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Learn more about the work we do through the latest Baylor research news.

June 16, 2025
The Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics team, Jay Dittmann Ph.D., Jonathan Wilson, Ph.D., Andrew Brinkerhoff, Ph.D. and Kenichi Hatakeyama, Ph.D.

Four physicists with Baylor’s Experimental High Energy Physics group join more than 13,000 CERN collaborators honored for groundbreaking discoveries at the Large Hadron Collider.

June 11, 2025
Liang Sun works with students in his Baylor laboratory.

At the intersection of aerospace, ground transportation and artificial intelligence stands Baylor’s new Advanced Vehicle Intelligence and Autonomy Lab.

April 30, 2025
Byron Johnson, GFS co-leader

Generational, financial, geographical and spiritual differences top flourishing findings. 

April 30, 2025
Pat Neff Hall at Baylor University

Institute establishes Baylor as a global leader for research on faith and human flourishing, as well as the epicenter for global flourishing research/practice alongside Harvard’s Human Flourishing Program.

April 30, 2025
GFS co-directors Byron Johnson and Tyler Vanderweele speak at GFS launch event

GFS researchers highlight dichotomy between a nation's GDP and reported flourishing in a New York Times editorial.

April 30, 2025
Abstract art of human beings

A deep dive into the data from the First Wave of the Global Flourishing Study, featuring insights from more than 200,000 people across 22 countries.

April 30, 2025
Byron Johnson stands in Baylor's Armstrong Browning Library

Three key insights emerged from the First Wave of data from the landmark Global Flourishing Study, a landmark $43.4 million project that represents the most comprehensive undertaking to uncover the roots of human flourishing.

April 15, 2025
Abstract image of battery power

Jonathan Larson, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry & biochemistry, shares groundbreaking research with leaders from industry, academia & government at Volta Foundation’s Battery Forum.

An action orientation is important to Baylor. Being a Christian research university is not just theoretical. It's about impact, and making a difference in the world, in people's lives, and in communities and beyond.

Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D.
President, Baylor University; Past Chairman and Current Board Member, ACE; Chairman NCAA Board of Governors; Chairman, Big12 Board of Directors
Baylor President, Dr. Linda A. Livingstone