s tennis program, Joey Scrivano has built a record of success as the winningest coach in program history. This spring, he added a new title to his resume: Baylor graduate.

Scrivano walked the stage at Commencement in May after earning his master’s degree in sport pedagogy. For a coach who consistently encourages his players to be lifelong learners, it was a chance to live out what he preaches — and it provided a deeper appreciation for the experience his student-athletes receive at Baylor.

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Baylor Researchers Collaborating on $15 Million Project to Advance Technologies Providing Sustainable Approaches in Defense Manufacturing
June 25, 2024
Paul Allison and Brian Jordon

A multidisciplinary team of Baylor researchers is working to advance technology that could drastically reduce the time and logistical footprints needed for the sustainable development and repair of products for the U.S. military, thank to a $15 million congressional appropriation.

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Baylor Family’s generosity attracts leading researchers to new elite faculty positions
June 20, 2024
L-R, headshots of Drs. Erik Carter, Julia Chan, Hannah Stolze & Alan Wang

Endowed faculty positions, especially endowed chairs, are a big deal in the academic world. They come with a certain level of prestige, and help universities attract professors at the top of their game.

That’s why it’s so important that, during the Give Light philanthropic campaign, the Baylor Family’s generosity enabled the university to create an eye-popping 48 new endowed faculty positions, including 23 new endowed chairs. (For context: When Give Light began, Baylor had just five endowed chair positions; generous giving has quintupled that.)

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Baylor Office of Investments Up for The Allocator Prizes Team of the Year
June 18, 2024
Yellow spring flowers blooming in front of Baylor's Pat Neff Hall

Baylor University’s Office of Investments, which is responsible for managing Baylor’s $2 billion endowment and other long-term investments of the University, has been named a finalist for Team of the Year by The Allocator Prizes, celebrating the best and brightest in institutional investing. 

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Students serving around the globe this summer with Baylor Missions
June 17, 2024
A Baylor student helping build homes in the Dominican Republic

Once again this summer, Baylor students can be found around the globe, ministering and serving in 10 countries across four continents on Baylor Missions trips.

What makes Baylor’s mission trips distinct is the blending of service and calling. These trips are discipline-specific: students with similar career goals or interests come together for trips that allow them to further develop in areas like healthcare, business or music as they meet significant needs wherever they travel.

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‘What’s the most random place you’ve met another Baylor Bear?’
June 14, 2024
Baylor fans posing together for a photo

Earlier this month, the Baylor Facebook page asked its nearly 250,000 followers a simple question: “What’s the most random place you’ve met another Bear?”

More than 500 answers later, a couple of things became clear:

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Wendzel’s call-up ties Baylor record with 5 Bears in the big leagues
June 13, 2024
Headshots, L-R: Max Muncy, Shea Langeliers, Davis Wendzel, Cody Bradford, Nick Loftin

Something special happened in April when the Texas Rangers hosted the Oakland Athletics. Former Baylor standout Davis Wendzel had just been called up, joining a Baylor teammate, Cody Bradford, on the Rangers. In the opposite dugout, another of their former teammates, Shea Langeliers, was preparing to play for the Athletics. This is believed to be the first time three Baylor alums were all on active rosters in the same game.

That series highlighted just how special of a time this is for Baylor baseball fans, as five Bears have played in the big leagues this year, tying the single year high-water mark for Baylor alums.

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Scholarships, facilities & more: What Give Light accomplished for Baylor
June 12, 2024
Graphic: Give Light raises $1.5 billion for Baylor University

Almost six years ago — Nov. 2, 2018 — we wrote about the public launch of “Give Light,” Baylor’s new fundraising plan aimed at helping the university reach some of its strategic, long-term goals.

The goal: $1.1 billion to support increased student scholarship support, more endowed faculty positions, area-specific funds for research and other projects, and capital projects such as renovating Tidwell Bible Building, expanding Memorial and Allen halls to grow the Honors Residential College, a new welcome center, a new basketball arena, and a new football operations center.

Earlier this month, the university announced the successful conclusion of Give Light. So, how did the campaign do?

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New Baptist Student Ministry center coming to Baylor’s campus
June 11, 2024
Rendering of a new Baptist Student Ministry building at Baylor

Baptist Student Ministry (BSM) is getting a new space on Baylor’s campus!

This spring, Baylor deeded over land for a new BSM center to the Baptist General Convention of Texas, which is working to complete fundraising for the new facility. The new center (see the rendering above) will be built at the corner of South Fourth Street and Daughtrey Avenue — near East Village and the Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation.

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Baylor Joins Greater Waco Community for Juneteenth Celebrations
June 10, 2024
Law School students hold a green banner that says Baylor Law with a large Bear balloon in the background

Baylor University will join with the Greater Waco community in celebration of Juneteenth, a national holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.

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Baylor Global Health Professor Selected as Fulbright U.S. Scholar to Kenya
June 6, 2024
Sungseek Moon, Ph.D., The Carl and Martha Lindner Endowed Chair for Global Studies and professor at Baylor University’s Diana R. Garland School of Social Work

Sungseek Moon, Ph.D., The Carl and Martha Lindner Endowed Chair for Global Studies and professor at Baylor’s Diana R. Garland School of Social Work, has been selected as a 2024-2025 Fulbright U.S. Scholar to Kenya, joining an elite group of scholars who have received the prestigious and competitive fellowship from the U.S. government’s premier international educational exchange program.

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Happy 20th birthday, Mayborn Museum!
June 6, 2024
Mayborn Museum Complex exterior with new mammoth sculptures

For two decades now, Baylor’s Mayborn Museum has been a beacon of curiosity and discovery, illuminating the path to knowledge for Bears and Wacoans alike with its unique blend of history, science and education.

It was 20 years ago this summer — May 14, 2004 — that the Mayborn was officially dedicated in its new home along University Parks Drive. But the museum’s history dates much further back — almost to the university’s very beginning.

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Baylor Raises $1.5 Billion, Concluding History-making Give Light Campaign
June 5, 2024
Colorful confetti on a green screen celebrating $1.5 billion raised in the Give Light Campaign

Baylor University’s Give Light comprehensive philanthropic campaign has raised a historic $1.5 billion, an achievement that shattered its initial $1.1 billion goal and concluded Give Light as the most successful comprehensive fundraising campaign in Baylor’s 179-year history, the University announced today. 

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Baylor named one of the nation’s most beautiful campuses by two major outlets
June 4, 2024
Pat Neff Hall lit green at dusk, with the Sadie Jo Black Gardens in the foreground

I know Baylor has a beautiful campus. You know Baylor has an incredible campus. But it’s always fun when others recognize the allure of Baylor’s campus, as well.

This spring, two notable sources — Architectural Digest and U.S. News — each included Baylor on their lists of the nation’s most beautiful college campuses.

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Record-setting 18 Fulbright recipients top list of student scholar honors for 2024
June 4, 2024
Mosaic-style collage of headshots of the various award winners

In 2019, Baylor set a school-record with seven Fulbright scholarship recipients — part of the nation’s flagship program for international graduate study and education. In 2022, Baylor doubled that record with 14 Fulbrights.

Now, just two years later, a new school record has been set — again — as 18 (!!!) Baylor students and recent alumni have won prestigious Fulbright awards for 2024. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

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Baylor Ranked in Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2023
June 4, 2024
A Baylor engineering student talks about projects with a group of people

Baylor University is ranked No. 80 on the Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2023, a list published by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Published annually, this ranking serves to highlight and celebrate U.S. universities that play a large role in advancing innovation and invention in the United States.

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What the first 100 days looks like for a new Baylor student
May 30, 2024
Baylor freshmen in Line jerseys pose together

Though summer’s only just begun, it won’t be long before students are streaming to Waco for the start of a new school year.

Baylor is known for its incredible student experience — and a look at what students can expect during their first 100 days on campus illustrates that beautifully:

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Baylor Planetary Geophysicist Receives Esteemed Early Career Award from NASA
May 30, 2024
Baylor University planetary geophysicist Peter B. James, Ph.D., assistant professor and founder of the Planetary Research Group at Baylor

Baylor University planetary geophysicist Peter B. James, Ph.D., assistant professor and founder of the Planetary Research Group at Baylor, has been recognized by NASA with the 2023 Planetary Science Early Career Award (ECA). 

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Baylor’s Curb S3E program develops leaders in the business of sports & entertainment
May 28, 2024
Wall displaying Curb and Word Records memorabilia

For almost 20 years, legendary music executive Mike Curb has supported what was previously known as the Sports Strategy and Sales (S3) program in Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business. In honor of his longtime support, the S3 program has been renamed the Curb Sales Strategy in Sports and Entertainment (S3E) program.

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Inaugural Armes summit equips Christian leaders in business
May 23, 2024
A session at the Armes Family Christian Leadership in Business Summit

Last week, business leaders and business researchers came together at Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business to dive into an important topic. They weren’t there to discuss revenue or industry disruptions; instead, they came to talk about faith — specifically, what it means to be a Christian leader in the workplace.

Over parts of two days, businesspeople of all levels took part in the first-ever Armes Family Christian Leadership in Business Summit, which featured presentations from a series of keynote speakers along with interactive panel discussions on the integration of faith and topics like innovation, inclusion, and ethics. Held May 16-17 inside Baylor’s Foster Campus for Business and Innovation, the event brought together CEOs, founders, leading researchers and others to talk about living out one’s faith in the workplace.

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Research for a Higher Purpose
May 23, 2024
Baylor Disability Researchers

For individuals and families with developmental disabilities, the need is clear. Estimates show that one out of every seven students lives with a disability that affects his or her relationship to learning.

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Thank You Baylor Family!
May 23, 2024
$1.5 Billion Thank You Baylor Family!

With the record-breaking support of our alumni, parents, faculty, staff, students and friends, Baylor University exceeded our Give Light campaign goal. Because of you, Baylor’s future is bright! 

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6 Highlights of Foster Pavilion’s Inaugural Season
May 22, 2024
Foster Pavilion

A new era of Baylor basketball on the Brazos began in 2024 with the Paul and Alejandra Foster Pavilion opening as the state-of-the-art home of the championship-winning men’s and women’s basketball programs.

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BG’s Big Day
May 22, 2024
Brittney Griner, B.S.Ed. ’19

The roar of the Baylor faithful echoed through the rafters of the freshly minted Foster Pavilion during the Feb. 18 women’s basketball showdown with Texas Tech, not just for another dominating victory, but for a legendary homecoming.

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Rare honor brings Baylor alum & Air Force veteran back to Waco
May 22, 2024
Brigadier General Randall Cason Jr. at his promotion ceremony at Truett Seminary

The Air Force ranks include more than 61,000 officers; only 108 of those have reached the rank of brigadier general. In December, Baylor graduate Randall Cason Jr. (BS ’95) joined that esteemed group — and he chose to return to his alma mater to mark the occasion.

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Baylor Adds 18th Fulbright Recipient to Record Year for Major Fellowships, Awards
May 22, 2024
Gold and green Baylor lamppost flags with the tower of Pat Neff Hall in the background

As the spring 2024 semester concludes, Baylor University is celebrating a phenomenal year for Baylor students and recent alumni earning prestigious and highly competitive fellowships and awards, including a record-extending 18th Fulbright Scholarship.

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Carroll Dawson: A Baylor Legend & Rockets Man
May 22, 2024
Carroll Dawson, B.S. ’60

Carroll Dawson, B.S. ’60, is often on the sidelines at the Paul and Alejandra Foster Pavilion cheering on Baylor’s basketball teams that he has supported as a player, coach and fan.

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Miracle on the Brazos Turns 50
May 22, 2024
Miracle on the Brazos Scoreboard: Baylor 34 - Texas 24

The proverbial chip on the shoulders of the 1974 Baylor football team loomed large, as the Bears were preseason favorites to finish at the bottom of the Southwest Conference.

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Tackling Everest (and Ovarian Cancer)
May 22, 2024
Jess Wedel, B.S.W. ’11 on Mountain top

After living through a rare, non-genetic ovarian cancer diagnosis in 2016, Jess Wedel, B.S.W. ’11, was encouraged by her mother, Valari, to continue their shared passion for mountain climbing. 

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Changing Lives with Peanuts
May 22, 2024
Paul Conteh, M.S.W. ’15

Sixty families in rural northern Sierra Leone’s Tonko Limbo Chiefdom have seen their lives and livelihoods transformed, due in large part to Paul Conteh, M.S.W. ’15

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Raise a Glass (of Baylor water)
May 22, 2024
Jimmy Garza, Jr., B.B.A. ’97

After Jimmy Garza, Jr., B.B.A. ’97, ran into someone wearing a Baylor T-shirt in Washington, D.C., he saw it as a sign to reconnect with his alma mater. 

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Alumni Thrive in Professional Sports Roles
May 22, 2024
Brynn Johnson, Jeremy Chiang, Zac Howe

Not one, not two, but three recent Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences graduates are making an impact in pro sports just a few years after earning their Baylor diplomas.

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Gil A. Stricklin
May 22, 2024
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Carl Glenn Bonds
May 22, 2024
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Thomas R. Powers
May 22, 2024
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Lanella Spinks Gray
May 22, 2024
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Vasil William “Bill” Allabashi
May 22, 2024
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Linda Hunt Bunnell
May 22, 2024
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Rufus B. Spain
May 22, 2024
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Melba J. Harken
May 22, 2024
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Notice of Passing – Summer 2024
May 22, 2024
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Class Notes
May 22, 2024
Cameron Gunter, BBA ’19, and Meredith Mrok, BBA ’19

Updates from the Baylor Family

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Baylor Professor to Advance New Generation of Metal Alloys as Part of $12.5 Million Department of Energy Research Center
May 22, 2024
Baylor professor Garritt Tucker in his materials science engineering lab

Garritt J. Tucker, Ph.D., The Eula Mae and John Baugh Chair in Physics, is part of a multi-institution, interdisciplinary effort to discover new materials and create innovative pathways for advancing materials performance under extreme conditions. The $12.5 million research team was funded through the Department of Energy (DOE) for the next five years.

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Highest Honors for a Nationally Recognized Researcher and Mentor
May 22, 2024
John L. Wood, Ph.D.

While honors are meaningful, what John L. Wood, Ph.D., finds most rewarding is mentorship and playing a role in the day-to-day transformation that takes place within students.

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Baylor Professors Earn Prestigious Fellowships in Math, Physics
May 22, 2024
Mitrea & Matthews

Fellowships from the American Mathematical Society and American Physical Society are elite honors bestowed only on faculty who have made significant and longstanding contributions to their disciplines

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Lessons in Leadership
May 22, 2024
Baylor Alumni College/University Presidents

Meet four Baylor alumni making a difference in the world of higher education.

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A&T Wins Ninth-Straight National Title
May 21, 2024
Acrobatics and Tumbling 9th-straight National Title

Top-ranked Bears continue to grow the sport — and fan following.

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This is Big 12 Country!
May 21, 2024
Big 12 new members

The dynamic landscape of college athletics enters a new era.

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Dedication of Life-size Mammoth Sculptures Highlights Mayborn Museum’s 20th Anniversary
May 21, 2024
Ribbon cutting to welcome the Mayborn Museum Mammoths

Marking 20 years of sparking curiosity and inspiring lifelong learning, the Mayborn Museum at Baylor University celebrated its milestone anniversary by officially unveiling and dedicating a life-size landmark for the community – stunning bronze Mammoth sculptures that stand as timeless symbols of the Mayborn Museum’s commitment to inspire and educate generations.

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VB Alum Leap into New U.S. Pro League
May 21, 2024
Pressley and Fanning

Two former Baylor volleyball players are ready to take flight in the professional ranks. 

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Partners in Advancing Baylor’s Mission
May 21, 2024
Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D., and Jason Diffenderfer

A Conversation with Jason Diffenderfer, Vice President for University Advancement
 

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Truett Grows in Size and Impact
May 21, 2024
Lanier Theological Library and Learning Center in Houston

Baylor’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary reaches students in Houston and San Antonio.

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Bears On Air: What Does Baylor Mean to You?
May 21, 2024
Happy students walking on campus

Baylor’s social media team invites students on campus to sit down for a moment and reflect on what Baylor means to them.


 

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Innovative Partnership Meets Growing Market
May 21, 2024
FC Dallas Logo

Baylor University and Frisco-based Major League Soccer franchise FC Dallas launched a comprehensive partnership that makes the University the club’s exclusive higher education sponsor.

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Endowment Growth Takes the Spotlight
May 21, 2024
Pat Neff skyline

Baylor’s endowment performance tops the list in growth.

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Bears Shoot for the Stars
May 21, 2024
Baylor’s premier aerospace engineering club, Aero at Baylor

Baylor’s premier aerospace engineering club, Aero at Baylor, has its eyes in the clouds — and for good reason. 

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Baylor Named a TIME Magazine Top Producer of Future Leaders
May 21, 2024
Leadership & Organizational Behavior - outdoor classroom

Baylor has been named among the nation’s best universities for developing future leaders according to TIME Magazine.

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Baylor Students Prepare to Impact the World
May 21, 2024
Alagu Subramanian

Baylor students have earned highly competitive major fellowships and awards during this record-setting year.

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Students Join Together in Prayer
May 21, 2024
Students gather for the collegiate day of prayer

Prayer has a distinctive role on Baylor’s campus in Spring 2024 through national and local prayer events.

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A New Path to Healthcare Careers
May 21, 2024
The Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences offers a fully online program for a Master of Science in Medical Science.

With dreams of medical school on the horizon, applicants know that competitive advantages are incredibly important.

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Summer Travel Stop
May 21, 2024
Mark and Paula Hurd Welcome Center

Traveling along I-35 this summer? Plan a stop at the Mark and Paula Hurd Welcome Center — your summer travel hub.

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First-Generation Program Recognized for Excellence
May 21, 2024
First-Generation Program Recognized for Excellence

More than 2,000 Baylor students are the first in their families to attend college. Baylor’s First in Line program exists to help these students navigate all aspects of college.

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Baylor Law #1 in Practical Training
May 21, 2024
Law School Classroom

For more than 165 years, Baylor Law has been known for preparing practice-ready lawyers dedicated to professional excellence.

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Listen Up
May 21, 2024

Baylor faculty and staff produce amazing digital content available in the form of podcasts and other online platforms.


 

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Sharing News and Planting Trees
May 21, 2024
Tree farm

Baylor University partners with Colorado-based Publication Printers in innovative reforestation initiative.


 

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Listen Up
May 21, 2024
Listen Up

Baylor faculty and staff produce amazing digital content available in the form of podcasts and other online platforms.

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Baylor softball headed to program’s 7th NCAA Super Regional
May 21, 2024
Baylor softball doing a 'sic 'em' after winning

For the seventh time in program history — all under head coach Glenn Moore — Baylor softball is headed to the NCAA Super Regionals!

The Bears are one of the last 16 teams standing after winning three of four games at the Lafayette Regional last weekend, including a pair of victories over the host team, No. 13-ranked Louisiana.

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Best of Baylor+
May 20, 2024
Baylor+

Baylor+, the all-access subscription streaming platform of Baylor Athletics, launched in Fall 2023, providing Baylor fans with even more premium video content and original storytelling. 

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Aiding Defense
May 20, 2024
Brian Jordon and Paul Allison

A Baylor research team is advancing technologies to support the U.S. Army in manufacturing new products and repairing damaged parts for mission-critical components in aircraft, vehicles and more.

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Envisioning the Future
May 20, 2024
Bryan Shaw

Biochemist Bryan Shaw and his team of researchers are pursuing advances that make laboratory spaces more accessible to those with different abilities. 

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SMART Hub Innovation
May 19, 2024
Charles Baylis, Ph.D. with students in SMART Hub

Researchers at Baylor are working to revolutionize the communication spectrum by developing an entirely new approach to wireless transmission.


 

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Baylor Summer
May 19, 2024
Baylor Student Summer Interns

In the summer months, Baylor students eagerly apply themselves to pursuits that amplify their academic studies.

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Baylor Regents Approve 2024-2025 Operating Budget, Elect Board and Committee Leadership, New At-large Regents
May 17, 2024
Baylor University official seal with the Texas star in the middle surrounded by the motto Pro Ecclesia Pro Texana

During its regular May meeting, the Baylor University Board of Regents approved the University’s 2024-2025 operating budget, voted on Board and committee leadership and elected new at-large Regents – including a former Waco mayor and a top Texas healthcare executive who also has ties to the city.

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From Baylor to the big leagues — via Robbins College of Health & Human Sciences
May 16, 2024
Headshots of Brynn Johnson, Jeremy Chiang and Zac Howe

Looking to make it to the big leagues? Sure, you could be a first-round pick… or, you could earn a graduate degree from Baylor’s Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences.

Not one, not two, but three recent Robbins College grads have reached the pinnacle of pro sports just a few years after earning their Baylor diplomas — in athletic training, nutrition sciences and physical therapy:

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Expanding the Campus
May 15, 2024

In the past 10 years, Baylor University has seen unprecedented growth and change to the institution’s physical footprint, with more than $285 million given to support capital projects through the Give Light Campaign.

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Baylor professors of the year represent business law, history, anthropology & sport management
May 15, 2024
Headshots of Lotte Bostick, Dr. Stephen Sloan, Dr. Julie Hoggarth, and Dr. Jeffrey Petersen

The academic year is complete: finals graded, books returned, students graduated — and Baylor faculty honored! Congratulations to this year’s Baylor professors of the year:

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Number One
May 14, 2024
Baylor Law Students Study and Debate in Class

Baylor Law earns top national honors for practical training

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Congrats, Baylor Class of 2024!
May 13, 2024
Three new Baylor graduates do a 'sic 'em' in the Ferrell Center corridor

Congratulations, Class of 2024 — you did it!

This weekend, more than 3,500 Bears walked the Ferrell Center stage to receive their hard-earned diplomas. Thousands of their friends and family filled the Ferrell Center for each ceremony, and countless more watched online and joined in the celebration via social media to honor Baylor’s newest graduates.

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Bear Cub Corner – Summer 2024
May 10, 2024
Bear Cub Corner
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The ‘COVID class’ of 2020 is now ready to celebrate as Baylor’s Class of 2024
May 9, 2024
Kayla Carmer in scrubs outside the Baylor Sciences Building

When the world came to a halt in Spring 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, high school students around the country lost the opportunity to walk the stage at graduation.

Four years later, having overcome countless unknowns and challenges, those students are ready to finally take that step as the Class of 2024 graduates from college. Kayla Carmer is one such student.

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Dream big: Baylor ECS grad inspired toward his Ph.D. by BU mentors
May 9, 2024
Auldynn Chambers (second from left) and other students

The first time Auldynn Chambers heard someone suggest he consider pursuing his doctorate after graduating from Baylor, his immediate thought was, “Only really smart people get Ph.D.s. I’m not smart enough to do that.”

Soon, Chambers will be doing just that, and pursuing a passion he discovered at Baylor — artificial organ development.

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Waco native overcomes obstacles to earn not one, but two degrees from Baylor
May 9, 2024
Stephanie Mendoza senior portrait

When Stephanie Mendoza (BBA ’21) was in high school at Waco’s University High, she had no idea where she wanted to go to college, or what she wanted to do when she got there.

The first question seemed solved after she attended a two-week overnight camp at Baylor — but unfortunately, her family couldn’t make the finances work, and she headed to McLennan Community College instead. There, she discovered her way into Baylor: a full-ride transfer scholarship from the Waco Foundation, given to three top MCC students each year.

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Honoring some familiar Baylor faces retiring this year
May 8, 2024
Headshots of Tommye Lou Davis, Dr. Joel Gregory and Dr. Kenneth Van Treuren

Every spring, the Baylor Family bids happy retirement to professors and staff who have dedicated their professional lives to the university and its students. It’s always a bittersweet mix — sadness in seeing them go, happiness for a well-deserved next step — but we wish them all well in the next phase of their lives.

Here, we honor some of the longest-serving and most recognizable professors who are retiring this year — men and women whose faces will be missed, but whose impact will not be forgotten:

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Baylor’s McNair Scholars Garner Prestigious Grad School Placements, National Recognition
May 6, 2024
2024 McNair Scholars

The 2024 graduating class of Baylor University's McNair Scholars Program is set to soar as students continue on to prestigious graduate programs and national and international fellowships. 

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Looking back on Harrington House’s history
May 3, 2024
Harrington House exterior

Yesterday’s news about Harrington House‘s time coming to an end got us thinking back on the home’s history, as it has a long and winding connection with Baylor (dating back even before it came to be Baylor property).

The two-story Victorian home has stood since 1894 on Eighth Street, just across from where Collins Residence Hall stands today.

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Baylor Students Win Boren Scholarship, NSF Graduate Research Fellowships, GEM Fellowship
May 2, 2024
Student award recipients Taylor Chung, Laura Kusumo, Heavenlei Thomas and Auldynn Chambers

Baylor University students continue to earn highly competitive major fellowships and awards during a record-setting year in which they have earned the Fulbright, Goldwater, Critical Language and Churchill scholarships. Now students can add a Boren Scholarship, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships (NSF GRF) and the GEM Fellowship to the list.

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Baylor Faculty Honored with 2024 Centennial Professor Awards Receive Funding for Summer Research
May 2, 2024
Centennial Awards

Baylor University faculty members Julie Hoggarth, Ph.D., associate professor of anthropology, and Jeffrey C. Petersen, Ph.D., professor of sport management, have been selected to receive the 2024 Centennial Professor Awards for summer research projects on the impact of drought on the Mayan collapse and the expansion of administrative staff within collegiate sports, respectively. 

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Baylor Law ranked No. 1 nationally for practical training
May 1, 2024
Baylor law students working together in class

Looking for practical training that will prepare you to practice as a lawyer? You can’t do any better than Baylor Law School — literally.

So says a new ranking from preLaw Magazine, which put Baylor at No. 1 in the nation for practical training.

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Baylor Libraries: A student hub year-round (but especially at finals)
April 30, 2024
A variety of student spaces in Moody Library

Chances are, if you attended Baylor, you have memories of studying in Moody and/or Jones libraries. Maybe you remember late nights preparing for a paper or exam, or the fun of running into friends and then having to make yourself get back to work.

Baylor’s libraries have long been a sort of academic community square, and that’s never been more true than today. As the ways students use libraries has evolved, Baylor Libraries has adapted to meet the needs of today’s Bears. Here are four examples:

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Baylor Receives IIE American Passport Project Grant to Support Underrepresented Students to Study Abroad
April 30, 2024
Baylor students in t-shirts and toolbelts build a house in the Dominican Republic

Baylor University has been selected by the Institute of International Education (IIE) to receive an IIE American Passport Project grant that will enable up to 25 Baylor students to obtain their first U.S. passport and open the pathway to study abroad.

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Baylor Acrobatics & Tumbling wins 9th (!!!!!!!!!) straight national title
April 29, 2024
Baylor Acrobatics & Tumbling team poses with the national champions banner and trophy

On Saturday, Baylor Acrobatics & Tumbling won its ninth — NINTH!!!!!!!!! — straight national title! The win extends a run that dates back to 2015 (there was no championship in 2020 due to COVID). Over those 10 seasons, head coach Felecia Mulkey’s squad has gone a mind-boggling 98-2, including a current 38-meet winning streak.

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Not too big, not too small: Inside Baylor’s caring community
April 25, 2024
Students having fun together at Fiesta!

High school students choosing a college are often looking for a school big enough to offer their desired major and extracurriculars, but small enough where they feel like a person, not a number.

That’s a niche Baylor fills in higher ed — a caring community regularly recognized for students’ academic and social experience and opportunities, all built on a foundation of Christian faith. That sort of support and care is a big reason why a recent national survey of parents named Baylor the No. 2 most-trusted major university in the country.

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Baylor University Awarded Second $1 Million Lilly Endowment Inc. Grant To Expand Youth Worship Initiative
April 24, 2024
Dunn Center for Christian Music Studies

Baylor University’s Dunn Center for Christian Music Studies in the Baylor School of Music has been awarded a four-year $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. as part of its Strengthening Ministries with Youth Initiative. 

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Baylor Students, Alumni Break Record for Fulbright U.S. Student Grants
April 24, 2024
collage of 15 Fulbright Scholarship recipients

A record 16 Baylor University students and recent alumni have been selected for Fulbright U.S. Student Grants from the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program that offers students grants to pursue graduate study, conduct research or teach English abroad.

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