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The Baylor Brief – May 9, 2025
Ideas Worth Spreading Baylor will host its inaugural TEDxBaylor University event “Innovation in Deeds,” independently organized under a TED license, on Saturday, November 8. Speakers for the event will include Baylor faculty, staff, and students, as well as local community members, and will be selected by a curation committee. “Bringing TEDx to Waco and Baylor
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The Baylor Brief – May 2, 2025
Decade of Dominance Baylor acrobatics & tumbling this weekend won its 10th-straight NCATA National Championship, defeating No. 2 seeded Oregon
The Baylor Brief – April 25, 2025
Better News for Baylor Basketball The Baylor men’s basketball team is steadily rebuilding after losing every player from its roster
The Baylor Brief – April 18, 2025
Visas Revoked At least three Baylor students have had their student immigration status terminated in the government database known as
Tariffying Tales: An Interview with Dr. Steve Gardner
Welcome to the first episode of our new podcast, The Green Room. This go around, I’m joined by Dr. Steve Gardner, a respected economist and professor emeritus at Baylor University. I asked Steve for this conversation in order to unpack the latest on the Trump administration tariffs and to explore the broader economic theories behind tariff policies. Dr. Gardner brings decades of experience as an educator, researcher, and advisor, with deep expertise in international economics, trade policy, and market dynamics. Whether you’re an economist, a policy enthusiast, or simply curious about how tariffs impact your daily life, this conversation with Steve offers insights that are as timely as they are illuminating.
The Baylor Brief – April 11, 2025
Diadeloso This year Baylor students celebrated a tradition as old as time with a state fair-themed Diadeloso. Of course, there
The Baylor Brief – April 4, 2025
Baylor Spring Sports Sync Baseball – Baylor baseball currently holds a 20-8 overall record, 4-5 in Big 12 Conference play,
The Baylor Brief – March 28, 2025
Wrapping Up Baylor Basketball WOMEN’S – The Bears won their first match against Grand Canyon University on Friday at Foster
The Baylor Brief – March 21, 2025
We want to keep you up to date on the latest news around the Baylor bubble. This week, men’s and women’s basketball heads into March Madness, alumni musicians take center stage, and more.
The Baylor Brief – March 14, 2025
Keeping Up with Baylor Basketball WOMEN’S – The No. 14 women’s team beat Iowa State in last Friday’s Big 12
The Baylor Brief – March 7, 2025
We want to keep you up to date on the latest news around the Baylor bubble. This week, women’s basketball takes second seed in the Big 12 Championship, daylight saving time steals an hour, and more.
The Baylor Brief – February 28, 2025
We want to keep you up to date on the latest news around the Baylor bubble. This week, Livingstone talks about DEI’s future, an expert covers the spread of measles in West Texas, and more.
The Baylor Brief – February 21, 2025
Sing Season is Upon Us The smell of hairspray and stage makeup lingers in the air. The Stacy Riddle Forum
The Baylor Brief – February 14, 2025
Alumni-Elected Baylor Regent Election Open Degree-holding alumni can cast their vote for an alumni member of the Baylor Board of
The Baylor Brief – February 7, 2025
Bears at the Grammys Baylor grad Forrest Frank (’17) was nominated for his first Grammy for his most recent album,
The Baylor Brief – January 31, 2025
Men’s Basketball The men’s team bolsters a winning record at the midpoint of the season. Most recently, it beat Utah
State Rep. Jeff Leach (’05) Talks Criminal Justice Reform At Texas Tribune Festival
Leach spoke on a panel Friday morning at Texas Tribune Festival titled “Criminal Justice and the 89th Legislature” with his colleague State Representative Joe Moody, a Democrat from Texas’ West-most district in El Paso. The pair discussed their efforts to initiate further criminal justice reform in the State of Texas. Though Leach and Moody caucus in opposite parties, Leach said, “In the Texas House, we don’t have to hate each other. . . . There are a lot of things we can work together on.”
Baylor Was Found Liable In a Recent Title IX Case. Hear From the Reporter Who Covered It. – with Dan Solomon
Nine years ago, Dolores Lozano claims she was violently assaulted by a Baylor football player and her boyfriend at the time. In 2016 she filed a lawsuit against the university, claiming that – despite having gone to administrators and football program leaders – her alma mater had been negligent in its handling of her reports of domestic violence and, as a result, violated her rights under the Title IX federal civil rights law. On Tuesday, a Waco jury found Baylor liable.
The Conflict in Israel and the State of Foreign Affairs – with Joanne Cummings
Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify Joanne Cummings is the director of Baylor’s Middle East Studies program and teaches in
No, He Hasn’t Read The Elon Musk Biography – A Conversation with Dr. Peter Hotez
Dr. Hotez is the founding Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine where he is also the Co-director of the Texas Children’s Center for Vaccine Development and Texas Children’s Hospital Endowed Chair of Tropical Pediatrics. He is also University Professor at Baylor University. His latest book is “The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science: A Scientists Warning.”
Meet the Baylor Alumni Involved in the Paxton Impeachment Trial
An historic impeachment trial against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (’85, MBA’86) commenced this week with several Baylor alumni, including the attorney general himself, playing key roles in the outcome. Though many Baylor alumni across the years have had storied (and sometimes fraught) political careers, Paxton is the first Baylor graduate to be impeached from public office. In addition to Paxton, there are four other Baylor alumni involved in the trial as elected state officials.
Alumni, Faculty, and Students Respond to Recent Title IX Exemption
A recent open letter to Baylor leaders signed by a growing number of Baylor alumni and supporters seeks “to achieve a more inclusive campus environment” in response to what it claims are “harmful inequities” and inaccurate “representation of Baylor’s Baptist heritage and tradition” made by the university to authorities. The alumni advocacy group asks that necessary steps be taken “to ensure that LGTBQIA+ students on campus are protected from sexual harassment in all forms.”
Baylor’s religious exemption reaffirmed in response to sexual harassment complaints
The U.S Department of Education exempted Baylor University from sexual harassment claims regulated under Title IX last month after the Christian university asked the agency to dismiss discrimination complaints made by students, arguing that the claims were inconsistent with the university’s religious tenets, after LGBTQ+ students filed several Title IX discrimination complaints.
From Obscurity to a Nobel Prize Nomination
Corbevax, a low-cost coronavirus vaccine created in Houston by two Baylor scientists, could be a better weapon against Covid-19 by reaching the unvaccinated in poorer countries.
“Bittersweet doesn’t even come close”: Seniors Respond To Cancelled Commencement
Three months ago (or, wait, was that just a few week?), Baylor made a decision that changed the academic lives
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