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Jun. 9, 2026
Summer Camping: The Lasting Impact of Baylor’s Summer Programs

Each summer, Baylor’s campus transforms into a dynamic environment where learning is supported by doing, and experiences shape both young participants and the Baylor students who lead them.

May 18, 2026
Baylor Cancer Researchers at Forefront of New Discoveries

It's National Cancer Research Month, and Baylor researchers are leading the way on trailblazing approaches to effective therapies for some of the most aggressive cancers.

May 12, 2026
Waco Organizations Receive Grants Through Baylor's Philanthropy Lab

Students in Baylor's innovative Philanthropy & the Public Good course awarded $100,000 in grants to seven local nonprofits.

May 8, 2026
Mother-Daughter Baylor Nursing Alums Bring Recognition to the Value of Midwives

In the spirit of National Nurses Week and Mother’s Day, Baylor Nursing highlights mother-daughter alumni DNPs bringing recognition to the value of midwives.

May 8, 2026
Sasaki wins SCUP Award for Excellence in Landscape Architecture

Designed by Sasaki, the Memorial to Enslaved Persons was recognized in spring 2026 for Excellence in Landscape Architecture General Design by the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP). These awards recognize excellence in the planning and design of campus grounds.

May 8, 2026
Baylor Students Divert Over 25 Tons of “Bear-ly Used” Goods to Waco Nonprofits

As Baylor University students prepare to move out of residence halls at the end of the spring semester, a campus-wide, student-led initiative is ensuring that usable items are not thrown away.

May 5, 2026
Baylor Student Researchers Win Top Honors at Texas Academy of Science Meeting

Three Baylor University biology and biochemistry student researchers earned top honors for their presentations at the 129th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science.

Apr. 16, 2026
Baylor research, from ‘bugs delivering drugs’ to a student improving heart transplant treatment

What if bacteria could be a tool to better deliver cancer drugs?

How would heart transplants be improved if hearts were better preserved while waiting for transplant?

These are just two of the many questions being addressed these days by Baylor researchers — professors and students alike — in departments across campus. It would take far more than this blog post to adequately capture the scope of Baylor research, but we can share a few examples of the latest work at BU:

Apr. 8, 2026
Stewarding God’s Creation: Baylor University Increases Campus-Wide Sustainability Efforts

Guided by its Christian mission and commitment to stewarding God’s creation, Baylor continues to advance sustainability through intentional practices that integrate faith, academics and daily campus life. 

Mar. 26, 2026
6P Color Inc. Honored with Lumière Award for Breakthrough in Digital Color

Baylor researchers Corey P. Carbonara, Ph.D., and Michael Korpi, Ph.D., led university-industry team to develop 6P’s revolutionary Full Color Range display system

Mar. 26, 2026
AAAS Honors Two Baylor University Researchers as Lifetime Fellows

Dwayne D. Simmons, Ph.D., and Samuel S. Urlacher, Ph.D., have been elected to the rank of 2025 AAAS Fellow, a lifetime honor announced today by the Council of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Mar. 26, 2026
Baylor Ranked Among Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2025

Baylor University is ranked No. 81 among the Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2025, a list published by the National Academy of Inventors.

Mar. 25, 2026
This Baylor alumna’s lifetime of service epitomizes ‘Pro Ecclesia’

She’s been called the “Mother Teresa of Bangalore,” and her lifetime of service is the subject of two books — a biography published in 2008, and a children’s book published in 2021.

But before the books, before the recognition, before the lifetime of service, Rebekah Ann Naylor (BA ’67) was a Baylor Bear.

Mar. 18, 2026
Baylor Cancer Researcher Selected for Fulbright Specialist Program

Baylor University has added to its Fulbright success, this time with cancer researcher and molecular biologist Jonathan Kelber, Ph.D., named to the prestigious Fulbright Specialist Program.

Mar. 17, 2026
Baylor Junior Contributes to Published Study Aimed at Improving Heart Transplant Outcomes

University Scholar Abhinav Rajkumar joins researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Heart Institute for life-saving medical research

Mar. 11, 2026
Top 2%: Baylor profs recognized among world’s most-cited researchers

When researchers complete a study and share their work, they hope it will have impact: to help people, advance understanding, develop technologies and more. 

Such impact is important — but can be hard to measure. There’s no one way to do it, but Stanford University has annually compiled a prestigious list that captures one important measure of impact: citations. And Baylor researchers do very well there.

 

Mar. 6, 2026
How Mosquitoes “Smell” Danger and Why It Matters

New research shows how a natural plant compound flips a built-in “avoid” switch in the mosquito brain and why that could lead to better repellents

Feb. 23, 2026
Shining a Light on Black Gospel Music

Baylor’s Black Gospel Music Preservation Project is drawing national media attention by expanding the ways it preserves and promotes decades of this historic music. 

Feb. 19, 2026
City of Waco Proclaims Robert Doyle Day Honoring Baylor Wetlands Researcher

Waco Mayor Jim Holmes proclaimed Feb. 17, 2026, as Robert Doyle Day, recognizing the Baylor University researcher for his decades of service to Waco’s water systems. 

Feb. 18, 2026
New Study Bridges the Language Gap in Healthcare

Baylor-Waco Family Medicine research finds affordable interpreter training model for heritage Spanish speakers can improve patient care, restore dignity in health communication

Feb. 16, 2026
Baylor named to TIME’s ‘Best Colleges for Future Leaders’ for third straight year

Baylor’s mission has long been to “educate men and women for worldwide leadership and service” — and for the third straight year, a survey by TIME magazine confirms Baylor’s doing exactly that.

Baylor once again ranks among TIME‘s list of the 100 Best Colleges for Future Leaders, coming in at No. 70 nationally for 2026 (No. 4 in Texas, No. 5 in the Big 12). This year, the publication studied the resumes of almost 5,000 U.S. leaders — pulling from business, government, academia and more — to find where today’s leaders got their start, with Baylor continuing to stand out among the nation’s best.

Feb. 13, 2026
Baylor Accounting Students Serve Community with Free Tax Assistance

Waco VITA program brings together students from Baylor, University and La Vega high schools to prepare more than 1,500 tax returns for families across McLennan County.

Feb. 11, 2026
Baylor Receives $5M Lilly Endowment Grant for Storytelling Initiative

“The Whole Body Project” will showcase stories of mutual flourishing in faith communities that embrace individuals with and without disabilities and mental health challenges.

Feb. 5, 2026
“Bugs Delivering Drugs” – Baylor Researchers Publish New Approach to Colorectal Cancer Treatment Using Common Food-Borne Bacteria

Baylor researchers have published a novel approach to fight colorectal cancer, using modified bacteria as a courier to deliver potent cancer-killing proteins into tumor cells.