Ann Arbor: University of Michigan chemistry professor wins $275,000 award for teaching
[1/17/2012]
Jan. 13, 2012
University of Michigan chemistry professor Brian Coppola, Ph.D., was awarded the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching. He will receive $250,000 and $25,000 will be given to his department at the University of Michigan.
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The Waco Tribune-Herald: Building on a clear vision: An interview with Baylor Provost Elizabeth Davis
[1/17/2012]
Jan. 15, 2012
In an interview with the Tribune-Herald on Baylor's next 10-year plan, Baylor Executive Vice President and Provost Elizabeth Davis, discusses the broad outlines of the draft; input from the Baylor Nation; and the nimble balancing act required to hold true to the university's Christian commitment while aiming for top-tier status as a nationally ranked research university.
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Baylor University's Draft Strategic Plan Released for Review and Feedback
[1/11/2012]
According to schedule, following approval by the Baylor University Board of Regents at its 2011 homecoming meeting, the university has published an online draft of its 10-year strategic plan. The University is inviting the Baylor community to review the draft plan and provide feedback. As a continuation of its strategic planning process, Baylor officials will hold on-campus meetings to consider the plan publicly and more fully. Comments and suggestions will be accepted on the strategic planning website through March, and the plan will be finalized at the end of the fiscal year in May.
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Baylor University Honors University of Michigan Chemistry Professor With $250,000 Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching
[1/12/2012]
Baylor University has named Brian P. Coppola, Ph.D., The Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry at the University of Michigan, as the 2012 recipient of the 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.
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European CEO Magazine Names Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business Most Innovative Business School
[1/17/2012]
European CEO Magazine's 2011 Global Business Education Awards has named Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business the Most Innovative Business School for the Southern United States Region.
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DRAFT Strategic Plan Release
[12/12/2011]
As you will see, the aspirations articulated within the draft strategic plan reflect the essential contributions that the entire Baylor community has made, Pro ecclesia, Pro texana, for the last 167 years. We all will continue to fill our distinctive roles as we enrich Baylor's legacy in response to our new plan.
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Robert Darden Honored With Cornelia Marschall Smith Professor of the Year Award
[4/15/2011]
Robert Darden, associate professor of journalism and media arts in the College of Arts and Sciences known for his work on Baylor University's Black Gospel Music Restoration Project, has been named the Cornelia Marschall Smith Professor of the Year. The annual award is presented to a faculty member who makes a superlative contribution to the learning environment at Baylor.
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Baylor History Professor Awarded Centennial Professor Honor
[4/20/2011]
Dr. Jeffrey Hamilton, professor and chair of Baylor's department of history, has been selected for the 2011 Baylor Centennial Professor award, which will allow him to travel to England for research on Henry de Lacy, Third Earl of Lincoln and a confidant of Edward I.
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Baylor Seniors Selected for Fulbright Grants to Mexico, Kyrgyzstan
[4/28/2011]
Baylor University seniors Austin Cook-Lindsay and Chelsea Mitcham have been selected as recipients of Fulbright grants from the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. They are Baylor's 23rd and 24th Fulbright recipients since 2001.
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Baylor Mechanical Engineering Professor Wins National Educator Award
[4/29/2011]
A Baylor University mechanical engineering professor has been selected to receive a national award for building a new area of research on polymer composites at Baylor.
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Baylor's Sociology Program Debuts Strongly in Rankings by National Research Council
[11/23/2010]
When the National Research Council (NRC) last ranked doctoral programs in 1995, Baylor University's sociology program had just been approved by the Board of Regents. Much has happened in a relatively short amount of time.
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Philosophy Comes a Long Way in a Short Time
[11/18/2010]
Baylor University's philosophy department has come a long way since it admitted its first Ph.D. student in 2003. While the program is considered too new to be included in the most recent rankings from the National Research Council, data from Academic Analytics, a private firm that assesses all Ph.D. programs in the nation, demonstrates Baylor philosophy's remarkable climb.
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Confirmed: Baylor Study Pinpoints Molecular Mechanism that Causes Teens to be Less Sensitive to Alcohol than Adults
[12/1/2010]
Researchers have known for years that teens are less sensitive than adults to the motor-impairing effects of alcohol, but they do not know exactly what is happening in the brain that causes teens to be less sensitive than adults. But now, neuropsychologists at Baylor University have found the particular cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the age-dependent effect of alcohol in teens that may cause the reduced motor impairment
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Baylor Mathematics Comes a Long Way in a Short Time
[11/23/2010]
The graduate program in the department of mathematics at Baylor University is one of the youngest mathematics Ph.D.-granting departments in the country, but despite positive internal metrics, it took an external assessment like that conducted by the National Research Council to show just how far the department had come in just a few years.
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Baylor's Doctoral Program in Psychology Receives High Marks in National Survey
[11/4/2010]
In the first detailed survey of doctoral programs in the United States by the National Research Council (NRC) since 1995, Baylor University's Ph.D. program in Psychology received strong marks and now ranks among the nation's best programs.
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Baylor's John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship Receives NASDAQ Center of Entrepreneurial Excellence Award
[11/18/2010]
Baylor University's John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship received the prestigious NASDAQ Center of Entrepreneurial Excellence Award at the 2010 Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC) Conference held Oct. 24 on the campus of The Pennsylvania State University.
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Distinguished Professor Will Speak to Baylor University Community in Religion Lecture Series
[11/12/2010]
Dr. Michael Northcott, professor of ethics at the University of Edinburgh, will present "The Complexity of Simplicity: Justice, Temperance and Economic Sustainability in a Debt-Based Economy" at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16, in Miller Chapel as a part of the Baylor University department of religion's public lecture series.
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Baylor Engineering Partner Named A 2010 CNN Top Ten Hero
[11/12/2010]
An engineer who has worked closely with Baylor University's School of Engineering and Computer Science to build pedestrian bridges in Africa has been named a CNN Top Ten Hero for 2010 and is now in the running for Hero of the Year.
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Baylor Moves Up in U.S. News Rankings - Engineering Nears Top 10, Business Entrepreneurship Ranked No. 15
[8/19/2010]
Baylor University moved up one place to No. 79 among 262 institutions in the Best National Universities category, while engineering and entrepreneurship continue to be among the nation's top programs, in the 2011 edition of Best Colleges by U.S.News & World Report.
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Coping Skills of Military Families Focus of Research
[7/20/2010]
In a case of students inspiring the professors, two faculty members in Baylor University's School of Social Work came to their latest area of research partially because of how they witnessed graduate students in the program who are military spouses cope with their challenges.
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Baylor Professors Receive $1.46 Million Grant From National Institutes of Health for Cancer Research
[6/17/2010]
The National Institutes of Health has awarded two Baylor University researchers a $1.46 million grant to research and test new compounds that could help fight cancerous tumors.
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Baylor Professor Releases Third Film
[6/15/2010]
Chris Hansen, a Baylor University film professor, has combined his love of storytelling and digital media into a film career.
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Missing Women of Different Races Receive Differing Coverage from Media
[7/8/2010]
National media coverage of missing women is unequal when it comes to race, with missing Anglo women receiving more attention than black women, said Dr. Mia Moody, assistant professor of journalism and media arts at Baylor University.
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