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One Central Texas pastor will be spreading the gospel to the world at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Living with type 1 diabetes is not a chosen lifestyle, but it is one that cannot be ignored.

The film and digital media department will host screenwriter, fiction novelist and Baylor alum nus ‘91 Derek Haas on campus today for a book signing and film showing.

A student organization called Baylor Undergraduate Research in Science and Technology (BURST) is answering Baylor’s call to improve undergraduate research.

For most Americans, nothing significant happened on May 15, 1916 — or so they thought.

A tiny amount of radiation could have escaped from a Southern California nuclear power plant after a water leak prompted operators to shut down a reactor as a precaution, but plant workers and the public were not endangered, officials said Wednesday.

Planned Parenthood said Wednesday that it received more than $400,000 from 6,000 donors in the 24 hours after news broke that its affiliates would be losing grants for breast screenings from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer foundation.

Baylor College of Medicine will soon have the technology to decode human genomes faster than ever at a fraction of the cost.

Baylor head coach football Art Briles announced today 23 student-athletes have signed their National Letter of Intent to play football at Baylor University.

Baylor students are working together to make sure the juniors and seniors of Whitney High School will have a spring prom they will never forget.

Baylor was recently named one of 14 colleges “leading the way” for gluten-free students by bestcollegesonline.com.

Baylor Law School is revamping its workshop meant to kick pre-law students into gear with its second Pre-Law Boot Camp.

Mitt Romney routed Newt Gingrich in the Florida primary Tuesday night, rebounding smartly from an earlier defeat and taking a major step toward the Republican presidential nomination. Gingrich vowed to press on despite the one-sided setback.

A Baylor assistant professor criticized President Barack Obama’s use of targeted drone strikes in the Middle East at a public lecture Tuesday, prompting praise from the event’s sponsors but vocal disagreement from several audience members, including a former soldier.

A senior administrator at Claremont McKenna College resigned after acknowledging that he falsified college entrance exam scores for years to publications responsible for ranking the small school among universities, an official said.

The architectural firm Baylor hired to design a potential riverfront football stadium is working with five construction companies to estimate the cost of the project.

Baylor honored Dallas residents John and Marie Chiles with the 2011 Baylor Founders Medal for their generosity Monday. President Ken Starr spoke at the celebrations, which were held during Chapel sessions.

Many struggling undergrads have wondered if all the time and money spent on a four-year education is worth it. This might become a more legitimate concern to one who reads new statistics published by the Texas Workforce Commission on Jan. 19.

Law enforcement agencies across the state will be cracking down on outstanding warrants in February.

The Baylor Admissions department recently posted a YouTube video which features two students reflecting on life as math majors as part of a new video series to present the majors offered at Baylor.

Cathedrals or government buildings could influence voting, a recent Baylor study showed.

The Roman Empire: the perfect storm?

To hear Newt Gingrich tell it, the dramatic conservative change he promises will begin even before he is sworn in as president in 2013.

Although names such as Martin Luther King Jr., Booker T. Washington and Rosa Parks are sometimes the most readily associated with major contributions to the advancement of African-Americans, there are people who have lived in the Waco area and made impacts as well.

The President’s Scholarship Initiative has reached $43 million and is on track to reach its goal of $100 million by May 2013, Ali Abercrombie, assistant vice president and campaign director, said.

A Baylor administrator announced plans are in the works to refurbish five of the university’s residence halls over a 15- to 20-year period at Thursday’s Student Senate meeting.

Transportation officials on Thursday signed off on a faster speed limit of 75 mph for about 1,500 miles of Texas highways.

Convicted murderer Rodrigo Hernandez was executed Thursday night for the abduction, rape and strangulation of a 38-year-old woman in San Antonio 18 years ago.

Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity will host its eighth annual Battle of the Burning Sands Step Show, a contest in which step teams compete to win cash prizes, on Saturday in Waco Hall.

Texas colleges must send illegal immigrants who pay in-state college tuition rates reminders that they promised to seek legal status in exchange.