You probably won’t find any mention of them in your history textbook, but during World War II over 1,000 women trained as combat pilots, flying all the same aircraft and types of assignments as male pilots (except for combat). As the war neared its end, however, the women were sent home with no recognition, their […]
Baylor professor Dr. James Garven took the mandate to “fling our green and gold afar” quite seriously this summer. Garven was selected by a group of 13 Australian universities as one of three professors from across the globe to appear at a financial conference in Brisbane, Australia, in July. There, he spoke to a select […]
Not one, but two books by Baylor professors made the American Library Association’s list of the Top 10 Books in Religion for 2007. The Listening Heart: Vocation and the Crisis of Modern Culture, by the late Dr. A.J. “Chip” Conyers, and Discovering God: The Origins of the Great Religions and the Evolution of Belief, by […]
USA Today ran a nice article today on the Waco Mammoth Site and Baylor’s involvement in both the excavation of the site and its preparation for possible inclusion as part of the National Park System. In short, the site — located just outside Waco — is “the largest known concentration of prehistoric mammoths perishing from […]
Music makes up a large part of our Christian heritage, from Benedictine chants to gospel choir. Much of that music is unavailable today, increasing the chances that even some recent music may soon be lost to history. On the heels of writing a history of black gospel music, Baylor professor Robert Darden is heading up […]
From Lake Waco to the Brazos River to the creek running through the heart of campus, Baylor sometimes seems surrounded by water. (And that’s not including when a thunderstorm threatens to flood 5th Street…) Baylor grad student Laura Dobbins recently received funding from the EPA to study the life found in bodies of water like […]
In a recent speech to Baylor faculty and staff, provost Randall O’Brien shared this tidbit that I haven’t seen anywhere else with those gathered: “In the area of research, since 2002 research expenditures have increased over 45%, with external, non-Baylor monies in support of Baylor research exceeding $13 million.” Sic ’em, research fundraisers!
By next spring, Baylor should have in place a new high-performance computer system that will aid University researchers in their own work and in collaborations with other universities. Put simply, the new system from Hewlett Packard is 35 times faster than what is currently in place, and about 1,000 times faster than your average personal […]
Looking back, it seems like every history professor I ever had was ancient. When my junior high history teacher was talking about the signing of the Magna Carta, I figured he had been there that day. There are young historians out there, though — and Baylor has one of the best. Earlier this month, The […]
