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Research

6/18/2013
June 13, 2013
A study led by Baylor University suggests that "spiritual" young people are more likely to commit crimes than "religious" ones. Quoted in the article are researchers Aaron Franzen, M.A., doctoral candidate and study co-author, and Sung Joon Jang, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology.

Faculty in the News

6/18/2013
June 15, 2013
Francis Beckwith, Ph. D., professor of philosophy and church-state studies at Baylor, spoke on the development of the New Evangelization in a keynote lecture by Cardinal Raymond L. Burke.
6/18/2013
June 15, 2013
Article about how people perceive God like the fatherly figures in their lives cites research by Baylor sociologists that found that people attach a personality to God that reflects "self-identified desirable human traits" as well as certain moral and social attitudes. Carson Mencken, Ph.D., professor of sociology in Baylor's College of Arts & Sciences, is quoted in the article.

Alumni

6/18/2013
June 16, 2013
Baylor alumnus Conner Cupit, owner and CEO of Greenbriar Restaurant Holdings LLC, owns the new, increasingly popular restaurant Rusty Taco in Denton, Texas.
6/18/2013
June 16, 2013
Feature article about how a childhood tragedy coalesced with an adult passion for art and led to the collection of world-class art owned by distinguished Baylor alumnus Gerald Haddock, BBA/JD '71, president of Haddock Investments.
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