Whereas Dallas Cowboys fans saw the end of an era Sunday when Texas Stadium, the team’s home for 38 seasons, was demolished, a team of seismologists led by Baylor professor Dr. Jay Pulliam instead saw an opportunity. Pulliam and others, including Baylor graduate and undergraduate students, used seismometers around the stadium to study the seismic […]
Some Baylor fans were worried that this year might be a rebuilding year for Baylor’s men’s and women’s basketball teams. Instead, each program turned out one of the best years in its history, with the men advancing to the Elite Eight and the women earning their second Final Four appearance in six years. The Lady […]
Two days after upsetting top-seeded Tennessee in the Elite Eight, the No. 4 seed Baylor Lady Bears defeated second-seeded Duke on Monday night in a thrilling finish, 51-48, to advance to the Final Four for the second time in program history! You might remember that previous trip; in 2005, junior Sophia Young led the Lady […]
After reaching the Final Four in 1950, it took the Baylor men’s basketball program 60 years to record another NCAA tournament win. But after tasting victory in the first round Thursday, the Bears didn’t want to wait that long for more. The taste of victory was sweet — and it gets even better as head […]
For the second time in two weeks, the Baylor campus received (by Texas standards) a pretty good coating of snow yesterday. Officially, Waco got 3 inches, leading the University to close down at 2 p.m. Tuesday as students traded studying for snowball fights and other winter fun. Baylor Photography braved the cold to snap plenty […]
A packed Barfield Drawing Room audience of students, faculty and staff welcomed new Baylor President Ken Starr at his public introduction Tuesday. Even the NoZe Brothers stopped by to have their pictures taken with the University’s new leader (see this photo gallery from his Waco visit). Starr again received a nice ovation when introduced during […]
On occasion of new Baylor President Ken Starr’s public introduction this afternoon, we thought nothing would be more appropriate than a big “sic ’em.” So here goes: Also, just a reminder that today’s 3 p.m. CT introductory event will be streamed live online (you should be able to see the video archived at that same […]
Those of you who follow Baylor Proud on Twitter were reminded Sunday of Baylor’s connections to this year’s Super Bowl: Indianapolis Colts deep snapper Justin Snow is a Bear (BA ’99, MS ’03), while New Orleans Saints quarterback (and Super Bowl XLIV MVP) Drew Brees comes from a Green and Gold family that includes his […]
Born without her left hip and leg, it would have been easy for Michele Perry, BA ’99, to spend her lifetime focused on her own needs. Instead, caught up in the love of God, she has spent the last decade taking His love to the slums of India, orphanages in Central Asia, and now wartorn […]
Former Baylor star Curtis Jerrells was there. So was Lance Armstrong. And, of course, the Baylor Bear Pit. All were part of a sellout crowd of 16,734 in Austin that saw the Baylor men’s basketball team upset No. 6 Texas 80-77 in overtime Saturday — a win that, even two days later, still has the […]
