Baylor welcomes future Big 12 partner Utah to Waco a year early
…The Wall Street Journal ranked both schools in the top 5% nationally for student engagement (Baylor No. 4, Utah No. 36). Each school is the oldest in its state; Baylor has been operating continuously since its charter in 1845 by the Republic of Texas, and Utah dates its history back to 1850. Both schools count an artificial heart pioneer among their numbers (Dr. Michael DeBakey, a BU faculty member, and Dr. Robert Jarvik, a Utah alum and research…