Through its productions and events like the semi-annual Horton Foote American Playwrights Festival, Baylor’s theatre department is making a nice name for the University in the world of theatre. Last week, the Dallas Morning News gave an excellent review to “The Unseen,” a play starring three Baylor theatre professors (Steven Pounders, Stan Denman and Thomas […]
The chair of Baylor’s geology department, Dr. Steven Driese, can now add another title to his name. Driese was elected president of the Society for Sedimentary Geology, an international organization “dedicated to the dissemination of scientific information” in various geological fields. Driese has been an active member of the organization for over 30 years, most […]
Recognized yet again for its quality teachers, Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business has moved up two spots in BusinessWeek‘s ranking of the top undergraduate business schools to No. 36 in the nation. Baylor is one of only three Big 12 schools to make the top 50, and Baylor led the conference in the academic quality […]
“Winning with Integrity” has been a mission of sorts for Baylor’s athletics department in recent years, and the Baylor women’s cross country team provided another example of what that means this fall. The Lady Bears had a great season in the field, finishing 17th at the NCAA Championships in November to lead all Big 12 […]
For the third year, Baylor Law will host the People’s Law School on March 1, a free one-day event designed to make the law more user-friendly. What an excellent way for Baylor to share its services with the local community! Attendees can select three of 15 one-hour courses on day-to-day topics like family law, landlord/tenant […]
I cannot overstate how much I hate needles. But, there is some history of diabetes in my family, so the prospect of daily sticking myself to check my blood-sugar level is out there. That’s why I’m personally excited to hear about a new potential alternative for diabetics to daily pricking developed by a Baylor researcher. […]
Dr. Bill Petty is nearing his 40th year teaching, having spent the last 18 years in the Hankamer School of Business. He’s racked up plenty of awards over the years, including being designated one of Baylor’s Master Teachers in 2004 — the highest honor given to faculty members. This month, he added another award to […]
The Baylor Religion Survey conducted by the University’s Institute for Studies of Religon (ISR) made waves a couple of years ago when its results were released, and it’s back in the news again — this time, in the pages of the prestigious Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. The Journal, widely recognized as the […]
Baylor released its spring 2008 enrollment numbers Monday, and student retention rates are up across all undergraduate groups. According to the University, the retention rate for all undergraduates increased to 94.9% this spring; last spring saw 94.6% of students returning. Retention rates were also up among first-time freshmen, provisionally admitted students, and transfers. For the […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education recently crunched the numbers on how many freshman National Merit Scholars enrolled at various colleges this fall. Baylor ranks 26th nationally with 84 such students, up two spots from a year ago. To put this in perspective, when it comes to attracting many of the country’s top high school students, […]
