School’s been in session for almost a month already (how time flies!), which means we now have official numbers on this year’s enrollment. Even in this down economy, Baylor is bigger than ever, with 14,614 students on campus this fall — the fourth straight year that enrollment has topped 14,000. Perhaps more exciting is the […]
Baylor’s mission remains “to educate men and women for worldwide leadership and service by integrating academic excellence and Christian commitment within a caring community.” Over 160 Baylor students put that emphasis on Christian service to work this summer on mission trips coordinated through Baylor’s Spiritual Life office. Twelve teams, many of them providing discipline-specific services, […]
These days, it seems everyone from President Obama on down is searching for some way to fix America’s health care problems. Two Baylor professors have laid out a plan that would provide universal health care without creating a government entitlement program or threaten the insurance coverage or health care of Americans who have coverage. In […]
Competing at the Leonard Falcone International Tuba-Euphonium Competition, arguably the top annual amateur competition for the two instruments, two Baylor students and one recent graduate came away with high honors. In a field comprised of tubists of all ages, two students from Baylor’s School of Music — graduate student Clay Garrett and senior Kevin Butler […]
A century ago, nurses wore blue-and-white striped dresses and starched aprons. Their duties often included cooking for patients as well as caring for them — and nurses gave up nursing if they married. These days, nurses wear scrubs, train on simulator “patients” and have careers which may include military duty. Their ranks — unlike in the […]
Yet another Baylor professor was honored for his work in the classroom recently, as business professor Dr. James Garven received the Excellence in Teaching award from the American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA), the premier international academic association for research in risk management and insurance. Many students say Garven’s class is both the hardest and […]
Political science professor Dr. James Curry was recognized earlier this year by the Texas Legislature for his work at Baylor, as the House passed a resolution honoring his service to students. A former chair of the department, Curry now serves as the Bob Bullock Professor of Public Policy and Administration and directs the Bob Bullock […]
Fans of The Learning Channel (TLC) might have seen the work of a Baylor professor and not even realized it. This spring, TLC ran four documentaries — “Half Ton Mom,” “Half Ton Dad,” “Half Ton Teen,” and “Survival of the Half Ton Teen” — in which the subjects seek gastric bypass surgery in an attempt […]
Sure, you’ve heard all about Baylor’s incredibly successful men’s and women’s tennis teams. How each squad won the Big 12 regular season title for the fifth straight year. How both teams again won the Big 12 Tournament. How they both advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals this spring. And how they each finished among the top […]
Researchers have wondered for years if some people have a genetic disposition towards addiction, with alcoholism being the most common affliction. A recent study by a Baylor professor may have found that link. Dr. Doug Matthews, professor of psychology and neuroscience and a member of BARC (the Baylor Addictions Research Consortium), pinpointed a region on […]
