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Meet the new dean of Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business

…ndu, but when he met his future wife, Gretchen — a Christian — he found himself drawn to a personal God who could be known and who wanted to know him. It wasn’t long before Mazumder accepted Christ, getting baptized by Gretchen’s pastor (who also later performed their marriage ceremony). That faith now dictates his approach to life and his work. “As a Christian, it’s important to me that we don’t have a secular-sacred divide,” he says. “So, if you…

Baylor makes U.S. News’ short list of best schools for both undergrad teaching & research

…aylor now ranks among the top 40 nationally in both categories — part of a short list filled with schools such as Duke, Harvard, MIT, Stanford and Yale. Overall, U.S. News ranked Baylor the No. 75 national university in the United States for 2021, placing BU among the top 20% of schools nationwide. For the 10th straight year, Baylor came in as one of the top two universities in the Big 12 Conference and one of the top five in Texas. In the Big 12,…

Get to know the newest members of the Big 12

…letes such as Sandy Koufax and Oscar Robertson. Here’s how UC introduced itself on Twitter: Allow us to introduce ourselves: 📍 Founded in 1819 🌎 Global birthplace of cooperative education 🔬 Research 1 University 📸 “Among the world’s most beautiful campuses.” –Forbes 🍝 And yes, we eat chili on spaghetti.https://t.co/zXNc7xZWO7 — U of Cincinnati (@uofcincy) September 10, 2021 (Fun fact: After walking on the moon in 1969, Neil Armstrong joined the UC…

Baylor’s 2021 commercial: ‘Let There Be Light’

…Ford, Lincoln, McDonald’s, HBO, Showtime, Disney and Visa. Produced in partnership with Johnson & Sekin, Baylor’s Dallas-based advertising agency of record since fall 2017, the commercial was shot on Baylor’s campus using 23 current students and faculty. “Baylor’s ‘Lights Shine Bright’ campaign has been especially meaningful during the past 18 months, as we all have dealt with the challenges of COVID-19,” says Baylor Vice President of Marketing &…

Class of ’21: New faculty join growing Baylor Family

…es efforts — one of the five signature academic initiatives of Illuminate. * Rachel Kincaid, JD, assistant professor of law — Kincaid spent the last four years as a prosecutor in the U.S. Department of Justice, and prior to that, she served in the Civil Rights Division, Criminal Section of the Department of Justice. In that role, she prosecuted hate crimes, among other types of cases. At Baylor Law School, she’ll teach criminal law and criminal pr…

Baylor football poised for step forward in Aranda’s second year

…he year (more on that below) even as injuries to Bernard and others took a toll. Offensively, veteran receivers R.J. Sneed and Tyquan Thornton should be key targets for Bohanon, with fifth-year running back Trestan Ebner as a versatile option out of the backfield. Baylor will have a chance to surprise people this year, having been picked eighth in the Big 12 preseason poll after last year’s 2-7 season. Numerous publications, however, predict Baylo…

Happy 85th birthday, Drayton McLane!

…ation earned him the Mirabeau B. Lamar Medal in 2013. “I love to try to help,” he explains. “I call it finding the future. One of the arts of leadership is to see not only where you are today and what you need to do immediately, but what needs to happen in the long term.” Because of McLane’s transformational leadership, Baylor continues to accomplish its goals and extend its mission across the world. We are so very thankful for his story, and for…

A sneak peek at Baylor’s Class of 2025

…of 2025 will arrive on campus for Move2BU, Welcome Week and the start of classes. But we can’t wait; here’s your first look at some of the members of #BU25: Tremane Smith will have a head start on many of his classmates, having earned his associate’s degree at the same time he was completing high school in southeast Texas. His impressive drive and achievements made Smith one of 300 Gates Scholarship recipients nationwide; the scholarship will hel…

Meet Baylor’s new class of Regents

…exas. Michael Heiskell (BA ’72, JD ’74), at-large Regent, is a founding partner of Johnson, Vaughn & Heiskell. A member of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association Hall of Fame, he previously served as assistant DA for Galveston County and as assistant U.S. attorney. Katie Jo Baumgardner Luningham (BA ’11), alumni-elected Regent for a second term, is currently an attorney practicing civil litigation & appellate law, representing institutions…

Baylor social work prof earns $3.1 million grant to test care for women in juvenile justice system

…actually improve the wellbeing of these young women and their health. Our short–term goals will be to look at the outcomes of the intervention to see if it’s efficacious.” The NIH grant will support research-based testing of a program called CHOICES-TEEN that involves interventions delivered both in-person and virtually through an app. As opposed to the siloed approach she witnessed in the 1990s, Parrish and collaborators will study integrated in…