Baptist Standard, Nov. 5, 2009 (Feature about Walking Alongside, a project of the School of Social Work's Center for Family and Community Ministries at Baylor University) WACO--Churches want to help people on their spiritual paths. But sometimes, people are more concerned about navigating their way to such services as health care and job training. Placing social workers in congregations to help community members deal with practical and financial issues--as well as emotional and spiritual needs--is the aim of Walking Alongside, a project of the Center for Family and Community Ministries in Baylor University's School of Social Work, said Jon Singletary, center director.

Sports Illustrated, Nov. 5, 2009 (Feature on Baylor University student-athlete Brittney Griner) The dunks in high school made Brittney Griner a YouTube sensation, the 6-foot-8 girl who threw down as many as seven slams in a game. Unlike the handful of women who have dunked before, dunking is a regular part of Griner's game. Instead of barely clearing the rim, she slams one-handed, with both hands and has other varieties in her repertoire, like the men. Yet, there is so much more to the Baylor freshman.

Waco Tribune-Herald, Nov. 5, 2009 (Feature about award-winning playwright Craig Wright's attendance and award at Baylor University playwrights' festival) Los Angeles playwright Craig Wright has written for the television series "Lost," "Six Feet Under" and last year's short-lived "Dirty Sexy Money," but television can't match theater's "irreproducible moment."