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The final session of this year’s Readers Meet the Author series will take place Tuesday, March 25, 2025, at 12:30 p.m. and feature Dr. Dave Bridge, Associate Professor of Political Science. Bridge will speak about his new book, “Pushback: The Political Fallout of Unpopular Supreme Court Decisions” (University of Missouri Press, 2024), with Dean of Baylor Law and Abner V. McCall Chair of Evidence Law, Jeremy Counseller. The session will be held in the Schumacher Flex Commons of Moody Memorial Library and available online via Zoom Webinar. A reception with refreshments and a book signing will follow the conversation. The Readers Meet the Author series is presented by the Office of the President and the Office of the Provost and hosted by the Baylor Libraries.

Box and BaylorITS present two training sessions designed to expand your use of Box for collaboration, research, teaching, and learning. Box Essentials training will be offered via Zoom on Wednesday, March 26, at 2:00 p.m. CDT. The following week, an Advanced Box Skills session will be offered via Zoom on Thursday, April 3, at 1:00 p.m. CDT. Learn more about these sessions and register today!

Take advantage of the next Apple Education Journey session and earn a badge toward a micro-certification. On March 27 at 11:30 in Jones Library Room 200 learn how to use FreeForm on iPad to enhance note-taking, creative thinking, and presentation development with Baylor's Apple representative, Vonn Miller!

On Thursday, March 27, 2025, at 3:30 p.m. in the Treasure Room of Baylor’s Armstrong Browning Library & Museum and via Zoom Webinar, Dr. Wallace Daniel, Distinguished Professor of History, Mercer University, and Emeritus Professor of History, Baylor University, will present the 2025 Keston Spring Lecture, “Speaking Truth to Power: The Revolt of a Russian Priest.” Following his presentation, Daniel will converse with Dr. Stephen Sloan, Baylor Professor of History & Director of the Institute for Oral History. The conversation will be followed by Q&A, a reception with refreshments, and a book signing for Daniel’s latest release, “Freedom and the Captive Mind: Fr. Gleb Yakunin and Orthodox Christianity in Soviet Russia” (NIU/Cornell University Press, 2024).

On Monday, March 31, 2025, at 6 p.m., the Dean of University Libraries, Museums, and the Press will welcome Baylor alumnus Dr. Tyler B. Davis, to highlight his recent book, "God of the Whirlwind: Horror, Memory, and Story in Black Waco,” as a part of the Baylor Libraries Author Series. At the event, a panel including Davis, and three contributors of the book—Rev. Michael Babers, LaRue Dorsey, and Linda Lewis—will be interviewed by Dr. Stephen Sloan, Professor of History and Director of the Institute for Oral History. The event will take place in the Mayborn Museum Theatre and via Zoom Webinar. A reception with refreshments and a book signing will follow.

BaylorITS Research Technology announces Baylor’s participation in the National Science Foundation's Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support (ACCESS) program. This collaboration provides faculty and students with no cost access to a comprehensive suite of advanced computing resources, including supercomputers, visualization and storage systems, data collections, software, networks, and expert support. 

The Baylor Libraries are home to one of the most beautiful libraries in the world: The Armstrong Browning Library & Museum. Following your tour of this unique treasure, visit our Gift Gallery on the main floor. The Gift Gallery offers a selection of souvenirs, one-of-a-kind gifts, books about the Brownings and Victorian life, and other items of interest. Several Gift Gallery items are also available online through the Baylor Marketplace. We look forward to your visit!

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