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A Look Inside Dr. Francesca Penner’s Lab at Baylor
As any good clinical psychologist knows, the seeds of who a person will become are planted early on in life. Dr. Francesca Penner, an assistant professor in Baylor’s Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, is well known for her work with parents and children — mostly researching the connection between parental mental health and children’s socio-emotional development.
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Owen Lind and the Birth of Environmental Studies at Baylor
“The building of a better environment will require in the long term a citizenry that is both deeply concerned and
Bear-ly Used, Fully Needed
As final exams and the rush to start packing to go home approach, Baylor students often forget how chaotic move-out
Your Guide to the Perfect Baylor Homecoming Week
There’s so many things to do in Waco around Baylor Homecoming week. With events like the Baylor Homecoming parade and
How AI Has Influenced Higher Education–And How Baylor is Hopping Onboard
Decades ago, artificial intelligence was something for sci-fi novels: an imagined future where robots with humanlike intelligence would clean our
Bringing Your Baby to McLane Stadium: The Baby Bear Family Lounge by TakingCaraBabies
A Gameday Experience That Includes Your Baby Bear Getting out of the house with a baby can feel overwhelming —
It’s a New World
While there may be no signs that a tepid U.S. economy is abating this fall, enrollment in law schools and
What It Takes to Keep Baylor Beautiful
Tom Everett thinks a lot about first impressions. As the grounds manager for HES Facilities Management, he and his team
Building a Network for Student Wellness
The most important challenge facing a student at Baylor University should be acquiring the best education the school offers. However,
Hiding in Plain Sight
Great colleges have great art. In addition to the treasures at the Martin Museum of Art and in the Armstrong
Dr. Dennis Myers: Gerontology’s Greatest on a Career that Aged Well
It was his grandmother–his protector and inspiration–who inspired Dr. Dennis Myers to pursue a calling to work in the field
Sleep, Glorious Sleep
For Dr. Michael K. Scullin, principal investigator in the Sleep Neuroscience and Cognition Laboratory, the lab’s new exhibit at the
Like Father, Like Daughter
Baylor University has had a live bear mascot since 1917 when a Camp McArthur soldier allowed students to parade Ted,
Catholics at Baylor: Promoting Unity and Cooperation
When Baylor University was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas, its co-founders, Reverend William
A Foundation for Success: Remembering Missy Wells
A legend at Baylor, Missy Yeary Wells (‘88) served as director of Student Foundation from 1989 to 1997. Beloved by
The Life and Times of ‘Fesser Courtney
In its long history, who was Baylor’s first senior professor? Dorothy Scarborough? A. J. Armstrong? Paul Baker? Daniel Sternberg? Glenn
The Untold Story of Baylor’s Ultimate Cheerleader
By the time she first set foot on the Baylor campus in 1963, Pam Dial Taylor had been a cheerleader
The Ghost of Ramsey Yelvington: Baylor’s Great Cowboy Playwright Still Haunts His Final Stage
Since the Paul Baker era, the Baylor Theatre has always punched far above its weight on Broadway. From the beloved
Smouldering Ruins
Throughout its long history, the Baylor University campus has been remarkably blessed, avoiding tornadoes, the worst impact of the regular
Preparing Baylor Students for a Multiracial, Multiethnic World
For the last 20 years, Dr. Felipe Hinojosa has dedicated his life to the study of history. But earlier this year, he actually helped make it. In July 2023, the South Texas native was appointed the first John and Nancy Jackson Endowed Chair for Baylor in Latin America, a milestone that made him the university’s first historian of Latino history. It’s an especially remarkable accomplishment when you consider that Hinojosa nearly talked himself out of the job… twice. After delivering a keynote address at a conference for the Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education in February 2023, Hinojosa was approached by Baylor University administrators who wanted to encourage him to apply to the newly opened endowed chair position. At the time, he had been a professor of history at Texas A&M for 14 years and had published two books on the intersection of faith and Latino activism.
Reynold Arnould: The Curious Case of the Purloined Painting and Baylor’s Most Famous Painter
During their brief tenure in Waco, artist Reynold Arnould and his wife, novelist and art critic Martha, were the most
Baylor Buildings
New buildings like the Baylor Science Building and Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation show the growth of
A Marriage of True Minds
Theirs was a love story for the ages with all the passion and intrigue of a Victorian-era romance — a courtship that included 573 love letters and a secret marriage at St. Marylebone Church in London on September 12, 1846, over her tyrannical father’s objections. He later disinherited her, and she never saw him again after she and her husband started a new life in Italy, where their son was born three years later. His given name was Robert Wiedeman Barrett Browning, but they called him Pen. Though inseparable during their lifetimes, the lovers are buried nearly a thousand miles apart: Elizabeth in the Protestant Cemetery in Florence and Robert in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey, London. Six years his senior, Elizabeth was just 55 when she died in her husband’s arms at their home in Florence of chronic lung disease. Father and son moved back to London where Browning established himself as a leading literary figure. He never married again, nor did he visit Florence after his wife’s death. Then in 1889 while visiting Pen at his home in Venice, Browning died of natural causes. He was 77 years old.
Baylor’s Role in the Ongoing Battle Against Food Insecurity
Editor’s note: As you enjoy gathering with friends and family for Thanksgiving feasts, we encourage you to think of our
Reason, Rigor, and Reporting: Overby Center Faces Issues Plaguing Today’s Journalists
Beyond just their Southern locales and even with 600 miles between them, the link between Baylor University and the Overby
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