There’s no doubt that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One will rule the box office this weekend; some experts predict it could top $100 million on opening weekend alone. But what are fans leaving the theater to do while waiting for Deathly Hallows: Part Two‘s release next July? Potter fanatics might do well […]
Jessie Kuykendall, BA ’10, just about did it all during her four years at Baylor. Her resume is impressive: National Merit Scholar, president of her sorority, Baylor Interdisciplinary Core graduate, Honors student with distinction. After earning her degree in international studies (with minors in history and Spanish) in May, she began graduate school at George […]
Today is Veterans’ Day. To honor and aid those who have served to keep us safe and protect our freedoms, researchers in Baylor’s College of Arts and Sciences (psychology/neuroscience) and the School of Social Work are studying what exactly causes post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and how it affects not only soldiers but their families in […]
There’s a lot of debate in the world today over whether acts like adultery, rage and addiction are choices we make (sins) or simply a result of our biological disposition. Dr. Matthew Stanford, professor of psychology and neuroscience at Baylor, argues that the answer may not be one or the other, but both. In a […]
Halloween is the one day a year where Americans are neither surprised nor scared to find ghosts, goblins and boogeymen on the front porch. But a surprising number of people believe in those and other curiosities — UFOs, Bigfoot, and the like — not just at Halloween, but yearround. Baylor professors Dr. Carson Mencken and […]
Yesterday, the main story on the front page of USA Today — the most widely circulated print newspaper in the U.S. — was about the work of two Baylor professors and their new book, America’s Four Gods. Sociology professors Dr. Christopher Bader and Dr. Paul Froese based their work on results from the biennial Baylor […]
On this date in 1962, James Meredith became the first African American student to attend the University of Mississippi — a key moment as the Civil Rights Movement fought to end racial discrimination throughout the 1960s. Almost half a century later, oral historians are still working to capture the history of those who lived through […]
Project Runway fans, take note; a future winner may be on Baylor’s campus today. Houston senior Lizvette Damman, a fashion design major, took fourth place in the “Design Your Future Competition” presented by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) and Gap, winning a $2,000 scholarship. Competitors were asked to design an original suit […]
This weekend, Baylor alum, award-winning Christian artist and “Rise Up” anthem composer David Crowder is leading an all-star worship conference at Baylor intriguingly titled “Crowder’s Fantastical Church Music Conference.” Before going any further, you just have to watch the video Crowder put together advertising the conference: The line-up of speakers and artists scheduled for this […]
When nations emerge from conflict or isolation, it seems unlikely that music or dance would be at the forefront of most citizens’ minds. But Baylor professor Dr. Bradley Bolen and American Voices — the United States’ foremost nonprofit organization for cultural engagement worldwide — have found otherwise. Bolen, a senior lecturer in piano, traveled to […]
