WACO, Texas (May 17, 2014) - Former Baylor University Regent and current Baylor Health Center orthopedic physician Dr. Red Covington of Waco passed away May 14 in Waco after a brief illness. He was 75.

WACO, Texas (May 3, 2013) - In honor of Robert Browning's 201st birthday, the Armstrong Browning Library will host a concert and lecture as part of its annual Browning Day celebration. The event will take place at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, in the McLean Foyer of Meditation of the Armstrong Browning Library, 710 Speight Ave.

WACO, Texas (May 3, 2013)--More than 90 looks created by Baylor fashion students will be on display at the Cirque de la Mode fashion show this year.

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WACO, Texas (April 29, 2013) - Each year, following the Phi Beta Kappa initiation banquet, one undergraduate scholar is chosen to present a lecture hosted by The Pulse, Baylor University's undergraduate journal. The 2013 lecture will be presented by David Welch and will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, in the Reading Room of Alexander Residence Hall, 1413 S. Seventh St.

WACO, Texas (April 29, 2013)--The 14th annual Black Glasses Film Festival will screen films directed and created by students from film and digital media division of Baylor's College of Arts & Sciences.

WACO, Texas (April 29, 2013)--Every spring since 1994, Baylor University's graduating class has selected one outstanding Baylor professor to receive the Collins Outstanding Professor Award. This year's honoree is Tim Thomasson, clinical professor in accounting and business law in Baylor's Hankamer School of Business.

WACO, Texas (April 26, 2013)--Baylor University religion scholar Philip Jenkins, Ph.D., will be among lecturers at the 2013 Wilberforce Weekend Conference in Arlington, Va.

WACO, Texas (April 25, 2013) - With rapidly increasing technological development and new tools for communication, how can the church communicate faithfully in a digital age? This question will be at the center of a symposium titled "iFaith? The Church in the Digital Age."

WACO, Texas (April 24, 2013) - Written in the Latin language, Roman literature remains an enduring reflection of the culture and traditions of ancient Rome. Baylor University's Honors College welcomes Joseph Farrell, Ph.D., professor of classics at the University of Pennsylvania, for a lecture on Roman antiquity.

DALLAS (April 22, 2013) - Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing (LHSON) will present an art exhibition called "The Life of a Caregiver Portrayed through Photography" from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 23. The free event will take place at LHSON, located at 3700 Worth St. in Dallas.

WACO, Texas (April 22, 2013) - The department of theatre arts at Baylor University will present Mad Forest April 23 through April 28 in Mabee Theatre of the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center, 60 Baylor Ave. Performances through Saturday will begin at 7:30 p.m., with matinees offered on Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m.

WACO, Texas (April 22, 2013) -- Francis J. Beckwith, Ph.D., a professor of philosophy at Baylor University and Resident Scholar in Baylor's Institute for Studies of Religion, will travel to Rome in mid-June to speak at The Celebration of Evangelium Vitae: Faithful to Life conference, sponsored by the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization.

WACO, Texas (April 19, 2013)--Fossil, nuclear and renewable energy sources are undergoing profound changes. The world is gradually shifting from coal and oil to the energies of the future. This transition is the subject of the energy documentary film "Switch." Now playing at more than 300 universities, Baylor's department of geology will present a screening of the movie at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 22, in Bennett Auditorium of Draper Academic Building, 1420 S. Seventh St.

WACO, Texas (April 19, 2013) -- In response to calls for life-saving blood donations, Baylor University and Carter BloodCare will have a campus-wide blood drive today beginning at 10:30 a.m. on the Baylor campus. Two Carter BloodCare donation buses will be located on Fifth Street by Marrs McLean Gym and the Vara Martin Daniel Plaza.

WACO, Texas (April 19, 2013) -- A festival marking the arrival of spring, with a step back in time to the 1890s, will be held Saturday, April 20, in the Governor Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village at Baylor University's Mayborn Museum Complex.

Baylor President Ken Starr reaches out to Baylor Nation about the tragic events in West, Texas, only 17 miles from the Baylor campus. The University community continues to be in prayer for West and for the members of our own Baylor family whose lives have been disrupted by this disaster so suddenly. However, on Diadeloso, a day of tradition for our University, Baylor Nation is choosing to embody an even greater tradition -- that inspired by Christ Jesus to be energetically in service to the needy.

The explosions Wednesday night in West have shocked and saddened us all. We are eager to be of assistance. LATEST BAYLOR UPDATE: 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 19, 2013: Blood Drive TODAY on the Baylor Campus

WACO, Texas (April 18, 2013) - Three preeminent scholar/teachers from the University of Missouri, New York University and Universith of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been selected as finalists for Baylor University's 2014 Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching, the only national teaching award - with the single largest monetary reward of $250,000 - presented by a college or university to an individual for exceptional teaching. The winning professor will be announced by Baylor in spring 2014.

WACO, Texas (April 18, 2013) - Five for Fighting, known for the hit song "Superman (It's Not Easy)" that became an anthem after the Sept. 11 attacks, will perform tonight (Thursday, April 18) at a benefit concert at Baylor University to aid the West, Texas, community as it recovers from Wednesday's explosion. The concert is free and open to the community. Cash donations are welcome to support relief efforts in West. The concert - originally scheduled for tonight on Fountain Mall on the Baylor campus as part of the University's Diadeloso celebration - has been moved indoors to the Ferrell Center, 1900 S. University Parks Drive at LaSalle Avenue in Waco.

WACO, Texas (April 17, 2013)--A tradition that started in 1932 as a way to "bring smiles to the faces of students" by giving them a break from classes, dawns Baylor's campus once more.

WACO, Texas (April 17, 2013) -In 1824, Beethoven completed one of his greatest works: Symphony No. 9 in D minor. Famous for "Ode to Joy" in its final movement, the symphony will be presented in a sold out concert by Baylor's School of Music at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 20, in Jones Concert Hall of the McCrary Music Building, 110 Baylor Ave.

WACO, Texas (April 17, 2013)--Ever wondered what it would have been like to live on Earth in the pre-historic times? With research conducted by Daniel J. Wescott, Ph.D., ancient human behavior is unveiled through the study of long bone biomechanics.

WACO, Texas (April 16, 2013)--Baylor University will recognize its top students during the 21st annual Harry and Anna Jeanes Academic Honors Week, beginning with the Honors Convocation at 2 p.m. Friday, April 19, in Barfield Drawing Room in the Bill Daniel Student Center.

WACO, Texas (April 15, 2013) -- Clinical psychologist Kenneth I. Pargament, Ph.D., a leading figure in exploring the connection between spirituality and health, will lecture at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, at Kayser Auditorium in the Hankamer School of Business, 1428 S. Fifth St.

WACO, Texas (April 15, 2013)--Baylor University's School of Education will spotlight undergraduate research conducted by Baylor teacher education candidates at the fifth annual Science of Wondering research symposium.