Through their research, Baylor social work professor David Pooler and doctoral student Lucy Huh examine unpleasant realities for the benefit of survivors of abuse, and to prevent future victims. Dr. Pooler leads the Adult Clergy Sexual Abuse Advocacy and Research Collaborative in Baylor’s Diana R. Garland School of Social Work, where Baylor researchers collaborate with […]
March is Women’s History Month, so all month long we’ve been celebrating the history of Baylor women — notable individuals such as Dr. Diana Garland, Angela Kinsey, Ann Miller and Leah Moncure, plus the long lists of Baylor women who have left their marks in fields like science and engineering, law and politics, the arts, […]
Children and families who deal with chronic health challenges — and the psychological challenges that can come with them — have a friend in Dr. Christine Limbers, a Baylor professor whose influential research in these areas has impacted her field as a whole. Limbers, a professor of psychology at BU since 2010, leads Baylor’s Pediatric […]
Each December, Christianity Today announces the winners of its annual book awards, books CT deems “most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture.” This year’s winners included a slew of Baylor alumni — especially in the “Culture, Poetry and the Arts” category. Christianity Today recognized four books in this area — a winner, an […]
How do you determine a researcher’s impact? Measures of impact can be hard to quantify, but Stanford University has annually undertaken a method of doing so based on citations. This year, no fewer than 43 current or retired Baylor faculty appeared on this list. Citations occur when, after a faculty member publishes his or her […]
Anyone who uses a cell phone relies on the spectrum for communication. Dr. Charles Baylis, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Baylor, calls the spectrum the “real estate” of wireless transmission. “When I send or receive a phone call, I have to use some type of bandwidth on the spectrum to transmit. It’s the […]
What kind of impact are Baylor researchers making on the world? The burgeoning number of honors and grants awarded to BU faculty and students indicates that Baylor’s impact as a Christian research university is growing. Here are just a few recent examples: — Top 2%: Each year, Stanford University undertakes the arduous but important task […]
Baylor researchers have expertise in a wide variety of areas. Students at three area public schools got to learn that firsthand last week, when BU faculty and students visited with elementary, middle and high school-aged scientists to highlight National STEM Day through hands-on learning activities. In recent years, Baylor has brought some of its outstanding […]
Baylor’s push to elevate research and teaching, coupled with an ever-expanding offering of classes, programs and majors, has drawn dozens of elite faculty members to become a part of a distinct Christian research university. This fall, more than 100 new faculty members joined the university (!!). It’s impossible to give them all their due, but here […]
The list of schools to make U.S. News’ top 30 for both undergraduate teaching and undergraduate research is a short (and impressive one), filled with schools like Duke, Michigan, Princeton, Stanford, Yale — and Baylor. For the third year in a row, U.S. News‘ rankings placed Baylor among this prestigious short list, as BU was ranked […]
