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‘Year of the Bear’ coffee table book now available

…y, Year of the Bear. The book is available now in the Baylor Bookstore and online from Pediment Publishing or Amazon. The 144-page, full-color printing opens with a foreword from legendary sports writer Dave Campbell, BA ’50, then then uses select Waco Trib articles from the year to tell the story of Baylor football, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball and other sports. Photos from the Trib and Baylor Photography illustrate the stories beautifu…

Now we’re Baylor Proud on Pinterest, too!

…Got something you think we should share with the rest of the Baylor family? Tweet it at us (@BaylorProud) or submit it through our online form. Sic ’em, Baylor pinners!…

Tickets now on sale for Homecoming, Parent & Family Weekend events, individual football games

…ble now. Thinking of heading back to Waco for Homecoming (Nov. 2-3)? Visit www.baylor.edu/homecoming/buy to get your tickets for the football game vs. Kansas, Pigskin Revue, and the Reunion Buffet Receptions, hosted by the Baylor Alumni Network for those who graduated in 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002 or 2007. Joining your student(s) for Parent & Family Weekend (Oct. 12-13)? Visit www.baylor.edu/parentandfamilyweekend/buy to regist…

Incoming freshman re-creates Baylor campus in impressive detail — in a video game

…essively detailed fashion in the video game Minecraft; take a look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sko0NsC5OYw From the Baylor Sciences Building to Armstrong Browning, Matt nailed the beauty of Baylor’s campus. Next up — Baylor Stadium? Just a thought, Matt… For a less stylized, more realistic tour of campus, check out Baylor’s Virtual Tour, with flyovers of campus mixed with photos of life here, all narrated by Baylor students. Click below to tak…

Alum stars in new ‘Antiques Roadshow’-type series for PBS

…generates the highest profit is dubbed the winner. [Watch a recent episode online.] “This is a chance to take off our suspenders and get out there with some real practical experience of buying and selling,” Gaffney recently told The Greenville News about the new show. After graduating from Baylor, Gaffney spent time in New York, Florida and Columbia and was involved in politics. Drawn to the art world, she attended a master’s program at Sotheby’s…

Baylor physicists contribute to historic Higgs boson findings

…ccelerator was completed in 1983, more than two decades before CERN’s came online. “We’re thrilled to be a part of this extraordinary scientific endeavor,” says Dittmann, who still teaches at least one introductory physics course a year in addition to multiple upper-level courses. “Members of our Baylor team have been involved in the search for the Higgs boson at all levels, from analyzing data to presenting high-profile scientific seminars to com…

Baylor leads the nation with six ESPY nominations

…2) and The Blind Side (2010). Bears have also been nominated for best team (Lady Bears, 2005), best male Olympic performance (Wariner, 2005) and best breakthrough athlete (Griner, 2010). (Complete lists of past nominees available online are spotty at best; if you know of others, please let us know.) Fans can vote for their favorites in each category at espn.com/espys, then tune in to ESPN to see who wins on July 11 at 8 p.m. CT. Sic ’em, Baylor ES…

Alum named one of top ’25 Under 35′ in the newspaper industry

…nt’s ability to find trends or interesting details among the mundane. In addition to her writing for People Newspapers, St. Amant has also been published in the Wall Street Journal, Houston Chronicle and The New York Times Magazine Online, and her October 2011 cover story for D Magazine on a sex scandal at a private school in Dallas was shared with thousands of readers around the world by longform journalism sites like Byliner.com and Longform.org…

Baylor We Are: A Family

…atherings across Texas, all over the country and even internationally. And online, sites like baylor.edu/alumni, baylorbears.com, and (naturally) Baylor Proud join Facebook and Twitter in keeping alumni informed on happenings around campus and among the Baylor family. To the Class of 2012: As you head out, keep in touch with your old alma mater. Come back every once in awhile — Homecoming is just six months away! — and drop us a line every now and…

Sandra Day O’Connor speaks at Baylor, studies BU students’ research on iCivics

…ersation on her efforts to improve civic education. The Justice founded an online curriculum called iCivics in 2009 that uses games to introduce students, particularly those in the middle grades, to civic principles and ideas. (I checked the site out yesterday afternoon, and I must confess I got caught up in playing the games for more than an hour.) Thanks to President Starr’s friendship with Justice O’Connor, Baylor was appointed last year to stu…