A recent nationwide survey of more than 1,700 accounting professors found that Baylor’s accounting program is recognized as one of the nation’s very best. The poll, released as Public Accounting Report’s 29th Annual Survey of Accounting Professors, ranked Baylor’s undergraduate program No. 23 in the nation and No. 10 among similar-sized programs. The graduate program […]
Many people avert their eyes when they pass a homeless person, but Baylor professor Susan Mullally instead gazed back — and user her talents to bring dignity to some of those who lack it in the eyes of many. Through the lens of her camera, the art professor captured something deeply moving in a series […]
Baylor students can take classes in any of 11 modern foreign languages, from Arabic to Swahili. Spanish remains the most popular offering — not surprising for a university located in Texas — but a growing number of students are electing for something with more of an Eastern flair, such as Japanese. Two such students, seniors […]
Exactly 400 years ago, 47 scholars completed work on a book that would go on to become the most widely published writing in the English language: the King James Bible. In April, Baylor’s Institute for Studies of Religion is hosting one of the largest celebrations of the anniversary anywhere in the world, a conference titled […]
Given how Dr. King spent his life, it seems very fitting that Martin Luther King Jr. Day is becoming recognized nationwide as a day for service. Yesterday’s MLK Day marked the 25th anniversary of the day becoming a federal holiday; events at Baylor over the weekend celebrating the man and his memory included a candlelight […]
Perhaps no other school at Baylor is more involved with the local community than the School of Social Work, and that involvement is at the heart of the school’s move over Christmas break into a new home in downtown Waco — right in the middle of the people the school and its students aim to […]
In her 60-plus years as a Baylor Bear, beloved alumna and retired professor Sadie Jo Black touched countless lives. Many of those she reached gathered today at Truett Seminary’s Paul W. Powell Chapel for her memorial service, after Black passed away Dec. 5 at the age of 80. Even more than most Bears, the Baylor […]
This fall, the National Research Council (NRC) released its first detailed study of graduate programs since 1995, and their findings repeat those reported by Academic Analytics earlier this year: Baylor’s graduate programs have made tremendous progress over the past decade, and many now rank among the nation’s best in their fields. Of note from the […]
Forty-seven years ago today, President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas. It seems you can ask anyone alive then where they were when they heard Kennedy had been shot, and they can recount their story vividly to this day. In the days and weeks following Kennedy’s death, the White House received well […]
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 […]
