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Baylor engineering students partner with TSTC to build wheelchair-accessible swing

…neering students and built by TSTC welding, precision machining, and auto restoration students. The Baylor engineering team began mocking up designs last fall; one group designed the structure, while another group designed the platform. TSTC students then used those designs to build the swing this spring, with the welding department fabricating the various components and the automotive restoration department applying the final finishings. “By brin…

Baylor leads all Texas schools with six 2022 NFL Draft picks

…NRG Stadium, the Texans’ home facility.) At No. 37, Pitre is Baylor’s highest selection since Corey Coleman in 2016. Thirteen picks later, the New England Patriots traded up to select wide receiver Tyquan Thornton, giving the Bears two second-round picks. In the third round, the Los Angeles Chargers chose safety J.T. Woods with the 79th pick, and then the Buffalo Bills took linebacker Terrel Bernard ten picks later. Four players in the first thre…

Polish pianist becomes first Baylor student to win prestigious piano competition

…rwowski has entered a few competitions, earning honorable mention in the prestigious Los Angeles International Liszt Competition and placing first in Baylor’s Concerto Competition just last month. “Cezary is not only an extremely talented pianist, but perhaps more importantly, a first-class human being,” says Bolen. “He is a joy to teach. I’m so glad I met him on that trip to Austria.” Moving forward, Karwowski plans to complete a second degree at…

Presenting the 2022 Baylor Alumni Award winners

…3D-printed concrete houses — earning the company recognition among TIME’s Best Inventions and landing Le Roux on entrepreneurial lists such as Forbes‘ 30 Under 30. Pro Ecclesia Medal of Service: Dr. Rebekah Naylor (BA ’64), a retired Baptist medical missionary. Naylor spent more than 35 years as a general surgeon, evangelist and church planter in India, including serving in leadership at Bangalore Baptist Hospital. Since returning to the U.S., Nay…

Baylor prof offers resources for learning more about Hispanic heritage

…who are wanting to learn more about Hispanic heritage and culture; he suggested the books, films, websites and other resources below. “As someone who grew up in a Latin American country — specifically, Chile — with Korean parents, reading these texts was understanding what the Hispanic community has gone through,” Park explains. “It was a way for me to go through the journey of understanding a community that I now belong to. Now that I am a U.S….

This Baylor professor is also a three-time Olympian

…one Baylor professor who can claim to have competed as one of the world’s best. Dr. Alex Yokochi came to Baylor in 2017 as a professor of mechanical engineering, and now serves as associate dean of research and graduate programs in Baylor’s School of Engineering and Computer Science. But if you had met Yokochi when he was the same age as his students, you’d very likely have found him in the swimming pool — and perhaps have watched him compete on t…

Baylor math prof earns coveted NSF early career award (and $430,000 grant)

…ent scholars to have followed Nash into the field. But while many are interested in the subject, Graber’s approach has risen to earn a coveted Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The award includes a grant of nearly $430,000 to support Graber’s research at the intersection of game theory, partial differential equations, and societal questions in politics and economics. “The idea behind game t…

An MLB All-Star starter and more draft success: Baylor baseball alums shine

…ue Baseball has held its draft in July, coinciding with MLB All-Star game festivities — and Baylor baseball stars were well-represented in both. First, Max Muncy — the former Baylor standout who has emerged as a star with the Los Angeles Dodgers over the last four seasons — was named the starting designated hitter for the National League in last night’s MLB All-Star Game, batting second in a line-up of baseball’s biggest stars. It was Muncy’s seco…

Meet Baylor’s expert on the impact of Black fatherhood

…d and create avenues for Black fathers to tell their own stories. “My interest in this area of research stems from my relationship with my own father,” Lemmons explains. “As a child, I had a very positive relationship with him, but I witnessed the challenges he faced co-parenting my non-resident siblings [children he fathered prior to his marriage to Lemmons’ mother]. So often, non-resident fathers are defined by their residential status, and assu…

BU alum’s latest film, “The Little Things,” stars Denzel Washington, Rami Malek & Jared Leto

…nce between a Kern County deputy and a Los Angeles detective during the investigation of a serial killer in the 1990s. (Watch the trailer below; language and violence warning.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HZAnkxdYuA The film’s debut comes almost 30 years after Hancock first wrote the script. “It would have saved us a lot of money to make it contemporary,” Hancock told the AP. “But I liked the idea that this was pre-DNA 1990. Investigations we…