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Polish pianist becomes first Baylor student to win prestigious piano competition

…aveled from Waco to Austria to teach a masterclass and judge a piano competition. There, he met Cezary Karwowski, a talented and aspiring concert pianist. Before Bolen left, Karwowski asked if he could study under him — and of course the answer was an emphatic “yes!” Three years later, Karwowski is now finishing up his master’s in piano performance at Baylor, and he’s just become the first Baylor student to win the Music Teachers National Young Ar…

Meet Baylor’s internationally recognized expert on supply chain management

Empty grocery aisles. Delayed deliveries. Items out of stock indefinitely. Chances are good you’ve experienced the effects of supply chain problems at some point recently. It can be frustrating to understand why this happens, but there’s definitely a method to the madness. And Baylor has an internationally recognized expert on the topic. When it comes to supply chain management, Dr. Pedro Reyes, associate professor of operations and supply chain…

Tommy Bowman: A BU pioneer as Baylor’s first Black scholarship student-athlete

…D ’60) — then an assistant coach for the men’s team — stopped at a gas station in Athens, Texas. The attendant asked about the Baylor sticker on Dawson’s car; when he learned Dawson was a coach, he proudly noted that Athens had the best basketball player in the state: Tommy Bowman. One thing led to another, and Dawson went to meet Bowman and his family. On the front porch, Dawson helped Tommy’s mom shell peas for an hour and half as they talked ab…

Meet Baylor’s expert on environmental health & disaster response

…s to University leadership so that the President and others could make well-informed decisions regarding the health and safety of the entire Baylor community. Beyond campus, Ryan is currently working with the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty to explore the COVID-19 Emergency Meals-to-You (eMTY) program, set up in response to the closure of schools during COVID-19, and to develop food security strategies that focus on schools. Ryan and ot…

‘Our Time’ series on ESPN+ takes viewers behind the scenes with Baylor basketball

…ers and coaches around town), you might have noticed a camera crew in the vicinity. The reason they’re here is Our Time: an ESPN+ docuseries that exclusively features Baylor men’s and women’s basketball teams in its third season. It’s an incredible gift for Baylor fans — a show that goes behind the scenes with mic’d up coaches and players; looks inside the locker room before, during and after intense games; and travels along on road trips to help…

Nation’s largest award for top teaching brings NC State math education prof to Baylor

…ard for both the professor and his or her school. The 2022 Cherry Award recipient is Dr. Hollylynne S. Lee, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Statistics Education at North Carolina State University. The Cherry Award is just the latest in a string of honors for Lee; she received the UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2020, and was named a “professor of distinction” at NC State last fall. She has also been honored as…

Why the Immortal Ten story still resonates, 95 years later

…Austin to play Texas. In Round Rock, heavy rain obscured the bus driver’s vision of an oncoming train. Unable to stop or swerve in time, the bus and train collided, killing 10 of the 21 student-athletes, coaches and fans on the bus. Ninety-five years is a long time for a story to continue to be felt by different generations, by diverse people in divergent eras. One reason it still resonates: The story is told each year at Freshman Mass Meeting, ke…

Chip and Joanna return to TV with launch of the Magnolia Network

…h of their friends with them. Chip (BBA ’98) and Joanna (BA ’01) Gaines officially launched the Magnolia Network last week, as it took the place of DIY Network on cable and streaming channel lineups. (Many of Magnolia’s shows have been airing already on the streaming service Discovery+, but this marks the network’s regular television debut.) The new network’s two marquee shows: Fixer Upper: Welcome Home, a new version of the show that made the Gai…

‘A Baylor Christmas’ shares holiday music from Waco all over the country

…is month, a remastered presentation of their Emmy-nominated and Telly Award-winning “A Baylor Christmas” production will air on stations across Texas and 23 other states. During sold-out performances in 2018, KWTX Television captured the brilliant voices of the Baylor Combined Choirs who, along with the talented musicians in the Baylor Symphony Orchestra, resounded throughout Jones Concert Hall as they performed traditional favorites. All told, th…

10 years later: Remembering when RG3 brought the Heisman to Baylor

…s?? It’s hard to believe, but a decade has now passed since Robert Griffin III (BA ’10) took the college football world by storm and set a new standard for what Baylor football players could accomplish. His memorable season — including an opening night comeback win over TCU, the miraculous game-winning touchdown pass against Oklahoma and a regular season-ending win over Texas — drew national attention to Baylor and made “RG3” a household name far…