When firefighters with the Whitney Fire Department needed assistance last week controlling a series of fires that threatened more than 80 homes, they turned to two Baylor experts who helped them predict with accuracy when and where the fires were likely to spread.

Baylor’s Theta Nu chapter of the Alpha Tau Omega national fraternity recently outshined 250 other chapters across the country to receive the Top Chapter award for 2010-2011.

Nathan Adair, a 2001 Baylor graduate, has been dining on $1 a day for 30 days in order to raise poverty awareness– a challenge that will end at the end of the week.

Texas ranks second in the nation with citizens suffering from food insecurity according to a report recently released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.