Over 40 years ago, Paul Barron and Eddie Bufkin set out to collect arrowheads and fossils near the Bosque River. To their surprise, they found something much larger — what is today known as the Waco Mammoth National Monument. Since its discovery in 1978, the site has revealed 24 adult and juvenile Columbian mammoths, a […]
For young faculty members at research institutions across the nation, the CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) is an aspirational goal that only a handful attain each year. Along with its prestige comes a high degree of competitiveness — early-career faculty members at every major university are also applying — which makes 2020 […]
History is recorded in a variety of ways, but none are as dynamic as the art of oral history — and Baylor has its very own collection! For 50 years now, the Baylor Institute for Oral History has preserved the stories of those who helped create the fabric of history and whose lives, in turn, […]
Names like Ulysses Kay, Florence Price and William Grant Still aren’t as widely recognized today as they were in their time, but their impact on American music runs deep. They are just three examples of the Black composers Dr. Horace Maxile, associate professor of music theory in the Baylor School of Music, studies and shares […]
Earlier this month, President Livingstone announced a series of action steps that Baylor would take to “elevate the difficult, uncomfortable but important conversations … regarding race, privilege, violence and conciliation in America.” Among those steps was a virtual Baylor Conversation Series, in which a panel of Baylor faculty members would discuss “the role of the church […]
Babies develop both physically and mentally while in utero — so it likely comes as no surprise that the use of drugs and alcohol by a mother during pregnancy can negatively impact the child, often leading to lifelong challenges. Sometimes the damage is done before a mother even knows she’s pregnant. Resources to prevent such […]
Fulbright and Goldwater are two of the more prestigious names in higher education, thanks to the incredibly competitive scholarship awards that bear their names. It’s become commonplace for Baylor to win multiple such awards — last year, nine Baylor students were awarded either a Goldwater or Fulbright, building on successes over the the last few […]
Another academic year has come to an end. However strange it was, some things are still familiar: Final grades have been posted, books are being returned, students have graduated — and Baylor’s professors of the year have been awarded! The Collins Outstanding Professor Award, which is voted on by the outgoing senior class, awards the […]
It was barely a month ago that we wrote about how a Baylor program — picked up and supported by the USDA, PepsiCo, McLane Global and others — had quickly ramped up to provide a million meals a week to schoolchildren in rural areas impacted by COVID-19-related school closures. Here’s how well that program has […]
Congratulations, Class of 2020 — you did it. No class in Baylor’s 175-year history has had a senior year quite like yours, and certainly not a Senior Week or graduation weekend like yours. But while missing out on such traditions is sad, they don’t diminish the fact that you did it. You graduated. And that […]
