Baylor alum stars as ‘Fargo’ TV series debuts
A Baylor alum starring in the TV adaptation of Fargo? You betcha. Allison Tolman, BFA ’04, plays the female lead in the televised version of “Fargo,” a 10-episode series premiering tonight at 9 p.m....
View ArticleHappy 61st birthday, All University Sing!
[Editor's note: This story was originally slated to run a year ago today, but was never posted out of respect for the memorial service being held that day for the victims of the West explosion. As the...
View ArticlePresident Starr talks D.C. gridlock with political analyst Juan Williams
As a longtime observer and chronicler of our nation’s capital, Fox News analyst and former NPR commentator Juan Williams has a broad historical perspective to draw from when analyzing the current...
View ArticleJudge Starr testifies before Congressional committee on student-athlete...
The concept of student-athlete unionization has been one of the hottest topics in college athletics since late March, when the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that football players at...
View ArticleSoftball’s historic comeback clinches spot among NCAA final four
Baylor softball’s season came to a close Sunday, but not before the Lady Bears had completed the largest comeback in Women’s College World Series history and reached the NCAA semifinals for the second...
View ArticleAustin’s emotional moment headlines 2014 NBA Draft
Sportswriters across the country dubbed it the best moment of the 2014 NBA Draft, perhaps one of the most memorable moments in the draft’s history. Midway through the first round, NBA Commissioner Adam...
View ArticleSpotlight falls on Baylor prof’s work identifying remains in South Texas
The sad plight of children losing their lives while attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border alone has made national news this summer following the discovery of mass unmarked graves in a South Texas...
View ArticleBaylor Line Camp sets participation record for 8th straight year
Another summer of Baylor Line Camps is nearly over, and with more than 2,000 expected participants, this year’s group of incoming students was bigger than ever. [See photos from this year's Line...
View ArticleBaylor alums take ‘Fixer Upper’ skills to HGTV, ‘Today’ show
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for Baylor alumni Chip (BBA ’98) and Joanna (BA ’01) Gaines. First, they learned that their show on HGTV, Fixer Upper, has been picked up for a second season; then...
View ArticleMove2BU ready to welcome Baylor’s Class of 2018
The largest class in Baylor history will move into residence halls today and tomorrow — but the students (and their families) won’t have to do it alone. Hundreds of Baylor upperclassmen, professors...
View ArticleAdvice for the Class of 2018, from recent Baylor graduates
There has never been a better time to be a Baylor Bear, and today we welcome the 3,500+ members of Baylor’s Class of 2018 who are experiencing their first day of college. Freshmen and transfers, take...
View ArticleMcLane Stadium debuts in grand style
Baylor football cruised to a 45-0 win over SMU in Sunday night’s McLane Stadium opener — just the second shutout Mustangs coach June Jones has suffered in his 15+ years as a collegiate head coach. But...
View ArticleHonors roll in for Baylor’s first mechanical engineering Ph.D. student
Baylor alumna and doctoral candidate Sarah Stair’s interest in science, math and engineering began innocently enough, as she built Lego towers and entered egg drop contests as a child. These days, her...
View ArticleA thousand different looks at McLane Stadium
The opening of Baylor’s McLane Stadium was a once-in-a-generation (maybe once-in-a-lifetime) event, so it’s no surprise that every angle of the day was covered in a myriad of ways. This video is my...
View Article‘Believe Me': Alum’s thought-provoking film now in theaters
One of the last people you might expect to see in a Christian comedy would be Nick Offerman, aka Ron Swanson of NBC’s Parks and Recreation. But Believe Me (in theaters today) isn’t what you’d expect...
View ArticleThe ‘Revivalry’— Baylor vs. TCU — pits two top-10 teams in Waco
McLane Stadium will host the biggest game in its young life Saturday, as No. 5-ranked Baylor returns home to host No. 9 TCU in a top-10 matchup some have dubbed “the Revivalry.” The Bears are 21-1 at...
View ArticleMiracle comeback over TCU solidifies Baylor football at No. 4 in the nation
With 10 minutes to go Saturday, Baylor football trailed a top-10 team by 21 points. ESPN says the Bears’ chances of winning at that point were less than 2%. What came next was, to quote a friend,...
View ArticleBaylor Homecoming 2014: A Look Back
Baylor Homecoming took on a new look this year, as — for the first time in nearly 80 years — the entire slate of festivities took place on the Baylor campus. For many Homecoming attendees, this marked...
View ArticleWhat #BaylorHomecoming 2014 looked like on social media
Hopefully you’re among the 150,000+ following Baylor on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. If not, then you didn’t get to fully experience #BaylorHomecoming. Baylor’s social media accounts covered...
View ArticlePresident Starr welcomes “The Blind Side” couple for “On Topic” conversation
If you’ve seen The Blind Side, you know the story of Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, and how two words — “Turn around” — changed their lives forever. (If you’re not familiar with the story, here’s a quick...
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