Renée Umstattd Meyer, a public health professor at Baylor, has built a nationally recognized reputation through helping communities better support the health of their residents. With a focus on active living, she supports communities as they strive to encourage walking, exercise, play and more. Learn how her research connects with practical pathways for children and adults to engage in activities that are healthy and fun

From a distinct Christian mission to a history of innovation, Baylor has long served as a light in higher education—as its motto says, Pro Ecclesia, Pro Texana, Pro Mundo. February 2025 marks the University’s 180th birthday. Stephen Sloan, Professor of History and Director of Baylor’s Institute for Oral History, takes listeners inside the threads that connect Baylor excellence through the decades.

Many in the Baylor Family know Blair Browning as the longtime host of All University Sing and Pigskin Review, but not everyone knows how deep his Baylor roots run. A 2012 Collins Outstanding Professor honoree, he serves as professor and chair of the Department of Communication. Browning takes listeners inside the Sing experience and shares why he loves teaching Baylor students on the program.

Master Teacher is the highest designation awarded to faculty for sustained excellence in teaching. Wiff Rudd, Professor of Trumpet in the Baylor School of Music, was recently named Master Teacher along with three other colleagues across campus.

Preparing students for leadership is a key part of the Baylor mission, and numerous programs on campus embody that calling. The Billington Peer Leader program in Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business is one, a unique student-led and student-focused initiative to support Pre-Business students as they navigate the transition to college.

Expansive leaps in technologies like AI prompt important questions about their impact on people. Pablo Rivas, assistant professor of computer science, is a leader at the intersection of technology and ethics. Rivas, Baylor’s site-director for the Center on Responsible Artificial Intelligence and Governance, unpacks questions around responsible AI and examines the role Baylor can play as an ethical voice amidst this growth.

Baylor’s Institute for Faith and Learning (IFL) offers numerous resources to faculty, staff and students to assist Baylor in achieving its mission of integrating academic excellence and Christian commitment.

All lawyers must understand elements of psychology to successfully navigate the human elements of the legal system. Few people are as well-qualified in this area as Chris Jaeger, associate professor of law at Baylor.

A new strategic plan, an addition to the University’s longstanding motto, and a second-half football surge: these are just a few of the highlights of an eventful 2024 year that saw continued growth as a preeminent Christian research university. President Linda A. Livingstone, PhD., takes listeners inside some of the highlights, honors and opportunities that defined the past 12 months and set the stage for 2025.

What does it mean to readers that the Psalms are a book of poetry? What can the topics embedded within the 150 chapters of the Psalms tell us about God’s relationship to man?