For the 22nd straight year (!!), Baylor women’s basketball is headed to the NCAA tournament! To put that in perspective, only one player on the team — graduate student Jana Van Gytenbeek — was even born the last time the Baylor women missed the NCAA tournament. (That came in March 2003, when BU finished as […]
When researchers complete a study and share their work, they hope it will have impact: to help people, advance understanding, develop technologies and more. Such impact is important — but can be hard to measure. There’s no one way to do it, but Stanford University has annually compiled a prestigious list that captures one important […]
For a quarter of a century now, the Lake Waco Wetlands have provided a rich home for countless species of birds, deer, amphibians, and other animals, plus a wide variety of plants and trees indigenous to Central Texas. From the wetlands’ very beginning, Baylor’s Dr. Robert Doyle (BS ’81, MS ’85) has played a key […]
If you want to reach students, you can’t be afraid to try new things. Baylor has struck an incredible balance of holding on to what’s most important (our faith, incredible student experience, etc.) while growing and improving across the board (Exhibit A: R1 status). Higher ed leaders across the country are noticing Baylor’s efforts — […]
In 2019, Baylor set a school-record with seven Fulbright scholarship recipients — part of the nation’s most prestigious international education exchange program. Just three years later, Baylor doubled that total, with 14 Fulbrights. And in 2025, Baylor jumped to 24 Fulbright student honorees. Such success has catapulted Baylor up to No. 10 nationally in Fulbright qualifiers — […]
Baylor’s mission has long been to “educate men and women for worldwide leadership and service” — and for the third straight year, a survey by TIME magazine confirms Baylor’s doing exactly that. Baylor once again ranks among TIME‘s list of the 100 Best Colleges for Future Leaders, coming in at No. 70 nationally for 2026 (No. […]
As the 2026 Baylor Acrobatics & Tumbling season begins Friday, the Bears find themselves in a familiar position — ranked as the nation’s No. 1 team in the preseason poll for the 11th straight season. It’s no surprise; as winners of 10 straight national titles and led by the sport’s inventor and predominant coach, Felecia […]
When Dr. Jamie Rankin talks about great teaching, he doesn’t start with expertise or accolades. He starts with caring. “The most effective teachers — and that includes coaches, choir directors, and mentors of any kind — are people who can put themselves imaginatively in the position of someone who doesn’t yet have the knowledge or […]
For the seventh time in nine years, a Baylor Bear is Texas’ student-teacher of the year. This year’s honoree is Bella Buncher (BSED ’25), now a second grade teacher north of Atlanta. “In the first education class, I knew this is where I’m meant to be, and I saw the Lord calling me,” Buncher recalls. […]
Another year, another top-10 ranking for Baylor entrepreneurship. Yes, for the 16th time in 17 years (!!), Baylor’s undergraduate entrepreneurship program is a top-10 national pick in the field, coming in this year at No. 10 nationally according to U.S. News. In a different measurement, Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business ranks No. 6 in the world […]
