In mid-December, Baylor received a surprise early Christmas present: the attainment of R1 status, three years earlier than expected. “R1” has been a big buzzword around campus for the past few years — but what exactly is it? And, perhaps more importantly, what does it mean for Baylor moving forward? First off, “R1” is shorthand […]
Yesterday, the Baylor Family far and wide celebrated the announcement that Baylor had joined the top-tier of American research universities as an “R1” research institution. Baylor is now recognized by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Learning as a doctoral university with “very high research activity” — one of just 137 such institutions nationally […]
Waco native Doris Miller was one of the first American heroes of World War II, and a civil rights icon whose heroism at Pearl Harbor helped desegregate the U.S. military — all before his tragic death at age 24. When Dr. T. Michael Parrish, the Linden G. Bowers Professor of American History at Baylor, began […]
When Dr. Byron Johnson first suggested the idea that is now the Global Flourishing Study, responses from potential collaborators ranged from “a pie in the sky” to “crazy.” Now, it’s being called a “dream come true” and the “largest initiative of its kind ever to study human flourishing.” The Global Flourishing Study is off and […]
For over a decade, Baylor Libraries has proudly tended to the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project (BGMRP), the world’s largest initiative to identify, acquire, scan, digitize, catalog and make accessible America’s fast-vanishing legacy of vinyl from gospel music’s “Golden Age.” Since its launch in 2006, the BGMRP has grown in size and reputation. The collection […]
Earlier this month, The College Tour premiered its second season on Amazon Prime — a season that includes our beloved Baylor — and we could not be more thrilled! Hosted and produced by Amazing Race winner Alex Boylan, The College Tour is a powerful series created to empower high school students to virtually travel across […]
As the author of such classics as Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain has long been considered by many to be “the father of American literature.” His writings, whether they were satire or speech, shaped prose throughout the 19th century (and continue to influence it today). In honor of […]
Baylor is filled with faculty, staff and administrators whose fascinating work and deep sense of mission give us plenty of worthy stories to tell. But unless you’re on campus, you can’t always hear those stories straight from the source. Enter Baylor Connections, the weekly radio show and podcast that introduces listeners to the people who […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) used to be a fantasy, found only in science fiction. Today, it propels society forward in countless ways; even the phones in our pockets include multilingual translators, photo apps that recognize faces, and intelligent assistants that can understand spoken commands (thanks, Siri). This is all made possible through the process of deep […]
Very few universities today can (or would) claim to be preeminent research institutions that fearlessly proclaim the name of Jesus — but that is Baylor’s aim. We recognize that all truth is God’s truth — so at Baylor, our academic strivings and research efforts are all about learning more about what God has made on […]
