One of the world’s most influential scholars on Islam’s impact on Middle East economics spoke before a large Baylor audience Monday, arguing certain provisions of Islamic law stifled innovation in the region for centuries.
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The American Medical Student Association Baylor Chapter will host a free workshop on suturing from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Baylor Sciences Building with the Waco Family Health Center.
This week, all members of the Baylor community will have an opportunity to experience the final moments in the life of Christ, says Ryan Richardson, associate chaplain and director of worship.
Baylor’s chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will host a hoodie walk in honor of Trayvon Martin on Sunday.
Lot 42, the parking lot located on the east side of the Sid Richardson Building, will be closed starting Saturday because of construction. The lot is scheduled to re-open Aug. 13.
Members of the Student Senate discussed a proposal that would be the largest overhaul of its internal operations in years at its Thursday meeting, also passing a resolution in support of adding a male representative to the homecoming court.
The W.R. Poage Legislative Library will honor the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s famous speech challenging the nation to become an active part of the space race with an exhibit scheduled to open next week.
The sororities Pi Beta Phi and Kappa Kappa Gamma are teaming up to create an all-university event featuring a pancake dinner and an Uproar concert to support charity: water. The event will take place from 8 to 10 p.m. today.
Baylor Spiritual Life will offer a “Service of Consolation and Hope” at 8:30 p.m. Monday in Miller Chapel. The service is intended to support and encourage those who have experienced the loss of a loved one in their lives.
Due to the installation of new utilities and relocation of existing lines from the Baylor Energy Complex to the under-construction East Village Residential Community, Baylor University construction crews will close student parking lot 42 that serves the east side of the Sid Richardson Building, beginning March 31.
More students have submitted requests for travel packages to the NCAA women’s Final Four in Denver than the university will likely be able to accommodate, but students who register by noon today will still be eligible to receive a package.
Baylor has won the right to control the BaylorGirls.xxx domain.
Justice Week, a week of social justice awareness events, is coming to an end today with “Blankets on the Bowl” from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Bill Daniel Student Center Bowl.
An expert on America’s relationship with China will give the annual lecture for the Laura Blanche Jackson Endowed Memorial Lectureship in World Issues at 7 p.m. in the Paul W. Powell Chapel of George W. Truett Theological Seminary.
Kappa Phi Gamma will host the fourth annual Mr. C.A.R.E. Week Pageant from 7 to 9 p.m. today in Bennett Auditorium. Tickets will be available to purchase at the door for $5, and 100 percent of the proceeds will go to Scott and White Research foundation in Temple. Scott and White Healthcare is a non-profit collaborative health care system that was founded in 1897.
It was literally a win-win situation for Baylor Law School when adjunct professor Robert Little took his two mock trial teams to the National Trial Competition in Austin last weekend.
Delta Tau Delta fraternity will host its first dodgeball tournament at 1 p.m. Sunday in Russell Gymnasium.
Administrators are considering closing one of the campus dining halls after the new East Village Residential Community dining hall opens in August 2013, a Baylor dean told a group of students Monday.
Eight Baylor graduates will have the chance to teach Thai royalty.
The Student Senate failed to muster enough votes Thursday to override a student body president veto of a recently passed resolution supporting the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act.
Despite the negative attention Invisible Children co-founder Jason Russell received last week, many students at Baylor are continuing to support the Kony 2012 movement begun by Invisible Children.
Although a war is rarely viewed as a means to a charitable end, Baylor’s chapter of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity plans to challenge that view with its own war.
Baylor fashion students are designing animal outfits to help local dogs.
Sigma Phi Lambda is launching the One Heart Movement today with a 31-day blog that will follow the book of Proverbs.
Four wives of Baylor presidents past and present regaled the Baylor Round Table on Wednesday with stories from their experiences as the university’s first ladies, providing insight into the more personal side of the administration’s highest office.
Dr. Blair Browning, assistant professor of communication studies, has been named the 2012 Collins Outstanding Professor. Students in the senior class voted for the award, which is sponsored by the Carr P. Collins Foundation.
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against former members of the now dissolved Baylor chapter of Sigma Chi fraternity and against individuals associated with Mynar’s Bar in West.
The Hankamer School of Business played host to a CEO, a backup astronaut and a former ambassador Wednesday night.
Baylor School of Social Work will be celebrating International Social Work Day with a food tasting and panel discussion today from noon to 3 p.m. today. The events, which are open to the public, will be held on the second floor of The School of Social Work, located at 811 Washington Ave.
Heavy rains in the Waco area resulted in flooding in the Bill Daniel Student Center late Monday.
