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.
In December, Baylor’s School of Health Professions celebrated students, faculty, preceptors and alumni during the 2025 Awards Ceremony – a spirited prelude to a weekend of commencement activities.
Since 2022, the need for the GRAB has only grown, and one thing has become apparent – it takes a village to organize and run the food pantry.
Lorrie Hill, now a third-year student in the Physician Assistant Program, will soon work at Texas Children’s Hospital, after being a pediatric cardiology patient at the hospital since birth.
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