The good news: Since an initial spike shortly after students returned to campus early this fall, Baylor’s fight against the coronavirus seems to be working; the number of active COVID-19 cases on campus has remained below 1% of the campus community for about a month now. The bad news: That still means there are 50-100 […]
A lot of things can happen in 24 hours. Because of Baylor alumnus Alex Le Roux, BS ’15, building houses is now one of those things. During his senior year, Le Roux designed and built a concrete 3D printer with the intention of breaking into the tiny house movement. He successfully printed America’s first livable […]
For children with autism, therapeutic horse riding (hippotherapy) is known to be helpful. The evidence is anecdotal, but many children have shown improved motor and social skills (and less hyperactivity) after riding. For many families, however, there is a barrier to the benefits, as not every family can access or afford therapeutic horse riding. A […]
Baylor’s long history of military education dates back at least as far as 1888 — just a couple of years after BU settled in Waco. Over the years, Baylor has prepared a long line of future military officers through the Air Force ROTC and Army ROTC programs; today, these programs offer students the option to […]
In a year designated as the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, a Baylor professor is providing meaningful leadership and serving as an important voice for nurses on such topics as COVID-19, human trafficking, health care policy, and more. Dr. Jessica Peck, clinical professor of nursing in Baylor’s Louise Herrington School of Nursing, was […]
Flinging the green and gold afar looks different for every Bear. For Justin Kralemann (BS ’10), it looks like facing food insecurity head on. Kralemann is the director of development for Food Outreach, a nutritional support program based in St. Louis dedicated to serving men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS or cancer — individuals […]
Like the rest of the Class of 2024, Baylor freshman Sai Sagireddy has only been in Waco for a short time — but he’s already making a difference in his new city. Having come to Baylor from Trinidad and Tobago, Sagireddy found he needed to secure his own healthcare — and in the process, began to […]
Since 2017, Dr. Emily Smith has taught courses on global health in Baylor’s Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences. She has a Ph.D. from North Carolina and an adjunct position at the Duke Global Health Institute. She’s also married to a Baptist pastor and has two small children. Online, that all comes together in […]
The challenging work undertaken by Mayra Jimenez, BBA ’09, would not be described as glamorous. In county courtrooms, immigration services courts and offices, detention centers and more, she meets immigrants — many of them children separated from their parents — in order to help them navigate U.S. immigration law. Yet, the impact of Jimenez’s work […]
Countless Baylor Bears have spent the last few months on the front lines of COVID-19 — serving as doctors and nurses, researching vaccines, and more. Baylor senior Shiva Dhiman is one such Bear. Dhiman, a public health major from San Jose, Calif., spent this summer interning with the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), […]
