One of the benefits of university professors being involved in cutting edge research is the knowledge they then bring back to the classroom to share with students. A year from now, Dr. Bryan Brooks will return to his upper-level environmental studies with a host of new things to share. Brooks, a professor of environmental science […]
When Ansel Adams began taking photographs of the American West almost 100 years ago, the medium of photography was almost exclusively thought of as a means of recording what existed. Adams, with his black-and-white landscapes, is credited with helping shape photography as a fine art. This fall, Baylor’s Martin Museum of Art will host an […]
America’s history is filled with tales about ingenious or heroic actions by men and women who made significant advancements in science and technology. Two of these well-worn narratives concern Thomas Edison’s status as the inventor of the light bulb and Benjamin Franklin’s “discovery” of electricity with his famous kite experiment. But how much of what […]
Four large walls and 173 miles separate the Cleveland Correctional Center in Cleveland, Texas, from the Baylor University campus. But last month, those two very different worlds came together, just like they have twice each year since 2007. Baylor entrepreneurship MBA students take part in the Prison Entrepreneurship Program (PEP), an education and mentoring organization […]
In about three weeks, some 3,000 freshmen will move into Baylor’s residence halls, including the new East Village. But they won’t be the only people living in the dorms; they’ll be joined by Truett Seminary students acting as resident chaplains, and in nine of the university’s 13 residential halls and communities, by Baylor professors. These […]
“After a fight, couples often say they hardly remember what they were quarrelling about in the first place. According to a new study from Baylor University, it’s usually over one thing: Control.” That’s the way the Toronto Star summed up the recently reported findings of Dr. Keith Sanford, an associate professor of psychology and neuroscience […]
At last week’s Regents meeting, Baylor’s Board released new renderings of the university’s two largest active projects: Baylor Stadium and the Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation (a new home for the Hankamer School of Business). Thanks to better-than-expected fundraising progress on Baylor Stadium, the alumni event center that was a part of […]
Historically, a university’s library has been the heart of the college, and that shows up even looking at a simple campus map. Here at Baylor, Carroll Library (now home to the Texas Collection) housed the university’s academic collection in Burleson Quadrangle, the traditional center of campus, from its construction in 1902 until Moody Memorial Library […]
Visitors to ABCNews.com this morning were greeted with the banner photo above, featuring students wearing shirts that read “Baylor Forensic Team.” The story highlights the humanitarian work of Dr. Lori Baker, BA ’93, MA ’94, an associate professor of anthropology in Baylor’s College of Arts and Sciences, and her students in the city of Falfurrias, […]
Since July 2001, the Texas State Bar Exam has been given 24 times. Over that time, Baylor Law students have posted the top pass rate on the exam 17 times; no other law school in Texas has led the state more than three times. On the most recent bar exam, 43 of of Baylor Law’s […]
