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TCU announced the launch of the Roach Institute for Athlete Engineering at the Legends Club at Amon G. Carter Stadium on June 16. [Photo: TCU]
TCU’s Roach Institute of Athlete Engineering Launches With $10M Foundation Gift
by David Seeley | Jun 18, 2026
“Most universities have athletics, and many universities have research, but few intentionally bring those worlds together,” said TCU's Reuben F. Burch V, who founded the discipline of Athlete Engineering. “We view athletes as people first and believe the lessons we learn through research can improve lives far beyond the playing field.”
by David Seeley |
Jun 16, 2026
When Culhane wasn't cracking books at TCU, he was cracking jokes in the student comedy group Senseless Acts of Comedy and collaborating on improv and sketches with the university's Student Film Association. Then came a call from "SNL."
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by Maddie Preston |
Dec 13, 2025
AI² supports large-scale research and interdisciplinary work across the university as TCU pushes toward R1 status.
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by Maddie Preston |
Sep 26, 2025
In a published study, Adelaide Lovett traced how synthetic fibers shed microplastics that can end up in human organs. She also co-designed astronaut gear to guard against lunar dust—a project that earned a NASA innovation award.
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TCU's recently completed medical school building Arnold Hall [Photo: Wade Griffith]
TCU’s Arnold Hall Medical School Building Project Completed
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Sep 25, 2024
Home to TCU's Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine, the new medical school building features anatomy and experimental labs supporting the use of the latest AR and VR technologies. A medical simulation suite will enable students to interact with lifelike human manikins for the practice of complex team-based care.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 22, 2024
A horned frog needs room to roam. So does Texas Christian University—which is developing a Campus Master Plan to ensure its position as a leading university. One key focus: making TCU's East Campus "a thriving residential hub for campus life." Part of that mission could be fulfilled by January 2025, TCU says.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 22, 2024
Most recently, Craig Crossland was senior associate dean for academic programs for the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame.
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by Quincy Preston |
Sep 22, 2023
Texas Christian University unveiled a new mural in Fort Worth, capping off a nationwide public art project celebrating the school's 150th anniversary. The mural was designed by 2023 TCU graduate Natalie Neale and envisions the university's impact over the next 150 years.
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Constructing the Katherine Beattie TCU mural in Los Angeles. [Photo: TCU]
TCU Mural in L.A. Celebrates ‘NCIS’ Writer Alum’s Inspiring Life Story
by David Seeley | Feb 10, 2023
Katherine Beattie, a 2008 graduate of Fort Worth's Texas Christian University, has lived a life story worth telling. Now TCU has helped celebrate it with a huge mural in Los Angeles—one of a series of murals nationwide highlight alumni who are "leading on" in extraordinary ways.
Beattie has spastic quadriplegia cerebral palsy, a condition that makes walking extremely difficult and led to her need for a wheelchair. But that hasn't slowed down her career as co-executive producer of CBS' "NCIS" and her achievement of being the first woman on earth to land a backflip in a wheelchair.
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 13, 2023
Fort Worth-based specialty asset management and accounting-based software solutions company Valor has hired two female executives with ties to Texas Christian University athletics.
Hanna Howard, a former associate head coach for the TCU Women’s Basketball team, will serve as Valor’s chief of staff....
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jan 9, 2023
Millions are mystified by how the unranked TCU Horned Frogs have made it all the way to tonight's College Football Playoff National Football Championship game against the No. 1-ranked Georgia Bulldogs. But ask many TCU fans and they'll say the answer is obvious: Hypnotoad.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Dec 15, 2022
Researchers at UT Austin published a study in July called "I share, therefore I know? Sharing online content—even without reading it—inflates subjective knowledge." The study, published by the Society for Consumer Psychology, explored how sharing online content affects what people think they know.
Turns out, they think they know a lot—which isn't necessarily the case at all.
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Dr. Tracy Centanni, left overseeing EEG impedance testing at the TCU Centanni Lab. [Photo copyright Leo Wesson/TCU]
Sound Check: TCU Auditory Perception Lab Gets GRAMMY Museum Grant
by David Seeley | Jun 30, 2022
The Centanni Lab at TCU has received a $10,000 grant from the GRAMMY Museum for a study exploring connections between musical instruction and brain improvements that might help with dyslexia.
"We've found in the last few years that there may be some overlap here—a really interesting way of using our knowledge about musical training to learn some more about what's happening in the brain in individuals that have dyslexia," Dr. Tracy Centanni told Dallas Innovates.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Mar 4, 2022
In this week's roundup of hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you'll also find news from XpressDocs, Alternative Biomedical Solutions, Ventra Health, VAZATA, Medecision, Firehouse, Six Flags, TCU, nDivision, and Gamestop.
Plus, The Real Estate Council unveils its 2022 board and executive committee.
Plus, The Real Estate Council unveils its 2022 board and executive committee.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 25, 2021
The TCU Neeley Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation received top honors at last week's Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC) Awards for best entrepreneurship programs—becoming the first university to receive a major GCEC award three years in a row.
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by Alex Edwards |
Aug 18, 2021
TCU alums Sophia Karbowski and Austin Patry opened their own healthy food truck on TCU's campus. Now, the business that became smoothie and açaí brand Rollin’ n Bowlin’ is paying it forward with a mentorship and grant program designed to boost student founders.
Meet the three picks for the first cohort for "Bowls n Goals."
Meet the three picks for the first cohort for "Bowls n Goals."
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