At first thought, some people may associate research with mad scientists in a lab with test tubes and chemicals. Plano senior Olivia Ho does research every week, but she doesn’t work with test tubes or chemicals.
Social science research, which includes fields like sociology and psychology, involves the study of people and their interactions with one another.
Move over paper textbooks: The future of education is here.
A group of 30 high school students from Waco and La Vega traveled across Baylor’s campus Saturday using iPads and a specialized augmented reality app to find and solve math problems.
Baylor will soon be getting a new business school building capable of promoting a 21st century learning environment.
The new 275,000-square-foot facility will be located on a development area close to the East Village, west of Bagby Avenue and between Third Street and Fourth Street.
At Baylor, the season of Lent will begin with a university-wide service observing Ash Wednesday.
The service will be held at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday at the George W. Truett Seminary’s Paul W. Powell Chapel.
“The service will focus on our need for forgiveness and grace, as we begin a season where penance is one of the primary themes,” said Dr. Burt Burleson, university chaplain.
South Russell Residence Hall will officially close down for renovations this summer, but tuition for the 2013-2014 year will not increase due to the construction.
The Baylor Board of Regents authorized $12 million for the refurbishment process at its meeting on Friday. The residence hall will be closed next year and work is expected to be finished in 2014.
Mentoring underprivileged kids in the Waco area proves rewarding and beneficial for professors and possibly Baylor students.
Byron Johnson, Co-Director and ISR Distinguished Professor, of Social Sciences, received the Lone Star Big Brother award on Jan. 30 for his service with Waco’s Big Brother Big Sister program.
The scholarship hunting process for tuition valued at more than $43,000 a year can be a daunting task for students.
The first place Baylor students can look for scholarships is the student financial services site, www.baylor.edu/sfs.
Do the names Bessie Coleman, Constance Baker Motley, Maggie Lena Walker and Mary Church Terrell ring a bell?
How about Rosa Parks?
They’re all trailblazers in the civil rights movement, according to University of Houston history professor Dr. Linda Reed, who presented a lecture last night at Bennett Auditorium.
Student Government debated a bill at length Thursday that calls Baylor’s administration to action to make $10,000 worth of improvements to the Bear Trail.
The bill’s author, Arlington sophomore Dominic Edwards, explained to the Student Senate that the bill calls for the administration to install two stretching structures at the start of the Bear Trail, additional water fountains along the trial, as well as additional lighting and signage showing the correct path to follow.
Baylor Law School ranked 24th in the Top 25 Law Schools in the nation, according to GraduatePrograms.com.
The rankings, released Tuesday, came as a result of student ratings and reviews from more than 4,000 graduate students and recent graduates from over 150 accredited law schools across the United States. The rankings use a 10-star system, with one star being the lowest and 10 stars being the best.
Baylor’s school colors are gold and green, and it takes the green part very seriously.
As part of one of Baylor’s efforts to become more ecologically friendly, two water bottle refill stations, called EZH20 are now on campus. One can be found in the Bill Daniel Student Center and the other is on the garden level of the Moody Memorial Library. The potential for additional installations in the future depends on the student demand on campus.
Of the 88 flu cases the Baylor Health Center has seen since August, 83 of them have been this semester.
As of Wednesday, the Baylor Health Center has seen 10,174 patients since the beginning of the fall semester.
According to clinic records, the influenza virus is the most likely virus to crop up on campus and can have negative effects on coursework.
Dr. Sharon Stern, the medical director at the health center located on the second floor of the McLane Student Life Center, said the clinic is normally well equipped to handle the virus without seeking help from outside sources.
In celebration of Black History Month, the multicultural affairs dept. is hosting the Black Heritage Banquet.
Jasmine Guy will speak at the banquet, which is organized by the Association of Black Students in conjunction with the multicultural affairs dept.
The banquet will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday on the fifth floor of Cashion Academic Center. Tickets can be purchased at the Bill Daniel Student Center until 5 p.m. today. It is $10 for students and $20 general admission. Baylor groups can also reserve a table for the event for $90.
Wacoans will have a chance to speak with Texas legislators about hot-button topics before the end of the 83rd legislative session in May.
The Texas Tribune’s Hot Seat series will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Feb. 22 in the Stone Room at the Ferrell Center. The series will focus on topics from the legislative session—including public education and healthcare—and it will feature Texas Rep. Charles “Doc” Anderson, Texas Rep. Kyle Kacal and Texas Sen. Brian Birdwell.
According to one man, print media will stay around for those seeking journalism jobs.
Jim Wilson, publisher of the Waco Tribune-Herald, spoke at the Society of Professional Journalists meeting Tuesday night about his experiences and offered advice to students looking to enter the field after college.
Wilson said one of the best ways to get an internship is to send a cover letter and resume by mail rather than through email.
Social networking in the workplace might not be such a bad thing, according to a recently published Baylor academic study.
The academic case-study, published in November, was co-written by two Baylor Professors and one current Washington State University lecturer.
It found that social networks had clear, positive benefits in the workplace.
The Baylor Alumni Association has confirmed that it plans to give a $1 million gift to Baylor University, the largest in BAA’s history.
On Jan. 26th, the vote came from the strategic planning committee that all funds had been finalized and that the BAA was to give the $1 million gift.
It wasn’t until Jeff Kilgore, vice president and CEO of the Baylor Alumni Association, made a call to the Waco Tribune – Herald on Friday that the committee’s decision went public.
A sociology professor from Baylor and his colleague from the University of Texas in San Antonio have found that children whose parents were both religious at the time of divorce were more likely to move away from organized religion if the parent with custody did not remarry.
Baylor’s Dr. Jeremy Uecker and Dr. Christopher Ellison of UT- San Antonio argue against previous studies which state that children of single parents are more likely to move away from religion than those with two parents, or that the effect of divorce on religious affiliation is overstated.
Wartime is known not only for the death of men and women, but for the death of morals.
Dr. Alan Jacobs, the Clyde S. Kilby Chair Professor of English at Wheaton College, believes he might have a remedy.
Baylor students have an opportunity for insight into the halls of national power.
On Thursday, former Texas congressman Chet Edwards returns to Baylor’s campus to give his lecture “The U.S Government From an International Perspective.”
Edwards will discuss his political history and his philosophy of politics.
Fishing was more than just casting a line into a pool of fish at the Heart of Texas Fairground on Saturday.
The 26th Annual Fishing Event for Very Special People took place with the help of organizations from across the Waco community. It meant a day of fun for the intellectually and developmentally disabled of all ages.
An undergraduate research team is piloting a study on an Austrian manuscript dated from the 1380s.
Baylor students are the first to study this document.
“No one’s ever done it,” Lake Jackson senior Amy Freeman said.
RecycleMania kicks off on Sunday.
Colleges in Canada and the United States will compete in the eight-week competition by reporting the amount of recycling and trash they collect each week.
The Your Voice Counts program has come to dining facilities on campus to tell students that their voice does, in fact, count.
The national program allows campus dining customers to visit a website and complete a survey to provide instant feedback about their dining experience said Jessica Gallippo, marketing manager for Baylor Dining Services.
In the wake of recent gun violence, one Texas bill may impact college campuses and their safety.
Texas State Sen. Brian Birdwell, who represents Waco and surrounding District 22 counties, recently filed legislation to allow students, faculty and staff with a concealed handgun license to carry firearms for personal protection on college campuses.
What was once inconceivable is now a reality. Gardeners can now text their plants.
Plant Link, a new product designed by Baylor alumni, allows gardeners to water their plants properly by calculating the plants’ environment and when it should be watered. Baylor graduate (’11) Eduardo Torrealba (’11) who is the founder and CEO of Oso Technologies, developed Plant Link after his wife received a plant from a former professor and it began to wither.
Imagine if your every movement was being scrutinized and you knew that with the click of a button, thanks to social media, it’s all readily available with a couple button-clicks or keyboard-strokes.
Baylor alum Drayon McLane Jr., longtime Baylor benefactor has given the biggest gift in Baylor history as well as receiving the most prestigious award in Texas higher education.
Researchers from Edinburgh and Oxford are traveling to Baylor to give insight about papyrology, the study of papyrus manuscripts.
Dr. Larry Hurtado, professor of New Testament language, literature and theology at the University of Edinburgh, and Dr. Dirk Obbink from Christ Church College Oxford will be talking to students and faculty about their research.
Even in late January, love is in the air.
Today is the last day for any faculty, staff or student to enter Armstrong Browning Library’s second annual “How Do You Love Thee” love story contest.
