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    Jan. 17, 2019
    Baylor’s Center for Christian Music Studies Receives $1.2 Million Grant from Lilly Endowment
    WACO, Texas (Jan. 17, 2019) – Baylor University’s Center for Christian Music Studies in the Baylor School of Music has been awarded a four-year $1.2 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. as part of its Strengthening Congregational Ministries with Youth Initiative.
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    Jan. 16, 2019
    Mosquito Known to Transmit Malaria Has Been Detected in Ethiopia for the First Time
    WACO, Texas (Jan. 16, 2019) — A type of mosquito that transmits malaria has been detected in Ethiopia for the first time, and the discovery has implications for putting more people at risk for malaria in new regions, according to a study led by a Baylor University researcher.
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    Jan. 15, 2019
    Waco, Baylor Community Will Observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day with Day of Service
    WACO, Texas (Jan. 15, 2019) – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: ‘What are you doing for others?’” To answer his question, people around the nation – including at Baylor and throughout Waco – will participate in Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on Monday, Jan. 21, and serve in their communities and neighborhoods.
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    Jan. 12, 2019
    Remembering a Baylor Nursing legend: Louise Herrington Ornelas
    Just before Christmas, the Baylor Family truly lost a great one: Louise Herrington Ornelas, longtime benefactor of the Baylor nursing school, which bears her name. Ornelas — or “Ms. Lou,” as students called her — dedicated much of her life to Baylor nursing students. In 1999, her $13 million gift to the Baylor School of …
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    Jan. 8, 2019
    Baylor alumna now an international leader in adoption advocacy and orphan care
    When she was only 11 years old, Emily Chapman went on a mission trip to Haiti that would forever change her life — and the life of her entire family. Upon returning home, Emily planted a seed that, after much prayer and consideration, ultimately led her parents — renowned Christian music artist Steven Curtis Chapman and …
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    Jan. 7, 2019
    Baylor Mourns Passing of Beloved Baylor Professor, Master Teacher Robert Packard
    WACO, Texas (Jan. 7, 2019) – Baylor University is mourning the passing of beloved Professor Emeritus of Physics and Master Teacher Robert G. Packard – “Waco’s Mr. Wizard,” as one newspaper called him – who blazed a unique trail for nearly 60 years in how thousands of students related to physics. Dr. Packard died Jan. 5 in Waco at the age of 94.
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    Jan. 4, 2019
    Americans Are Happier in States That Spend More on Libraries, Parks and Highways
    WACO, Texas (Jan. 4, 2019) — Americans are happier in states where governments spend more on public goods, such as libraries, parks, highways, natural resources and police protection, a Baylor University study has found.
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    Dec. 20, 2018
    Gift to Support Baylor Built Program Will Benefit Student-Athletes
    WACO, Texas (Dec. 20, 2018) - Baylor University today celebrates generous philanthropic support for the recently launched Baylor Built program, a key component of the “Preparing Champions for Life” vision of Baylor Athletics. The gift coincides with the public launch of Give Light, a $1.1 billion comprehensive philanthropic campaign inaugurated under the leadership of Baylor President Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D.
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    Martin Luther King, Jr., Day
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    Neoclassical Gaze: Myth and Reality of Ancient Sculpture
    (ends 03/08/2019)
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    University Spring Faculty Meeting
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    Director's Forum -True Crime Exposed: Examining the Elements of Forensic Science
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    Free Enterprise Forum with Thomas Hazlett: "The Political Spectrum"
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    OVPR Colloquium and Centennial Lecture: Illuminating the world through the gift of bilingualism
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    Texas Collection Spring Lecture: "On Changing Tides: Doris Miller, Pearl Harbor and the Civil Rights Movement" by Dr. T. Michael Parrish
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    "American Prophet: The Inner Life and Global Vision of Martin Luther King, Jr." Black History Month Lecture

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    Baylor University is a private Christian university and a nationally ranked research institution. The University provides a vibrant campus community for more than 16,000 students by blending interdisciplinary research with an international reputation for educational excellence and a faculty commitment to teaching and scholarship. Chartered in 1845 through the efforts of Baptist pioneers, Baylor is the oldest continually operating university in Texas and welcomes students from all 50 states and more than 80 countries.

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