From a television show filming on campus to public education and stroke risk, TCU is in the news.
INSTITUTIONAL
Feb. 9, 2024
Fort Worth Star-Telegram鈥�
Taylor Sheridan鈥檚 constellation of A-list stars just seems to expand as his Paramount+
universe explodes. Sheridan鈥檚 latest production, 鈥淟and Man,鈥� has signed Demi Moore
鈥� star of 鈥淚ndecent Proposal鈥� (1983), 鈥淎 Few Good Men鈥� (1992) and 鈥淕host鈥� (1990).
Moore will star alongside Billy Bob Thornton. Production has begun with filming reported
around Fort Worth. A wide net was cast for background actors with oilfield experience.
Early this year, local agency Legacy Casting sought current and former track and field
athletes for a scene to be shot on the TCU campus.
Feb. 8, 2024
贵谤辞苍迟颈别谤蝉鈥�
A study by students and faculty from the Burnett School of Medicine鈥痑t TCU and the Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences, along with doctors from Cook Children鈥檚 Medical Center, found the acceptability
of a given medicine by a child is directly related to the drug formulation. While
a standardized approach for creating uniform oral liquid drug formulations for different
therapeutic categories is presently not attainable, a current opportunity does exist
to standardize an approach used to assess the palatability of oral drug formulations
in children.
Feb. 7, 2024
BNN Breaking鈥�
罢颁鲍鈥檚 Bob Schieffer College of Communication celebrated a decade of excellence with a series of events and discussions, marking
the 10-year anniversary of its naming after distinguished alumnus and former 鈥淔ace
the Nation鈥� host鈥�Bob Schieffer 鈥�59. The celebrations commenced with the Schieffer Symposium, a panel discussion featuring
prominent journalists, and continued with a captivating discussion titled 鈥淪chieffer:
Then & Now鈥� with Schieffer and CBS News field producer Elizabeth Campbell 鈥�18 reflecting on their time at TCU and their illustrious careers in journalism.
Feb. 2, 2024
Fort Worth Report鈥�
Ever since he was a鈥�Brite Divinity School 蝉迟耻诲别苍迟,鈥�Nathan Russell鈥��14 M.Div. has attended Ministry Week, a free annual faith conference that provides clergy and
people of faith a space to engage in a series of lectures, workshops and worship services
with renowned preachers from across the country. The program is co-sponsored by Brite
Divinity School,鈥�TCU鈥痑nd University Christian Church and held this year at Broadway Baptist Church.鈥疶he
program initially began as a lecture series in 1888 and later became the weeklong
Ministers Week in 1933.
FACULTY
Feb. 13, 2024
KERA News (Dallas, TX)鈥�
Leaders of an Arlington police union want the city to create a special tax district
to fund police programs, but city leaders have not publicly taken up the issue of
creating a Crime Control and Prevention District, or CCPD.鈥疛ohnny Nhan, criminology and criminal justice professor, said creating a CCPD is a tougher ask
than it was when Fort Worth created its CCPD, when crime rates were higher and 鈥渢ough
on crime鈥� policies reigned. 鈥淭he appetite for paying more taxes and things like that
are not necessarily the big sell these days,鈥� Nhan said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 not the most appealing
thing. It鈥檚 particularly difficult, in my opinion, for the police because they do
usually take the lion鈥檚 share of this budget.鈥�
Feb. 9, 2024
Fort Worth Star-Telegram鈥�
Statements made by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz attributing a failed border security bill to
his Democratic counterparts and blaming them for its collapse are unfounded, according
to political science experts. Political science professor鈥�James Riddlesperger鈥痵aid that Cruz鈥檚 statement was 鈥渙f course not鈥� true. 鈥淏ut it鈥檚 an election year,
and those are the claims that he is going to try to use as leverage for his re-election
campaign,鈥� Riddlesperger said.
Feb. 9, 2024
The Dallas Express鈥�
Lifestyle factors, such as obesity and low levels of physical activity, have increased
young adults鈥� risk for stroke, experts say. This risk has grown by 44% in the past
10 years, according to Dr.鈥疌laudia Perez, assistant professor at the Burnett School of Medicine at TCU, KERA News reported. 鈥溝愀哿喜释伎� 80% of stroke is preventable through living a more brain-healthy
life, being active, eating healthy, making sure you鈥檙e sleeping well and avoiding
things like tobacco and drugs and reducing the amount of alcohol that is being consumed,鈥�
Perez said.
Feb. 8, 2024
WCBD-TV (Mount Pleasant, SC)鈥�
A comprehensive study, conducted by Flock Safety with oversight from independent criminology
researchers at TCU and the University of Texas at Tyler, reveals significant positive
outcomes from agencies utilizing Flock Safety, connected security platform technology.
鈥淎s Flock Safety products have become more ubiquitous in the world of law enforcement,
questions of effectiveness and usage are concerns of the public. To address these
issues, it is important for independent research conducted by research universities
to examine their usage and social impact,鈥� said鈥�Johnny Nhan, professor of criminology and criminal justice and associate dean of graduate studies.
鈥淣ot only is Flock Safety actively supporting independent inquiry, but it has also
been fully transparent and accessible during every stage of the research process.
As a researcher who is scrutinizing this technology and its real-world usage, I have
been impressed by the company鈥檚 academic approach that fully supports the peer-review
process,鈥� Nhan said.
Feb. 8, 2024
The Texas Observer鈥�
The Texas Department of Public Safety recently arrested two right-wing bloggers riding
in a caravan near Eagle Pass after finding what law enforcement described as a plastic
bag containing a 鈥渨hite powdery substance,鈥� marijuana and THC edibles in their Mercedes
SUV,鈥痺hich also reeked of cannabis. Daxton 鈥淐hip鈥� Stewart, professor and assistant provost for research compliance journalism, said anybody
can say they鈥檙e a journalist. 鈥淭he First Amendment鈥檚 for everybody,鈥� he said. But,
he added, 鈥淥ne of the norms of journalism is that journalists don鈥檛 participate in
the things that they鈥檙e covering. They鈥檙e neutral; they鈥檙e observers.鈥�
Feb. 8, 2024
Fort Worth Star-Telegram鈥�
Concerns regarding a state law passed in 2021 put an end to efforts begun by Fort
Worth鈥檚 Task Force on Race and Culture to improve college and workforce readiness
among Black and Hispanic high school students through civic engagement. The law presented
challenges to this effort because it prohibits schools from requiring or giving class
credit for 鈥渄irect communication鈥� between federal, state or local officials for 鈥減olitical
activism, lobbying or efforts to persuade members of the legislative or executive
branch.鈥濃��Keith Gaddie, Hoffman Chair of the American Ideal鈥痑nd professor of political science, says H.B.
3979 and Senate Bill 3 are the result of the ongoing debate about the American narrative.
鈥淚t鈥檚 an effort to further isolate education in a manner that it鈥檚 only about technical
processes and establishing things that only serve to create a trained workforce for
the marketplace, but not necessarily a trained citizen,鈥� Gaddie said.
Feb. 5, 2024
Fort Worth Star-Telegram鈥�
Gov. Greg Abbott says he made a mistake in who he endorsed in the last election cycle,
following a vote to remove education savings accounts from an education bill in November.
This cycle鈥檚 endorsements come as the Republican Party is 鈥渁t war鈥� in Texas over issues
like education savings accounts, said鈥�Jim Riddlesperger, political science professor.
STUDENTS
Feb. 12, 2024
American Medical Association
At the most recent AMA Interim Meeting, medical students demonstrated what practical
applications look like. Following an education session sponsored by the AMA Medical
Student Section that examined the practice of street medicine 鈥� providing care to
patients without homes in the places where they convene 鈥� students assembled 100 care
kits. Funded by a grant from the AMA Foundation, the kits contained essential items
for people without homes such as over-the-counter medications, hygiene products and
hand warmers. Both the education session and the creation of the care kits were spearheaded
by AMA-MSS members Shad Yasin and Anand Singh. 鈥淭here is the educational component, which is so valuable to all of us as students,
but our goal was that we wanted to make our programming a lot more interactive and
a lot more engaging while we鈥檙e still including that educational component,鈥� said
Singh, a third-year medical student at鈥疊urnett School of Medicine at TCU who is chair-elect of the AMA-MSS governing council.
Feb. 8, 2024
NBC-5
Burnett School of Medicine first-year Angel Sheu and Dr. Ric Bonnell, director of service learning, are researching how Narcan is reversing the effects
of an opioid overdose. 鈥淚t will tell us not just how many lives were saved, but again,
did it take more than one dose? Was the training sufficient,鈥� said Bonnell. 鈥淲e really
hope that this will help us be able to better train medical professionals and first
responders in the future.鈥�
Feb. 7, 2024
骋濒补蝉蝉迟颈谤别鈥�
Each spring semester,鈥疶CU鈥痯resents an exhibition of works by its second-year MFA candidates.
Aside from being an opportunity to showcase the newest projects made by students halfway
through the program, the candidacy show also validates that these artists have been
approved to move forward in the program and are on track to receive their degrees
next spring. This year鈥檚 exhibition, titled 鈥淩efract,鈥� presents works by鈥�Mckee Frazior,鈥疉ustin Lewis,鈥疎lijah Ruhala and鈥疪aul Rodriguez. It is notable that it is the first time in recent memory that the MFA program cohort
features all male artists. Beyond the title鈥檚 theme of distortion, a first glance
across the artists鈥� bodies of work also points to a connection related to the use
of construction materials and ideas related to labor.
Feb. 5, 2024
Plaquemine Post South鈥�
Camille Morrison, a sophomore, was crowned queen of the 75th annual Krewe of Louisianans Ball in the
nation鈥檚 capital, while retired New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees reigned
as king. For Camille, the honor was a huge surprise. 鈥淚 was completely caught off
guard, so it took me a second to realize what was happening,鈥� she said.
ALUMNI
Feb. 8, 2024
University of Toronto News
Jacqueline Antwi-Danso鈥��17, previously a鈥疌lark Scholar, is studying massive galaxies that formed 鈥渨hen the universe
was still just a baby.鈥� She remembers a book from her junior high school library describing
how stars are born and how the most massive stars die in gigantic explosions called
supernovae. 鈥淚 study massive galaxies in the very distant universe 鈥� some of the very
first structures that formed after the Big Bang nearly 14 billion years ago,鈥� she
said. 鈥淲e're trying to understand why these galaxies formed the way they did and how
they became so big so quickly. We鈥檙e finding them at increasingly earlier times, as
far back as when the universe was just 4% of its current age.鈥�
Feb. 7, 2024
Fort Worth Star-Telegram鈥�
Ron Hurdle鈥��71鈥痟ad just won a spot on the鈥痗heerleading team in 1969 and came back to his dorm room
to celebrate with friends. He knew something was wrong as his roommate answered the
phone and quickly hung up. The next time it rang Hurdle answered, and a voice on the
other end said: 鈥淵ou will never cheer for me鈥� and 鈥淲e are coming to get you鈥� with
racial slurs mixed in. They never showed up but it showed how the news of a Black
cheerleader was spreading on campus and even outside of it. 鈥淚t was something unique
because before that time, we were off to ourselves, everything seemed fine,鈥� Hurdle
said. 鈥淲e were down with the student body and we would play records on the jukebox
and we danced and we played cards, everything was fine. But when this happened, the
whole atmosphere had changed.鈥�
Feb. 2, 2024
Odessa American
Young adult author鈥�Jeramey Kraatz鈥��08,鈥痟ad a homecoming of sorts when he visited Reagan Elementary School to talk to students
about his unique storytelling point of view and the writing process. 鈥淭he trick to
that is you don鈥檛 usually do that much better next time if you鈥檙e not fixing it. I
can tell you that from experience because after going through this year and a half
of working on the first book and revising it and editing it, when I sat down to write
the second book, I could hear my editor, or I could hear my own editorial voice in
the back of my head saying, 鈥楯eramey, this chapter is too long. Jeramey, this scene
is not working. Jeramey, these characters aren鈥檛 making smart decisions鈥� 鈥� And what
happened was my first draft ended up being so much stronger on the second book than
my first draft of the first book because I knew what I was doing,鈥� Kraatz said.
Feb. 1, 2024
The Texas Observer鈥�
An effort to create a museum in Fort Worth honoring Juneteenth has become a key part
of an effort to revitalize Fort Worth鈥檚 Historic Southside neighborhood. In 2019,
white police officer Aaron Dean, responding to a welfare check at a house, killed
28-year Black woman Atatiana Jefferson, who was playing video games with her nephew.
Jefferson鈥檚 murder lit a fire under a younger generation of activists who aren鈥檛 waiting
for change, such as鈥�Angela Mack PhD 鈥�23, whose doctoral thesis is about Jefferson and the neighborhood. 鈥淚鈥檓 a good, ol鈥�
fashioned Funkytown Black nerd,鈥� Mack said. After Jefferson鈥檚 murder, Mack changed
her thesis topic to address that tragedy.
ATHLETICS
Feb. 14, 2024
Fort Worth Star-Telegram鈥�
After a magical run to the College World Series in his second season, baseball coach鈥�Kirk Saarloos鈥痥nows expectations will be sky-high for the Horned Frogs in 2024. TCU has won the
Big 12 three straight seasons, and a fourth title would equal the run from 2014 to
2017. While the outside noise has been flattering, that鈥檚 all it is 鈥� noise. Saarloos
said the only thing motivating the team is its internal standards. 鈥淥ur expectations
inside our walls and program are to be selfless, strive for excellence and play with
energy,鈥� Saarloos said. 鈥淚f we do those three things, the baseball will take care
of itself.鈥�
Feb. 14, 2024
ESPN
Head women鈥檚 basketball coach Mark Campbell was off to a charmed start. In his first season at TCU, his makeover was an instant
hit, taking over a team that finished 1-17 in the Big 12 the year before and leading
them to a 14-0 start and the longest winning streak in school history. Then over the course of a few weeks in January, several high-profile transfers were
injured. TCU had to forfeit two games due to a shortage of players. To stay afloat
for the final two months of the season, Campbell had to find players from the student
body who wanted to rearrange their lives to go all-in on college basketball.鈥疭ix months
earlier, Piper Davis arrived at TCU from Boise after leading her high school to a state championship. She
acknowledged bypassing the opportunity to continue her basketball career at a smaller
school was hard, but she came to TCU for other reasons. When she heard about the team鈥檚
situation, she showed up to TCU Athletics to see how she could help. So did about
50 other students.鈥疭ophomore鈥�Sarah Sylvester, a 6-foot-3 middle blocker on 罢颁鲍鈥檚 volleyball team who holds the school record for
the most blocks in a three-set match with 13, expressed interest.鈥疭ylvester was in,
becoming the first dual-sport athlete at TCU in the Big 12 era.鈥�
Feb. 13, 2024
Fort Worth Star-Telegram鈥�
Six former Horned Frogs received an invite to the NFL scouting combine. Running back鈥�Emani Bailey: In his first season as a starter Bailey rushed 1,209 yards and eight touchdowns.
Bailey also had a strong performance in the Senior Bowl earlier this month. Tight
end鈥�Jared Wiley: Wiley had the best season of his career with 520 receiving yards and eight touchdowns.
Wiley was voted first team All-Big 12. Offensive tackle鈥疉ndrew Coker: Four-year started was one of the leaders of the offensive line. Offensive lineman鈥�Brandon Coleman: A team captain, Coleman was voted second team All-Big 12 and started the last three
seasons. Coleman could play either guard or tackle at the next level. Safety鈥�Millard Bradford: Bradford was fifth on the team in tackles with 54 while intercepting two passes
and returning one for a touchdown.
Feb. 7, 2024
Sports Illustrated鈥�
The women鈥檚 rifle team won their second straight Patriot Rifle Championship, sweeping
their way through the tournament and winning the team crown in both air rifle and
smallbore. The all-women rifle team tallied team scores of 2390 in the air rifle,
tying their highest team mark of the season and 2349 in Smallbore. Stephanie Grundsoee鈥痜ired a 591 to aid the Horned Frogs in their title, and鈥�Mikole Hogan鈥痵erved as a counter and fired a 581. On the second day of the competition, the all-women
rifle team was stellar in air rifle, with three team members setting career-best marks.
Jeanne Haverhill,鈥疢ikole Hogan&苍产蝉辫;补苍诲鈥�Nina Scheutt鈥痑ll finished with marks of 598, shattering their best marks of the season. Another
team score factoring in was鈥�Anne White, who had a 594.