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Baylor Holds Special Hours to Observe Independence Day
[7/2/2009]
Due to the Fourth of July holiday, Baylor University will not hold classes and will close administrative offices Friday, July 3, through Sunday, July 5, while other university facilities will modify their hours.
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Four Texas Cities Are Among Nation's Fastest Growing
[7/1/2009]
Two Central Texas cities -- Round Rock and Killeen -- are among the top 10 fastest-growing United States cities with populations of 100,000 or more, according to an analysis by researchers at Baylor University. McKinney and Fort Worth also are on the list, according to Census Bureau figures.
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Funeral Arrangements Set for Baylor Senior
[6/30/2009]
Funeral arrangements have been set for Baylor University senior Emily Ann Stuller, who died June 29 in a car accident in Waco.
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Baylor's 'Engineers With A Mission' Bring Light To Honduran Villages; Water Purification To Rwandan Town

[6/30/2009]
Fourteen-hour work days, blistering sun and high humidity, six flat tires and a 7.1 earthquake. Those were some of the normal working conditions that members of Baylor University's Engineers with a Mission faced in a span of just two weeks as they worked to bring reliable electricity to one small Honduran village and upgrade existing electricity to another.
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Baylor Named 'Best Buy' In New Fiske Guide To Colleges

[6/29/2009]
Baylor University is one of only 44 public and private colleges and universities in the United States, Canada and Great Britain - and the only Texas Big 12 institution - named a "Best Buy" in the 2010 edition of The Fiske Guide to Colleges, a best-selling independent source of information for college-bound students and their parents.
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Baylor First Texas University to Earn LEED Certification for Existing Buildings

[6/23/2009]
WACO, Texas -- Baylor University has become the first university in Texas to earn a coveted environmental rating by meeting stringent standards set out by an international building council.
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Baylor Researcher Observes Increase in Red Eastern Screech Owls as Climate Warms

[6/23/2009]
A Baylor University researcher who has studied the Eastern Screech Owl for more than 40 years says an increase in the number of the owls that are red - known as "rufus" - is another sign of global warming.
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Leading Religious Scholar Named Distinguished Senior Fellow at Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion

[6/19/2009]
Dr. Philip Jenkins, one of the world's leading religion scholars, has agreed to be a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Baylor University's Institute for Studies of Religion and to co-direct ISR's Initiative on Historical Studies of Religion. Jenkins also will offer seminars in Baylor's Department of History. He will split his time between Baylor and Pennsylvania State University where he is the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Humanities.
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Baylor Law Professor Receives Distinguished Probate Lawyer Lifetime Achievement Award

[6/19/2009]
Thomas M. Featherston Jr., the Mills Cox Chair of Law at Baylor Law School, has received the Distinguished Probate Lawyer Lifetime Achievement Award from the 7,000-member Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas.
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Baylor Literacy Camp Receives $85,000 from Waco Scottish Rite
[6/19/2009]
A Baylor University annual summer literacy program will receive a generous donation from Waco's Scottish Rite.
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