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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.

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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 the BIC and Political Science department. She has also been instrumental in the development of an interfaith minor here at Baylor. A retired diplomat, her experience is wide-ranging. She was most recently the Foreign Policy

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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.”

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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.

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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.”

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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.

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“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 of current seniors. Administrative leaders decided to postpone the May 2020 commencement. “With the CDC’s Sunday guidance that no mass gatherings with 50 people or more should be held in the United States for the

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Navigating the New Normal: How One Department Is Adapting to Online Instruction

“Well…now what?” In the midst of Baylor’s transition to online classes for the remainder of the semester, many students and alumni are asking this same question. Although what we are experiencing is all unprecedented, Baylor faculty are working diligently to answer that question. One example is Baylor’s journalism, public relations, and new media department, which

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Baylor Cancels Classes As Coronavirus Fears Grow

We are now entering uncharted territory for Baylor. On March 11, 2020, Baylor University students, faculty, staff, and community at large, experienced the personal effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “Spring Break for students has been extended through next week. The spring semester will resume on Monday, March 23; however, classes will be provided strictly

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