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Regents Hear 2012 Progress, Including $2.5 Million Gift for Paul L. Foster Success Center; Approve Sid Richardson Renovation, New U.S. Military-Baylor Master's Program In Nutrition
[7/14/2006]
The Baylor University Board of Regents concluded its three-day July retreat on Friday by hearing updates on the significant progress made in achieving the imperatives of Baylor 2012, the university's 10-year vision. One of the latest milestones in the achievement of the vision received a major financial boost on Friday, as Regents announced that Baylor's highest capital priority - the Paul L. Foster Success Center - has received a $2.5 million gift from an anonymous donor.
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Hundreds of Baylor Students Study Abroad This Summer
[7/17/2006]
Recognizing the importance of a global education in today's world, Baylor has made significant progress in strengthening the university's efforts in international education. Keeping in line with Imperative XI of Baylor 2012, the university's 10-year vision, Baylor will send 400 students overseas this summer in study abroad programs to 20 countries.
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Baylor Undergrads Spending Summer at Houston's Baylor College of Medicine
[7/20/2006]
Five Baylor University undergraduate students are spending this summer studying at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), Texas Children's Hospital and Rice University.
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Physics Department Moved to BSB
[7/27/2004]
The Department of Physics has moved to the new Baylor Sciences Building.
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2007 Biology Scholarships: Call for Applications
[1/31/2007]
Call for applications: scholarships and research awards for Biology undergraduate and graduate students.
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Baylor Reclassified by Carnegie Foundation as 'Research University'
[5/30/2006]
With the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching revising its widely-used classification system, Baylor University has progressed to "research university" status with "high research activity."
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Gabe Calzada: Building bridges for lives
[4/28/2006]
One of Gabe Calzada's favorite quotes is: "Caminante, no hay puentes, se hace puentas al andar," or "Voyager, there are no bridges, one builds them as one walks."
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THE DUET IN EXCELLENCE: JONATHAN AND DAVID HASTIE
[4/28/2006]
As they have for so many important events in their lives, identical twins Jonathan and David Hastie shared the spotlight at Baylor's spring 2001 commencement -- honored as the first co-recipients of the University's coveted Outstanding Student of the Year award.
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Good Doctors, Good Human Beings
[4/28/2006]
Four graduates of the College who are successful physicians laud their liberal arts backgrounds
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Medicine, Literature, Philosophy: Combining Our Stories
[4/28/2006]
Each fall, Baylor students gather around a table in the library of the philosophy department to explore the human dimension of illness and disability. They do so as part of an innovative upper-level seminar, "Literary and Philosophical Perspectives on Medicine," which integrates the three disciplines of philosophy, literature, and medicine. Teaching the course are Dr. S. Kay Toombs, associate professor of philosophy, Ann Miller, professor and Master Teacher of English, and Dr. William Hillis, a physician and Distinguished Professor of biology, who have collaborated for seven years to examine the manner in which the humanities and the sciences relate to one another within the context of clinical medicine.
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HISTORIC EMPHASIS SHINES BRIGHT
[4/28/2006]
Throughout the world, the Baylor name has long been associated with science and health education. This emphasis has its roots in the University's Baptist heritage and its mission of preparing students for careers of service, particularly in the healing professions.
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`Dr. Cornelia:' Great expectations of all
[4/28/2006]
Dr. William D. Hillis remembers Dr. Cornelia Smith - I had no personal contact with Dr. Cornelia Smith until I was in my senior year at Baylor. But she became the most profound single influence I encountered in college. It happened in a setting that changed the whole direction of my life. In the fall of my junior year I came under the spell of a discerning professor of German, Dr. Patricia Drake (later Shepherd, after her marriage to Dr. James Shepherd of the French department). We had become fast friends by the third quarter of that year, and one day after class she pointedly asked me to remain to talk with her.
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