TCU In The News

Dr. David Shau, an orthopedic surgeon at Texas Health Joint Replacement Surgery Center and assistant professor at Burnett School of Medicine at Texas Christian University, gets his speed work in by chasing around his daughter in the yard (when he’s not acting as her personal bench).

Wendy Macias, associate dean of undergraduate studies in the Schieffer College of Communication at TCU, is one of the creators of the ReFrog project.

“Every single day that this conflict continues with the Strait closed, the situation's just getting worse and worse and worse,” said Tom Seng, a professor of energy finance at Texas Christian University’s Neely School of Business.

Eric Wood is the director of Counseling & Mental Health at Texas Christian University. Unlike most schools, Dr. Wood told me that TCU’s campus therapy programs specifically ask about gambling behaviors as part of a new patient intake form.

Nikhil Bhayani, M.D., an assistant professor of internal medicine at the Burnett School of Medicine at Texas Christian University, told Newsweek that the WHO’s assessment that the public risk remains low is consistent with the broader scientific understanding of the virus.

Matthew Montgomery, assistant professor of American politics at Texas Christian University, said Paxton has a track record of pushing the boundaries of what people expect to hear from an elected official.

Charles Freeman enlisted design professor Albert Marichal and other students who developed 3D renderings of the Supply House, the portable structure used at the various venues. 

Tom Seng, an assistant professor of professional practice in energy finance at Texas Christian University.

While hantavirus cases have been previously reported in the U.S. − especially the four corners region of Utah, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico − this strain doesn't cause human-to-human transmission, according to infectious disease expert and Texas Christian University professor Dr. Nikhil Bhayani.

“We need to resist this narrative that this disaster was unpreventable,” said Michael Slattery, director of the Institute for Environmental Studies at Texas Christian University. “The disaster is just shaped by policy choices made over what I thought were just years.” Instead, Slattery said, it was decades.

Sarah Hill, an evolutionary psychologist at Texas Christian University (and author of The Period Brain), is quoted as saying in a 2024 interview: “When you change your hormones, you change who you are.”

“I look at having an MMR partner versus bringing it in-house like selling your house for sale by owner or using a realtor,” said TCU AD Mike Buddie. “If you have an awesome house and you’re sure you can sell it in one phone call, and you have a law degree and know how to write up a buyer’s contract in real estate and you feel comfortable, that might be a good move."

And then there's the superstition behind the trend: according to Dr. Angela L. Thompson, who teaches sociology at Texas Christian University, the whole reason brides have matching bridal parties to begin with is related to a fear of "evil spirits."

“To have success, you need an internal champion — and that’s Demi and Summer — but also need to have support from the very top, so I’m involved,” said Jason Safran, CIO at TCU.

Stephen Jenkins, senior director for graduate recruitment and admissions at Texas Christian University’s Neeley School of Business.

Logistical challenges and market forces create a lag time in the release of reserve oil, meaning the move cannot address an immediate supply shock such as the shipping concerns in the Strait of Hormuz, Tom Seng, a professor of energy finance at Texas Christian University, told ABC News.