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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Armaan Franklin scored a career-high 26 points, and No. 16 Virginia used a big second-half run to knock off No. 5 Baylor 86-79 on Friday night in the team's first game since three Cavaliers football players were killed in a campus shooting.
WACO, Texas – No. 8 Baylor equestrian (2-4, 2-1) took care of Fresno State (0-6, 0-3) Friday at the Willis Family Equestrian Center by a total of 11-7.
The No. 15-ranked Baylor volleyball team heads down I-35 looking for a crucial win on Saturday in Austin, facing top-ranked Texas at 7 p.m. in Gregory Gymnasium.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 18, 2022) - Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary Dean Todd D. Still, Ph.D., announced today the appointment of Jason Vickers, Ph.D., as professor of Christian Theology and as the inaugural holder of The William J. Abraham Chair of Wesleyan Studies.
As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday and look toward the light of Christ to be celebrated at Christmas, I wish to express my personal gratitude – as well as to extend the gratitude of everyone on the faculty and staff of Baylor University – to the Baylor Family for your support of our outstanding students and your contributions to fulfilling the mission of Baylor.
WACO, Texas – Baylor track and field inked six to their 2023 fall signing class, head coach Michael Ford announced Thursday.
WACO, Texas – No. 8 Baylor equestrian (1-4, 1-1) hosts Fresno State (0-4, 0-2) on Friday at 12 p.m. at the Willis Family Equestrian Center to round out its fall schedule.
WACO, Texas – For the third-straight year, Baylor tied its school-record overall score of 94 in Graduate Success Rate (GSR).
WACO, Texas (Nov. 17, 2022) – The Mayborn Museum, located on the Baylor University campus, has announced its new status as a Smithsonian Affiliate, joining a network of more than 200 Smithsonian Affiliates in the United States, Puerto Rico and Panama.
The No. 15-ranked Baylor volleyball team took the match over Iowa State on Wednesday night, 3-1, in the Ferrell Center.
As the Gatorade Track & Field Athlete of the Year in Texas and one of the state's most highly sought football prospects, Robert Griffin III thought he was going to come to Baylor and "be the big dog on campus from an athletic standpoint."
WACO, Texas – Baylor baseball inked 13 players to its 2023 signing class, as announced by head coach Mitch Thompson on Wednesday.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 16, 2022) - Remote work is generally viewed positively, but it has its own distinct set of challenges, and businesses that help employees respond to these challenges will benefit with a more productive and healthier workforce, according to research led by remote/hybrid work expert Sara J. Perry, Ph.D., associate professor of management at Baylor.
The No. 15-ranked Baylor volleyball team hosts Iowa State on Wednesday night in the Ferrell Center with first serve set for 7 p.m.
Mackenzie Anthony (soccer), Jasmine Gryne (women's track & field), Josh White (football) and Langston Love (men's basketball) have been selected as the Student-Athlete Center for Excellence (SACE) November Champions of the Month.
The John R. Wooden Award® presented by Wendy's® announced on Tuesday that Baylor women's basketball's Aijha Blackwell has been named to the Women's Preseason Top 50 Watch List on ESPN.com.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 15, 2022) - The Baylor School of Music adds to Christmas festivities with an array of Christmas concerts that range from the sold-out performances of the popular A Baylor Christmas and Chamber Singers Christmas Concert, to the Baylor Bronze Handbell Concert and the 48 bells of the McLane Carillon sounding out across campus.
A decorated Air Force pilot and Vietnam veteran who flew 198 F-4 missions, Col. Wilbur Mehaffey also became an instructor, supervisor and director of flight operations for the Air Force Training Command in Phoenix, Ariz.
Bears to Host Horned Frogs at 11 a.m. on FOX
The No. 17 Baylor women's basketball team (2-0) hosts its third-straight in-state opponent in as many games when it welcomes the SMU Mustangs (1-1) inside the Ferrell Center on Tuesday night.
Baylor women's basketball guard/forward Bella Fontleroy has been named the Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Week, the league announced on Monday.
WACO, Texas – Baylor senior guard Adam Flagler picked up Big 12 Conference Player of the Week honors, as announced by the league office on Monday.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 14, 2022) – While peer influence is the top factor that leads to Baylor University students to attain higher levels of vertical faith maturity and horizontal faith maturity, respectively, attending a local place of worship is a powerful predictor of both measures of faith maturity, according to research from Baylor’s ongoing Faith and Character Study, which tracks the long-term impact of a Baylor education on a person’s faith and character.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 14, 2022) – Deborah Logan, Ph.D., professor emerita of English at Western Kentucky University, will present “Harriet Martineau: Spirit of the Victorian Age” at Baylor University’s Armstrong Browning Library and Museum and online via Zoom at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, as part of ABL’s annual Benefactors Day celebration.
On November 19, 2022, Baylor University and Texas Christian University meet on the gridiron for the 118th time – a rivalry that dates back to 1899. With this game, Baylor v TCU will tie Texas v Texas A&M as the most-played rivalry in the state of Texas.
Bears and Horned Frogs kickoff on Saturday at 11 a.m.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 13, 2022) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on how remote work impacts office gossip, space weather’s effect on earth and voter turnout in 2022.
Bears to face Horned Frogs on Saturday
The No. 10-ranked Baylor volleyball team fell on Saturday afternoon to TCU, 3-1, in Schollmaier Arena.
Baylor defense needs to have gap responsibility against K-State run game.
WACO, Texas – Baylor equestrian head coach Casie Maxwell announced the signings of nine student-athletes in the class of 2023 on Friday.
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Baylor cross country team wrapped up the 2022 season at the NCAA South Central Regional on Friday morning.
The No. 10-ranked Baylor volleyball team is ready to face TCU on Saturday in Schollmaier Arena, with first serve set for 2 p.m. in Fort Worth.
WACO, Texas – Baylor women's golf signed Yoonjeong Huh and Hannah Herbel during the first day of the fall signing period, as announced by head coach Jay Goble on Friday.
You don’t want to miss Saturday’s football game at McLane Stadium! We’ll have great football weather for an increasingly rare night game, and our Bears will be playing with a berth in the Big 12 Championship Game on the line against No. 23 Kansas State.
WACO, Texas – Baylor cross country makes the trek back to Bryan-College Station for the NCAA South Central Regional Meet, set to start with the women's 6k Friday morning at 8:30 a.m, followed by the men's 10k at 9:30.
Head coach Ryan McGuyre of the Baylor volleyball team announced his 2023 signing class, revealed Thursday.
Head coach Felecia Mulkey of the seven-time national champion Baylor acrobatics & tumbling program announced her 2023-24 signing class, revealed Thursday.
WACO, Texas – Baylor soccer added eight players to the 2023 recruiting class, announced Wednesday by head coach Michelle Lenard.
WACO, Texas – Baylor softball added three student-athletes in the 2023 signing class, announced by head coach Glenn Moore on Wednesday.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 10, 2022) – Baylor University faculty members Todd Buras, Ph.D., chair and associate professor of philosophy in the College of Arts & Sciences, and Phillip Donnelly, Ph.D., director of the Great Texts program and professor of literature in the Honors College, have received a $189,999 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant to build on the success of their 2021 summer seminar Disputatio and the Pursuit of Wisdom in the Humanities.
Josh Cameron "spoke it into existence," telling his parents that he was going to earn a scholarship when he came to Baylor as a preferred walk-on.
Whether she is tutoring student-athletes, training academic mentors or chairing the External Engagement Committee, Molly Ann Walke clothes herself "with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience."
WACO, Texas – Baylor sophomore Sera Hasegawa has been named the Big 12 Women's Golfer of the Month for October, as announced Wednesday by the conference office.
WACO, Texas – Baylor men's basketball has signed Ja'Kobe Walter and Miro Little to National Letters of Intent, head coach Scott Drew announced Wednesday. With Walter's pledge, the Bears' have now signed a five-star prospect in each of the last three classes, according to ESPN.
Baylor women's basketball inked Letycia Vasconcelos to a National Letter of Intent on Wednesday, head coach Nicki Collen announced.
The nationally-ranked Baylor women's basketball team (1-0) will continue its four-game homestand and face its second in-state opponent in as many games when it takes on the Incarnate Word Cardinals (1-0) on Thursday at 7 p.m. inside the Ferrell Center.
WACO, Texas – Baylor men's golf has signed Davis Ovard, head coach Mike McGraw announced Wednesday.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 9, 2022) – When the architects of Baylor University’s Institute for Faith and Learning (IFL) convened in 1997 to lay out its foundations, there was no guarantee that its influence would extend beyond the Baylor campus. A quarter century later, Baylor IFL is celebrating its worldwide contributions to nurturing the synergy between faith and reason.
WACO, Texas – Baylor softball released its full slate for the 2023 season, including 28 home games at Getterman Stadium, announced Tuesday afternoon by 23rd-year head coach Glenn Moore.
WACO, Texas – Baylor men's tennis released its 2023 spring schedule on Tuesday, as announced by head coach Michael Woodson.
Averi Carlson of the No. 10-ranked Baylor volleyball team has earned her fourth Rookie of the Week honor from the Big 12, the conference announced Tuesday.
Baylor's "Quarter-Miler U" label was definitely earned, with Olympic gold medalists in Michael Johnson, Jeremy Wariner, Darold Williamson and Reggie Witherspoon and national champions dating back to Willie Caldwell and his crew in 1985.
Kansas State plays a physical game that Dave Aranda says, "I really respect."
WACO, Texas – Baylor men's basketball announced Monday that junior guard Dantwan Grimes would redshirt for the upcoming season.
Bears enter on a three-game winning streak
WACO, Texas (Nov. 7, 2022) – For National STEM Day, Baylor University is starting a new outreach project, which provides teachers, families and students with do-it-yourself projects designed to make science, technology, engineering and math come alive.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 7, 2022) - Marlene Neill, Ph.D., APR, associate professor and graduate program director in journalism, public relations and new media at Baylor University, will be presented with the Outstanding Educator Award by the Public Relations Society of America.
Four Baylor women's tennis student-athletes traveled to the 2022 Big 12 Individual Championships this weekend, hosted by Oklahoma State.
DALLAS, Texas – Baylor men's tennis closed out the fall tournament season at SMU's Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex on Sunday afternoon. The Bears tallied one doubles and three singles victories in the third and final day of the Ralston/Neufeld Coaches Challenge.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 6, 2022) – Baylor University elementary education graduate Emily Blackwell, B.S.Ed. ’22, now teaching first grade at Brentfield Elementary in Richardson ISD, has been honored as the 2022 National Student Teacher of the Year by Kappa Delta Pi, the international honor society in education, and the Association of Teacher Educators.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 6, 2022) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on how highly processed foods can lead to a higher risk of colorectal cancer in men, the challenges ahead in the Russia-Ukraine conflict as winter approaches and the role of politics and civil discourse.
WACO, Texas – Baylor men's tennis split up on Saturday to compete at the 2022 ITA Fall National Championships in San Diego, Calif., and the Ralston/Neufeld Coaches Challenge at SMU in Dallas. In California, the doubles paring of Finn Bass and Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi fell in the semifinal round to the fourth-seeded team from Ohio State, Andrew Lutschaunig and JJ Tracy, 6-4, 3-6, 10-(7)
The No. 11-ranked Baylor volleyball team got the 3-0 win over Kansas on Saturday afternoon in the Ferrell Center.
Baylor's physicality in the offensive line could spell trouble for Oklahoma's run defense.
WACO, Texas – Baylor men's tennis split up on Friday to compete at the 2022 ITA Fall Nationals in San Diego, Calif., and the Ralston/Neufeld Coaches Challenge at SMU in Dallas. In California, the doubles paring of Finn Bass and Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi defeated Edoardo Graziani and Kevin Zhu from Penn, 6-4, 1-6, 1-0(5) to advance to the semifinal round.
The No. 11-ranked Baylor volleyball team is ready to face Kansas on Saturday in the Ferrell Center, with first serve set for 2 p.m.
Baylor women's basketball senior transfer Aijha Blackwell has been selected to the 2023 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Women's Watch List, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Friday.
DALLAS – No. 8 Baylor equestrian (1-4, 1-1) fell to No. 1 SMU (2-0, 0-0) Friday at the Dallas Equestrian Center by a final of 13-6.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 4, 2022) – At its regular quarterly meeting, the Baylor University Board of Regents focused its discussion on Baylor’s position in the higher education marketplace, highlighted by strong financial reports about upgraded bond ratings and positive investment returns amid continued strong demand for a Baylor experience and education.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 4, 2022) – As a cold front moves across Texas, the National Weather Service has issued a Tornado WATCH for a large portion of Central Texas, including Waco and McLennan County, effective until 8 p.m. CDT. This means that tornadoes – along with damaging winds and hail – are possible in and near the watch area.
Led by Missouri transfer Aijha Blackwell with 16, the 18th-ranked Baylor women had six players score in double figures and rolled to a 97-40 win over Southwest Baptist in Thursday's exhibition game at the Ferrell Center.
SAN DIEGO – Baylor men's tennis wrapped up the second day of play at the Barnes Tennis Center on Thursday evening. The duo of Finn Bass and Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi are advancing through to the quarterfinal round of the 2022 ITA Fall National Championships after defeating Acevedo/Krolo (FAU), 4-6, 6-1, 1-0(9).
The Baylor University Board of Regents will be on campus today and tomorrow for its quarterly meeting. This is an important group of Baylor volunteers, as they serve as the official governing body of the University and ensure alignment with our Christian mission and financial integrity.
As a former member of the Golden Wave Marching Band, Hannah Steed brings a "unique perspective" to her role as assistant director of BaylorVision.
WACO, Texas – No. 8 Baylor equestrian (1-3, 1-1) is set to square off with No. 1 SMU (1-0, 0-0) on Friday at 9:10 a.m. at the Dallas Equestrian Center.
Champions' TriBUne is a special feature through Baylor Athletics that gives you the student-athlete's perspective and the chance for them to share their own story. Kara McGhee, a four-year starting middle blocker, was a freshman on Baylor volleyball's 29-2 team that shared the Big 12 championship and reached the Final Four. The senior communications major from San Antonio, Texas, was a first-team All-Big 12 pick in 2020 and is ranked in the top 10 nationally in blocks (4th, 132) and hitting percentage (9th, .401). Up to No. 11 in the latest AVCA rankings, Baylor (20-4, 8-2) hosts Kansas (15-5, 5-5) at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Ferrell Center.
PHILADELPHIA – Baylor football freshman running back Richard Reese has been named one of 14 semifinalists for the 2022 Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Award, as announced Thursday by the Maxwell Football Club.
WACO, Texas – Baylor baseball released its complete 2023 schedule on Thursday, as announced by first-year head coach Mitch Thompson.
Four Baylor women's tennis student-athletes are set to compete in the Big 12 Individual Championships this weekend, hosted by Oklahoma State.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 3, 2022) – Ashley Barrett, Ph.D., BA ’07, MA ’09, associate professor in Baylor’s Department of Communication, has earned a highly coveted CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the impact of new information technologies on the communication they facilitate in healthcare settings and seek ways to promote compassionate communication and empathy in these ever-evolving patient-provider interactions.
The Kyle Lake Center for Effective Preaching at Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary will present the third annual National Preaching Conference on Nov. 15-17 at First Baptist Church of Waco.