Alexander Residence Hall is officially an octogenarian! Eighty years ago today — Jan. 22, 1940 — Baylor broke ground on Alexander Hall to provide a new home for Baylor students. At that time, in the throes of the Great Depression, it was quite unusual for a university to take on a major construction project like […]
This fall, Baylor welcomed nearly 100 new faculty members to campus. It’s an impressive group, full of men and women who came to Baylor from such universities as Yale, Duke, Princeton, USC and Ohio State, as well as a variety of research institutes, laboratories and medical organizations. What brings such top scholars to Baylor? We […]
As the calendar turns to fall, the Baylor Family will see and hear more about Illuminate: the University’s strategic plan that charts a course as the preeminent Christian research university. From the labs of Baylor Sciences Building to the borderlands in South Texas, and all around the world, Baylor professors are conducting research that is […]
Most Baylor Bears could tell you that the university’s endowment is some sort of financial figure — but beyond that, for many, it remains a bit of a mystery. Baylor’s endowment contains some pretty big numbers — $1.31 billion as of 2018 — but what does that number mean? And what is that money used […]
Bordered by dozens of oil refineries, the Houston Ship Channel is one of the busiest commercial seaports in the nation. Not surprisingly, these heavily traveled waters are full of chemical pollution that makes the waters generally unconducive to aquatic life. Yet — the waters aren’t completely void of life. One breed of fish — the […]
This week, Baylor announced that an anonymous donor has given the university $100 million — the largest current gift in Baylor’s history, and a truly transformational act of kindness that will benefit countless Baylor students, faculty and alumni. A significant portion of the gift will go toward increasing the number of endowed faculty positions by […]
In her inaugural remarks, President Linda Livingstone declared that “the world needs a preeminent research university that is unambiguously Christian.” Since that charge just over 18 months ago, the Baylor Family has been introduced to Illuminate, the university’s academic strategic plan aimed at turning such aspirations into reality. What does that roadmap look like? Illuminate is […]
As Christians, we’re called to be stewards of God’s creation. We’re also proud of the beautiful campus we’ve been blessed with. With those things in mind, Baylor aims to take good care of all that we’ve been given — including our natural resources. Here are just a few of the ways Baylor works to be […]
Last fall, Baylor announced the launch of “Give Light” — a $1.1 billion fundraising campaign to support the university’s academic strategic plan, Illuminate. Among the campaign’s priority capital projects is the construction of a football operations center that would both serve as a new home for Baylor football and free up additional space to support […]
More than 120 years ago, Baylor students were inspired by a field of dandelions to make green and gold the school colors. More than 100 years ago, the bear was voted in as Baylor’s mascot (outpacing the ferret, bookworm and buffalo). Nearly 100 years ago, the first versions of what would today be considered the […]
