Junior David Dreier’s experience in Baylor’s environmental health science program — one of only 30 such accredited programs nationwide — played a large part in the North Texas native earning a prestigious Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) fellowship from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Only about 40 students from all over the country earned the competitive EPA […]
Looking for a well-rounded education? An independent study found that, once again, Baylor is one of the best universities in the nation. For the third straight year, Baylor is among the fewer than 2% of colleges and universities nationwide to be recognized with an “A” for its well-rounded, high-quality core curriculum from the American Council of Trustees […]
It’s saying a lot to say a book is the best in its field of the past five years. But that’s exactly what judges named a 2010 effort by Dr. C. Stephen Evans, a philosophy and humanities professor in Baylor’s College of Arts and Sciences. Evans’ work, Natural Signs and the Knowledge of God: A New Look […]
You could develop the greatest product in the world — a better mousetrap, a cure for cancer, etc. — but if it never gets to market, it will never do anyone any good. Companies utilizing the university’s upcoming discovery park, the Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative (BRIC), won’t have to worry about that. That’s because when […]
Mechanical engineering professor Dr. Lesley Wright and several staff took a team of engineering students from Baylor – for the first time – to participate in the Baja SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) competition in Burlington, Wisc., over the summer. The competition consisted of three regional competitions designed to simulate real-world engineering design projects and […]
A new list of “The 20 Most Impressive University Special Collections” includes some of the most prestigious institutions in the world: Cambridge. Oxford. Yale. Duke. And Baylor. OEDb.org, which covers all aspects of higher education, compiled the list and recognized Baylor’s Texas Collection for its offerings related to our state’s history. “More than most states, […]
No less an authority than The Princeton Review has named Baylor the No. 2 university in the nation for undergraduate entrepreneurship. The new rankings, published in the latest issue of Entrepreneurship Magazine, placed Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business second out of more than 2,000 colleges and universities for undergraduate entrepreneurship majors. [See the full top-25 list here.] The survey […]
Monday was the 225th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution, an event annually celebrated as Constitution Day in the United States. The day has taken on added importance at Baylor since the hiring of Ken Starr as president, given Judge Starr’s status as one of the nation’s top constitutional scholars. To celebrate the occasion, Judge […]
Some universities take pride on how few students return after their freshman years. At Baylor, it’s quite the opposite — we take great pride in going to great lengths to help all our students learn to succeed so that as many as possible can go on to earn their diplomas and succeed in life. Recruiting […]
Dr. Michael Alexander, an associate professor of string music education in Baylor’s School of Music, has a lot on his plate. The Houston-area native teaches a full course load (from introductory classes to graduate-level seminars) and also directs the Baylor Campus Orchestra. Yet it might be his work with the little-known Baylor String Project that tipped […]
