Our neighbors to the north in the Dallas area were rattled by a 3.3-magnitude earthquake Saturday morning. While Texas isn’t exactly in the same league as California when it comes to quakes, it does have its share of seismic activity. Baylor scientists are working with scientists from across the country to map the United States’ […]
My wife and I (along with much of America) saw the new Star Trek movie this weekend. Neither of us qualifies as a “Trekkie”, but we did enjoy the movie, as did most of my friends who have seen it. The movie’s release has brought attention back to the Baylor researchers who last year outlined […]
Baylor softball had a good week, following up a host of all-conference honors with the news last night that the program will be hosting an NCAA Regional at Getterman Stadium this weekend! Head coach Glenn Moore’s Lady Bears enter NCAA play for the fifth time in six years after finishing third in the Big 12 […]
As we noted a couple of weeks ago, Baylor is tied for the conference lead with five Big 12 titles this season (and second in the league in conference championships over the past six years). But the Bears excel in the classroom, too. Three programs (baseball, women’s golf and soccer) led the Big 12 in […]
While we’re talking professors… Baylor has announced the finalists for the 2010 Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching, the single largest award in the nation given to an individual for being a great teacher. The finalists are mathematics professor Dr. Edward B. Burger of Williams College, English professor Dr. Roger Rosenblatt of Stony Brook […]
It’s the time of year for students to receive honors, but they get to give some out, too. Most notable: the Collins Outstanding Professor award, which this year goes to Dr. David W. Eldridge, professor of biology and director of clinical laboratory science. What led students to vote for Eldridge? Perhaps it starts with his […]
As the end of the spring semester nears (finals start tomorrow!), it seems I get news of another student winning an award almost every day. Here’s just a sampling: Senior Melissa Yeakley (pictured at right) has received a Critical Language Scholarship to study in China this summer as part of the U.S. government’s National Security […]
To be honest, I did consider just copying and pasting the last entry I wrote about Baylor Law and the bar exam, or the one before that. That’s because for the 12th time in the last 16 offerings, Baylor Law School students claimed the top pass rate on the Texas State Bar Exam. Of the […]
The number of Fulbright Scholars on the Baylor campus is on the upswing. Five students received the prestigious scholarship for international study in 2007, two more accomplished the task last year, and yet another five were so honored this spring. This year’s Fulbright recipients covered five different areas of study. The first four are all […]
Baylor’s Model United Nations team proved itself to be the top superpower at the National Model United Nations competition earlier this month in New York City. The Baylor team was named “Outstanding Delegation” — the top honor awarded — and also brought home more than half of the competition’s individual awards. All this at a […]
