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Judge Kenneth Starr, the 14th president of Baylor, died at 76 on Tuesday. Starr served as president from 2010 to 2016 and was given the title of chancellor in 2013.
Baylor’s Air Force and Army ROTC programs joined forces Saturday to host their annual 5K memorial run in honor of 9/11.
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced the outlines of his plan for student loan relief, delivering on a campaign promise “to cancel $10,000 of student debt for low- to middle-income borrowers.”
The Texas “trigger law,” set to make abortion illegal in the state 30 days after the U.S. Supreme Court’s judgment overturning Roe v. Wade, will take effect Thursday. This law is called The Texas Human Life Protection Act.
On Monday, a leaked Supreme Court document containing an opinion draft regarding Roe v. Wade made headlines. The leaked opinion overturns the 1973 decision, which established the constitutional right to an abortion.
U.S. marriage rates have been declining since the 1970s and have been sitting at a historic low for the past few years. Birth rates are also reduced, hitting a record low in 2020.
The Senate voted to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman to serve on the highest court in the nation.
Baylor students will compete in the National Cyber League, an online cybersecurity competition between U.S. high school and college students, April 8-10 for the individual game and April 22-24 for the team game.
“The bill, at least symbolically at the federal level, affirms that Black lives have value,” Johnson said.
The average price per gallon of gas in the U.S. reached a record-breaking high of $4.43.
President Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union address Tuesday night, highlighting the global conflict between Russia and Ukraine, along with economic and pandemic-related matters closer to home.
BetterMe, a behavioral health care company with over 100 million users worldwide, launched an educational course on mental health for people of color to celebrate Black History Month. The course is free throughout February.
With the recent major changes to the U.S. economy at the end of 2021, Baylor business students react to the major changes in the marketplace.
The verdict surrounding Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who murdered George Floyd, has caused many students to voice their relief and concerns about the situation.
Baylor has stopped administering Johnson & Johnson/Janssen vaccines after six women were diagnosed in the U.S. with blood clotting disorders within two weeks of getting the vaccine.
Thirty-three LGBTQ students at various Christian colleges across the United State, including two Baylor students, filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education earlier this week for giving Title IX religious exemptions to taxpayer-funded, private religious colleges and universities.
Baylor accommodated students with no standardized test scores for both the admissions cycle and scholarship events for the incoming class of 2025.
After passing in the Senate on Saturday, Biden’s COVID-19 stimulus bill, known as the American Rescue Plan, is headed to the House for a final vote. The bill expands the eligibility for stimulus checks to adult dependents, including college students.
On Monday, the Senate confirmed President Biden’s pick for secretary of education, Miguel Cardona.
The Southern Baptist Convention rejected the frameworks Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality. Baptist leaders are continuing to discuss how racial tensions should be addressed in the church.
This annual event sought to remind attendees about the importance of hope and unity during a time of distance from others.
A Long Long Way Film Series will take place online this year instead of in Washington D.C., and Baylor students are encouraged to attend.
Based on the findings of a recent report by the Afghanistan Study Group, Biden may choose to postpone the withdrawal of U.S. forces from America’s longest war due on May 1.
President Biden proposed the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021. In Waco, some find hope in the bill’s promises, while others remain hesitant.
Waco-area man, involved in the Capitol storming earlier this month, was detained without bail after a detention hearing in Austin on Wednesday.
China’s actions against Uighur populations in the Xinjiang region have been deemed “genocide” by the U.S. government in one of the outgoing Trump administration’s final acts.
On Wednesday, shortly after the President’s inauguration, the Biden administration began implementing a number of initiatives from Biden’s campaign speeches, twitter announcements, and plans posted on the Biden-Harris transition website.
While in D.C. for the Baylor in Washington program, students witness the aftermath of the attack on the Capitol.
Trump released a farewell video, saying that the movement “is only just beginning” as the Senate becomes stuck when to time Trump’s impeachment trial.
