“We really want to help Baylor students develop their sense of what they can do in this world,” Codie Robinson said. “Part of that is helping those around them, their neighbors near and far.”

Students, faculty, staff and Waco community members gathered at Fountain Mall on Sunday to walk in support of Ukraine after Russia’s invasion.

The Global Friendship Program is a program that aims to connect international students who are new to Baylor and the country and to accommodate them into the new environment by pairing them up with local student partners or host families, according to its website.

Russia has made its way to the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital after launching a full-scale military attack on Ukraine, invading the country from three sides both by airstrikes and by foot. According to the Associated Press, the health minister of Ukraine said that at least 57 Ukrainians have been killed and 169 more are wounded.

An interdisciplinary team of researchers and engineers received a $600,000 grant in 2020 to study the effectiveness of a mechanical horse simulator as a treatment for children with autism.