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“[Better Together] was created out of this need for religious minorities, and also the religious majority here at Baylor, to learn more about their neighbors and to develop that understanding between groups,” The Woodlands junior and civic interfaith leader Noor Saleh said.

Goat Yoga Texas visited Baylor to host multiple yoga sessions in celebration of Diadeloso 2022.

As April and Sexual Assualt Awareness Month begin, Dr. Laura Johnson, associate vice president for Equity and Title IX, shared her insight on what students may not know about the Title IX office.

By Pierson Luscy | Broadcast Reporter Baylor Public health students went to Magnolia Press on Sunday, but what they got…

By Kaity Kempf | Broadcast Reporter Baylor’s favorite campus holiday, Diadeloso, is finally back! LTVN’s Kaity Kempf joins the party.…

Houston man Joseph Craig Thomas Jr. (24) was identified by police as the victim of the Sunday morning shooting.

The Baylor University Career Center aims to helps students with best resources and to make them ready for a successful career.

Baylor’s chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) has elected new officers for the 2022-2023 school year. These include Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., junior and president Mary Watson Vergnolle; Napa, Calif., junior and vice president Elliott Dunham; Houston freshman and secretary Jillian Marty; Spring sophomore and membership outreach officer Chloe Vartanian; and Sammamish, Wash., junior and PR director Clara Lincicome.

After looking very different the past two years because of the pandemic, the Baylor tradition is back to true form Tuesday, just in time to celebrate Diadeloso’s 90th anniversary. Activities begin at 8 a.m. on Fountain Mall and will continue throughout the day until 8 p.m.

Talbert, who is currently a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, said his passion for collecting started when he was a child, searching for bottles and baseball cards. This interest only grew when he became a middle and high school social studies teacher in 1986, looking for political buttons and accumulating almost 2,500 in the 36 years that have passed since then.

While driving northbound on I-35 Friday afternoon, Plano freshman Lauren Watts was pulled over in Hill County by a man she said she believed was impersonating a police officer. The Hill County Sheriff’s Office said it is currently investigating the incident.

Around 2:16 a.m. Sunday morning, four to eight shots were fired at the 2300 block of 2nd St., leaving one man dead. One source who went to the party and another acrobatics & tumbling team member confirmed the party was hosted by members of the acrobatics & tumbling team after winning their meet on Saturday.

The Food and Drug Administration has now authorized a second booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for adults over 50 years old and immunocompromised individuals at least four months after their last dose was administered.

The Global Health Student Network (GHSN) is putting a focus on Global Health Day, a national holiday on April 7 spreading awareness about global health.

Growing up, freshman Stirling Cope had to live under strict conditions. Thanks to a severe peanut allergy, he and his family had to constantly be vigilant against any possible exposure to peanuts, as touching the slightest amount of peanuts would send him to the hospital. But after spending four years in a research study on allergy immunotherapy, Cope can now tolerate eating up to 17 peanuts without having a reaction.

“For those who have not attended Gateway to India before, it will be a rollercoaster of a night,” Bhatt said. “I remember my heart beating so fast watching teams do their performances with all their might. Teams work all year long to perfectly curate a set with a storyline, lighting, music and dances meant to steal your heart. We are so thankful and grateful to have some incredible performers this year, and you can bet every audience member is going to be blown away by the various styles of dance and art within Indian culture.”

“I’ve been the first to do a lot of things,” Palacios said. “Even in the School of Education, I was the only Latina professor for over 10 years. I’ve been the first or the only at basically everything I’ve done. I’ve been excited about that. I love that I was able to leave my footprints and have an impact on different things that we still continue to do.”

Doriann Beverly, senior coordinator of community service, said the station is a prototype of the stations the informal group of cat caretakers plans to install around campus. Beverly said having a covered, elevated feeding station would prevent other animals from accessing the cats’ food, keep the food dry during weather events, easily identify the cat colonies and keep the area where the cats live clean.

Dr. Annette von Jouanne, professor of electrical and computer engineering, partnered with the U.S. Navy on the development of electric ships and how sustainable energy relates to transportation.

“The atmosphere is special at Delta Night Live,” White said. “There’s going to be different food trucks and vendors, which will be so fun to grab a bite to eat before going to watch the performance [at South Plaza]. It really is a fun outdoor concert that you won’t want to miss.”

After a week of its $1.90 challenge, Compassion International at Baylor has seen students joining its club, showing interest in volunteering and raising awareness for poverty.

“We’re looking for student leaders who are ready to change kids’ health, to change the future and help raise funds and awareness for McLane Children’s, the local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital treating children’s families from the Waco-Temple-Bryan area and beyond,” the Dance Marathon website reads.

While there are a few historical buildings on campus that are not up to current Americans with Disability Act (ADA) standards, Patrick Carley, associate vice president for facilities and operations, said Baylor as a university is ADA compliant.

“I think as you become more aware of things, you realize where there might be a problem,” clinical professor Dr. Kelsey Ragan said. “Building your awareness and noticing things around you that might make something less accessible to someone with a disability and then advocate to make that a more inclusive environment.”

In honor of Women’s History Month, presidents from well-known, female-run organizations on campus spoke about the significance of the month of March.

As a celebration of innovation and discovery, URSA Scholars Week provides undergraduate students with an opportunity to share their research with the Baylor community and gain recognition for their academic achievement.

Baylor University is hosting its annual Beall Poetry Festival over the course of three days from March 30 to April 1. The Beall Poetry Festival is an event that brings in poets to read their work to a live audience and critics to talk about poetry. This year is the festival’s 28th consecutive year of hosting.

Marvel Studios’ “Spider-Man: No Way Home” was the highest-grossing movie in 2021, making a whopping $260,138,569 in its opening week.

Throughout the years, Baylor has had notable alumni. Here are some facts about several of them.

As streaming services offer more options to watch new and exciting releases or nostalgic reminiscences of childhood, they draw audiences away from theaters, leaving them crawling to a slow death.