History is embedded in, of all places, whale earwax. Scientists have long examined the layers found in a whale’s earwax to determine its age (not unlike the rings found on a tree), but it wasn’t until two Baylor professors learned you could also learn more about their environment through earwax research that we realized just […]
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Every Baylor Bear knows the iconic Pat Neff Hall. It houses the highest offices at the university — including the president herself — and is no doubt one of the most photogenic buildings on campus. Eighty years ago today — Dec. 7, 1938 — the building was “born,” when the cornerstone was laid in a […]
In recent years, Baylor’s Model United Nations team has won top team honors and an avalanche of individual team member awards at national Model UN conferences across the country. Their latest appearance, at the American Modern UN Conference (AMUN) in Chicago, set an even higher bar for team and individual excellence. Baylor’s Model UN team […]
After a one-year absence, Baylor is going bowling again — and in familiar territory, although against an unfamiliar foe. Baylor football is headed to Houston for the holidays, as the Bears will face Vanderbilt in the Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl (Dec. 27, 8 p.m., ESPN) at NRG Stadium, home of the NFL’s Houston […]
Nearly 100 years after his death, Samuel Palmer Brooks remains well-known at Baylor for two reasons: 1) The residence halls that have carried his name (Brooks Hall/Brooks Residential College and Brooks Flats), and 2) His “Immortal Message,” a stirring Commencement address written shortly before his death in 1931. Countless Baylor students have lived in the halls […]
The tree in Burleson Quad is lit, and it’s officially Christmas on Baylor’s campus! Thursday night kicked off the most wonderful time of the year with the annual Christmas on 5th Street celebration. As always, the classic entryway arch set the scene for this beloved Baylor tradition. A live nativity outside the Bill Daniel Student […]
For years, researchers from Baylor and other Texas universities have been working together on geology digs about 50 miles south of Waco, near Salado. They’ve been digging deeper and deeper, one millimeter at a time. Recently, they found about 100,000 stone artifacts, including 12 projectile points like the one pictured above. Baylor researchers believe some […]
Sweater weather, hot chocolate, roaring fires, snowfall (sometimes, at least). Christmas season is unquestionably the most wonderful time of the year — and at Baylor, the most wonderful time of the year officially begins with Christmas on 5th Street. Nutcrackers and candy canes line 5th Street through campus. Horse-drawn carriages covered in lights trot past […]
Almost from the moment last year’s 1-11 season ended, Baylor football head coach Matt Rhule began assuring all those who would listen that Baylor would make a bowl game this season. On Saturday, the Bears made Rhule’s promise a reality. A 35-24 win over Texas Tech gave Baylor its sixth win of the season, making […]
Before Baylor volleyball head coach Ryan McGuyre came to Waco in 2015, the program’s best Big 12 finish was a tie for fourth place in 2009, and the team had made the NCAA tournament just four times in 34 seasons. In four years under McGuyre, Baylor has now finished as Big 12 runner-ups twice and has made the NCAA tournament […]
