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5/21/2013
WACO, Texas (May 21, 2013) - The National League of Cities (NLC) has selected Waco as one of 21 cities nationwide to participate in a leadership academy that will help the city reduce childhood hunger by leveraging federal funding.
5/20/2013
No. 5 Bears will face No. 4 Oklahoma Wednesday at 9 a.m. CT
5/20/2013
All-WAC forward started all 32 games as sophomore at Denver in 2012-13
5/20/2013
Point guard one of 12 selected to represent USA in Russia.
5/17/2013
WACO, Texas (May 17, 2013) - At their spring meeting today, the Baylor University Board of Regents approved construction of phase one of a new on-campus track and field stadium and voted to move forward in developing the design for the proposed new School of Business building.
5/16/2013
WACO, Texas (May 16, 2013) - The Southwestern Business Deans' Association has named Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business the 2013 Bobby G. Bizzell Innovative Achievement Award winner for its Accelerated Ventures Program.
5/9/2013
WACO, Texas (May 9, 2013) -- A recent Baylor University research study has shed new light on the diet and food acquisition strategies of some the earliest human ancestors in Africa.
3/12/2013
AUSTIN, Texas (March 12, 2013) - Celebrated Baylor University alumnus, Washington Redskins quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III was honored today by both the Texas Legislature and his alma mater, which announced the establishment of the Robert Griffin III (RG3) Quarterback Scholarship during "RG3 Day" at the State Capitol.
3/7/2013
WACO, Texas (March 7, 2013)--As many Baylor University students and faculty prepare to head to sunny or snowy destinations for a spring break getaway, six Baylor affiliated missions teams have different plans.
3/7/2013
If you've spent much time in Texas, you know that Baylor University isn't the only prominent organization using the Baylor name. Most notably, the Baylor Health Care System (BHCS) in North Texas encompasses 30 hospitals that treat almost 3 million patients a year, while the Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) is annually among the nation's very [...]
3/6/2013
New York City, Boston, Atlanta, Waco. Those were the four stops for arguably the world's most famous living poet on his brief tour of the U.S. Monday night, nearly 1,000 people filled Baylor's Jones Concert Hall for a reading by Ireland's Seamus Heaney, winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature, on his first visit [...]
3/6/2013
Freshman becomes first Bear honored with award since 2006.
3/5/2013
WACO, Texas (March 5, 2013) - Baylor University's Sports Sponsorship & Sales (S3) program launched the S3 Report, a monthly online publication (www.baylors3.com) featuring the best sales and marketing practices shared by the sports industry.
3/5/2013
WACO, Texas (March 5, 2013) -- Adults whose parents were divorced are more likely to switch religions or disassociate themselves from institutional religions altogether -- but growing up in a single-parent family does not have any effect on private religious life, including praying, according to a study by a Baylor University sociologist.
3/4/2013
WACO, Texas (March 4, 2013) - A team of MBA students from Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business ranked No. 2 at the 2013 Illinois MBA Strategy Case Competition, hosted by the University of Illinois, Feb. 7 to Feb. 9.
3/3/2013
Monday's contest will be Senior Night for the Lady Bears' six seniors.
2/28/2013
Three Baylor Bears scored double figures Wednesday as they edged West Virginia 65-62 to snap a three-game losing string and keep hopes alive of an at-large NCAA tournament bid.
2/27/2013
Baylor tandem under consideration for two more national player of the year awards.
2/27/2013
Baylor last week served as host to the latest in the Texas Tribune's "Hot Seat" conversation series, as two state representatives and one state senator discussed public school funding, among other issues, in front of a crowd of about 200 people in the Ferrell Center's Stone Room. [Click here to watch the entire event.] State [...]
2/26/2013
Holiday Bowl champs set to begin season number six under Art Briles.
2/20/2013
HOUSTON, & WACO, Texas (Feb. 20, 2013) - Earlier this year, 109 male prisoners began to pursue their Certificates in Entrepreneurship from Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business through a partnership with the Prison Entrepreneurship Program.
2/20/2013
Waco (Feb. 20, 2013) - Baylor University and the Greater Waco Chamber have partnered to launch ThInc Space, a business incubator for creative start-ups that also will be the headquarters for Baylor's Accelerated Ventures Program.
2/20/2013
WACO, Texas (Feb. 20, 2013) --Obesity, diabetes and other ailments plague impoverished communities at higher rates than the general United States population. In rural Texas border towns, or colonias, Mexican-American residents are at an even greater risk for chronic health problems.
2/20/2013
You know your program has reached a new level when you can win a conference title, then beat the No. 2 team in the country on their own court, and barely bat an eye. That's Baylor women's basketball for you. When Oklahoma and Iowa State each lost on Sunday, the Lady Bears clinched their third [...]
2/19/2013
Orf collects two RBI, goes 3-for-4
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