The mission of Baylor University is to educate men and women for worldwide leadership and service by integrating academic excellence and Christian commitment within a caring community. With a mission like that, it’s no surprise that a book analyzing the impact of the Christian faith on teaching came out of Baylor. Baylor School of Education […]
Those who serve in the military often find themselves in remote places, far from any hospital. When injuries occur in such locations, time is of the utmost essence; if those injured can receive care within the first hour after the injury, it can be the difference between life and death. Baylor professor Erica Bruce is working […]
Making a few small changes to your daily life could bring you a surprising amount of joy in the new year. Here are six suggestions from Baylor experts: 1. When it comes to vacation memories, focus before Facebook. Want to preserve your memories? Process the experience and save posting the photo for later, says Baylor […]
When Baylor and Georgia meet on New Year’s Day in the Allstate Sugar Bowl, the accomplishments of both schools’ football and athletics programs will be on display on the national stage. But off the field, the two world-class universities share a history of cooperation and competitive interaction in the world of academia and research. In […]
For a child in a wheelchair, the hope of being able to stand and interact with friends and classmates at eye-level is normally out of reach. But a new mobility system, researched by a Baylor professor, is enabling them to do just that. Dr. Kendra Gagnon, an associate professor in Baylor’s doctor of physical therapy […]
There’s a good chance that, at some point in the last few years, you’ve read or discussed Baylor research in “phone snubbing” (or the more headline-friendly term “phubbing”), describing the habits of individuals more preoccupied with their phones than the people around them. The highly-relatable research has been covered by everyone from NBC’s TODAY to […]
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 […]
Baylor alumna Melissa Rogers (BA ’88) has spent her entire professional life at the intersection of religion and public life. After earning Phi Beta Kappa honors and her bachelor’s in history at Baylor, Rogers completed a law degree at Penn. Since then, she has worked for the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, the Pew […]
This fall, Baylor welcomed nearly 100 new faculty members to campus. It’s an impressive group, full of men and women who came to Baylor from such universities as Yale, Duke, Princeton, USC and Ohio State, as well as a variety of research institutes, laboratories and medical organizations. What brings such top scholars to Baylor? We […]
There’s a position in higher education that’s deeply appreciated by professors and students, but somewhat unsung outside of those with whom they closely interact: the postdoc. “Postdoc” is academic shorthand for postdoctoral researchers, and we’ll soon be welcoming more of them to Baylor. In October, Baylor announced the formation of a postdoc hiring program which […]
