The fact that it’s become commonplace for multiple Baylor students to earn Fulbright honors in a single school year — see here, here, here and here for examples — might make you think such honors are no big deal. Quite the opposite, actually; the Fulbright Award is one of the most competitive and prestigious honors a college student can receive, […]
Congratulations to the not one, but two Baylor professors, who have each earned one of the most coveted awards in the research world: the National Science Foundation CAREER award. Dr. Howard Lee, assistant professor of physics, and Dr. Caleb Martin, assistant professor of chemistry, have each been recognized for research efforts which could have huge […]
Every Bear who’s stepped foot on the Baylor campus knows the beauty of Baylor’s Armstrong Browning Library. It’s home to the largest collection of the works of Victorian poets Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, is repeatedly named one of the most beautiful libraries in America, and has long been a popular wedding venue on the […]
A Baylor marketing professor since 1991, Dr. James Roberts has spent the majority of his professional career studying the “dark side” of consumer behavior — things like credit card debt, waste, money and possessions, and most recently, cell phone addiction. When it comes to that last topic, Roberts quite literally wrote the book, having published Too Much […]
Every summer, more than 100 5th- through 9th-grade students converge on the Baylor campus to hear from members of Congress, community leaders, attorneys, philanthropists and more. They return home with a greater understanding of the need for good citizenship, community issues and civic responsibilities. Students learn those insights over a week-long experience in the iEngage […]
Today, it’s a given that patients with catastrophic illnesses like cancer need help with both their physical problems and their emotional distresses as they fight their illness. This is the story of the Baylor alumna who helped make that the standard: Dr. Jimmie Holland, Class of 1948. As a doctor at New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering […]
Signs of Baylor journalism professor Bob Darden’s influence are everywhere, from Hollywood to the Smithsonian. The work for which he’s most well-known, however, began somewhere less prestigious: the basement of Moody Library. Darden, BSED ’76, is the founder of Baylor’s Black Gospel Music Restoration Project (BGMRP), which does nothing less than preserve historic, culturally significant […]
Not all of us are graced with the ease of falling asleep the minute our head hits the pillow. For many of us, once the light turns off, our thoughts still race as we consider all that we have to do and be worried about. In fact, about 40% of Americans have trouble falling asleep […]
As a major research university with more than 17,000 students, there’s a lot going on at Baylor these days. Often, it’s hard to wrap your head around it all — especially if you live hundreds or thousands of miles from campus. Of course, you’ve got this blog to help, and there’s always social media. But for […]
Dr. Helen Harris has centered her life’s work on a topic that most would prefer to avoid: grief and loss. While no one likes to think about the loss of a loved one, facing grief is unavoidable. Harris’ research on those tough subjects has made her one of the nation’s most-sought after experts on the […]
