Just before Christmas, the Baylor Family truly lost a great one: Louise Herrington Ornelas, longtime benefactor of the Baylor nursing school, which bears her name. Ornelas — or “Ms. Lou,” as students called her — dedicated much of her life to Baylor nursing students. In 1999, her $13 million gift to the Baylor School of […]
Beloved Baylor physics professor Robert Packard passed away Saturday in Waco at the age of 94. By some estimates, Dr. Packard had taught nearly a quarter of Baylor alumni during his six decades at Baylor, during which time he became renowned for his “Packard Physics” class. But Dr. Packard was so much more than just a […]
Whether it’s due to one’s learning style or schedule, for some people, reading news online just doesn’t work. They prefer an audible format — books on tape, podcasts, etc. If that sounds like you — and if you’re a dedicated Baylor Bear — then these Baylor podcasts are for you. Baylor Connections — If you take one […]
Every year, Baylor’s Study Abroad program holds a photo contest for students who studied abroad during the previous calendar year. It’s a wonderful opportunity for students to display their artist talents and share the amazing experiences they had abroad with the entire Baylor Family. This year, more than 40 entries were submitted for four categories: […]
Chances are, if you attended Baylor, you ended up attending a speech or presentation by someone pretty cool. After all, seven presidents have visited campus, as well as actors, authors, musicians, business leaders, scientists, theologians and leading academics (in addition to our own professors). As a nationally-recognized Christian research university, Baylor tends to attract great […]
For almost 50 years, the combined choirs and orchestra of Baylor’s School of Music have welcomed Christmas with joyful worship during Christmas on 5th Street. This month — for the fifth year in a row — their hour-long performance is being broadcast on stations across the country. Thanks to a partnership with KWTX, “A Baylor […]
If the Big 12 Conference gave out a trophy for academic success, Baylor would be the back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back champions. For the fifth consecutive year, Baylor student-athletes are tops in the Big 12 in Graduation Success Rate (GSR). Baylor’s overall score of 90 led all other Big 12 institutions, continuing a streak of excellence that has seen the […]
At the end of December, Dr. Randall O’Brien — a former longtime Baylor professor and administrator — will step down from his position as president of Carson-Newman University into retirement after a decade of service at the Tennessee Baptist school. O’Brien worked at Baylor from 1991, when he was hired as a religion professor, until 2008, when […]
History is embedded in, of all places, whale earwax. Scientists have long examined the layers found in a whale’s earwax to determine its age (not unlike the rings found on a tree), but it wasn’t until two Baylor professors learned you could also learn more about their environment through earwax research that we realized just […]
In recent years, Baylor’s Model United Nations team has won top team honors and an avalanche of individual team member awards at national Model UN conferences across the country. Their latest appearance, at the American Modern UN Conference (AMUN) in Chicago, set an even higher bar for team and individual excellence. Baylor’s Model UN team […]
