With the 2026 FIFA World Cup hitting Houston, the city will be a flurry of athletic activity this summer. More than 500,000 people will visit Houston and NRG Stadium for two weeks in June and July, according to early estimates.
Baylor College of Medicine has hosted blood drives for Gulf Coast Blood since at least July 2000. Since then, 25,800 blood units have been donated on the College’s main campus, helping more than 7,500 patients.
Leah Karels, a third-year orthotics and prosthetics student and resident at Baylor College of Medicine’s School of Health Professions, is determined to help transform the lives of patients who have mobility impairments.
The halls at Baylor College of Medicine are typically quiet in the evenings, with students and professors on their way out after long hours of studying and instructing. On Feb. 22, students from DeBakey High School for Health Professions disrupted that silence as they toured Baylor for the first open house event since 2019.
Baylor College of Medicine’s Orthotics and Prosthetics Program participated in National STEM Day Nov. 7 by visiting Stafford STEM Magnet Middle School for a half-day of science curriculum based around the use and development of orthotics and prosthetics.