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Illuminate Illuminate Forward Baylor University

WebLaunched in 2018, Illuminate is Baylor's comprehensive strategic plan that has quickly transformed the University, culminating with Baylor being designated as an elite, R1 research university; surpassing its $1.1 billion fundraising goal in the Give Light campaign; and establishing 20 new endowed faculty chair positions. Illuminate Forward continues …

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Environmental Determinants of Health Illuminate Forward Baylor

WebThe World Health Organization (WHO) reports that 23% of global deaths and 26% of deaths in children under five years of age are due to modifiable environmental factors. Lower-income countries bear a higher burden of environmentally mediated disease per capita than developed nations; however, health disparities pervade the United States as well. Rapid …

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Biomedical Research Illuminate Forward Baylor University

WebBiomedical research encompasses a wide array of activities that span fundamental “bench science” in STEM disciplines to clinical research on human subjects. Investments in this area will establish Baylor as a leader in understanding, preventing, diagnosing, and furthering new treatments of human disease, as well as position the University to form …

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Undergraduate Health and Medical Education Illuminate Forward

WebHealth and medical education is undergoing significant shifts. Driving these shifts are changes in education and research, such as digital-based and team-based learning approaches, and a greater sensitivity to local and regional contexts. There is a significant need and opportunity for new experiments to address a broader understanding of health …

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Family and Community Determinants of Health

WebBaylor’s transdisciplinary, integrated approach to health is unique in addressing a wide range of health issues relevant to families and communities and, alongside a distinctive focus on spiritual well-being, will position the University as a leading force in this arena nationally. Families wrestle with health issues from increased diagnoses of autism to …

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Health and Disease Prevention

WebBaylor is uniquely poised to conduct cross-disciplinary research on population health and the factors that impact the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities. Populations in both Texas and the Americas will be significantly impacted by addressing social determinants through community based partnerships with researchers in health …

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Health Policy, Law, Leadership and Ethics

WebOur expertise in healthcare law enables us to influence and engage professors and students in the dialogue. Healthcare ethics, also known as bioethics, focuses on the moral principles, beliefs, and values associated with different healthcare choices. Our Christian commitment means we need to engage in dialogue and help shape thinking about

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Nationally Recognized Programs in Human Performance through …

WebThe pursuit of nationally recognized programs in human performance finds unique pathways at Baylor through the arts and athletics. Both serve as entry points for the community, alumni and students to feel they are a part of the life of the University. Both also add tremendous value to the University and society beyond

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Four Pillars Illuminate Forward Baylor University

WebChartered by the Republic of Texas in 1845, Baylor University was first located in the village of Independence in Washington County. Each year, the incoming class of students travels as a group to Independence, where four columns remain from one of Baylor's original buildings. These pillars remind all who see them that Baylor's strong foundation, built on …

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Research and Scholarship Marked by Quality, Impact, and Visibility

WebBaylor University aspires to transform lives around the world through ground-breaking research and evidence-based, capacity-building partnerships that address the critical issues of our time and create a foundation for future discoveries. Baylor University aspires to transform lives around the world through ground-breaking research and evidence-based, …

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Baylor's Academic Strategic Plan, Illuminate

WebBaylor stands apart as a Christian research university — a position that empowers our aspiration to become America’s preeminent Christian research university. Illuminate, Baylor University’s Academic Strategic Plan, has one overarching goal: To bring light to the world as we accelerate our quest toward preeminence as a Christian research university, …

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Human Flourishing, Leadership, and Ethics

WebBaylor University will be a recognized leader in understanding the conditions by which humans, communities, and societies flourish. To quote noted scholar John DelHousaye, “Human flourishing is not conjured from man-made programs, but emerges from image-bearers of God working creatively and interacting with others for the individual and …

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Data Sciences Illuminate Forward Baylor University

WebData Sciences is a rapidly advancing, interdisciplinary field that relies on techniques and theories drawn from machine learning, data mining, scalable data storage, and digital communication, as well as the disciplines of statistics, mathematics, and library sciences. “What I’m studying now won’t appear in textbooks for another ten years, probably, but it’s …

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About Illuminate Illuminate Forward Baylor University

WebIlluminate Forward About. “Do not face the future with timidity or with fear. Face it boldly, courageously, joyously. Have faith in what the future holds.”. These are the words of President Samuel Palmer Brooks as he penned his final letter to the seniors of 1931 and the “seniors of all years.”. Just as these words were true then and

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Human Capital Formation and Education

WebBaylor students and faculty continue to foster the development of relationships between education and development in Latin America while facilitating education programs that promote health, economic development, and social institutions throughout both urban and rural regions. Education is a crucial factor in promoting development in Latin America, …

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Baylor in Latin America Illuminate Forward Baylor University

WebThe Baylor in Latin America initiative reflects the University motto “Pro Ecclesia, Pro Texana” and provides the opportunity for engagement by Baylor faculty, students, staff, and alumni in multiple avenues of the Quality Enhancement Plan, Global Baylor.Baylor in Latin America will provide the level of institutional support currently present at peer institutions …

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Materials Science Illuminate Forward Baylor University

WebMaterials Science is a cuttingedge field with high market demand for graduates and vast extramural funding. Investments in Materials Science will position Baylor University as a leader in technologies that make products faster, stronger, and lighter, providing solutions for enhanced quality of life. Over the last 50 years, Materials Science has played a …

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Five Signature Academic Initiatives Illuminate Forward Baylor

WebFive areas of focus have been identified in Illuminate — Health, Data Sciences, Materials Science, Human Flourishing, Leadership, and Ethics, and Baylor in Latin America. These initiatives will enable the creation of centers of research excellence through multidisciplinary scholarship and collaboration with faculty appointments from

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