Alma Matters

TCU Admission adds early decision option

Beginning fall of 2013, TCU will offer an Early Decision option in its application process.

ESPN panel urges women journalists to persevere

Work hard, develop a niche background to gain traction, a group of reporters, editors and producers say at Schieffer School of Journalism Symposium "The Emerging Role of Women in Sports Journalism."

New stadium statue dedicated

Eight-foot horned lizard artwork installed in east plaza of Amon G. Carter Stadium exemplifies excellence and hard work.

More kudos for Neeley

Students rank the TCU business program No. 5 in the nation in Bloomberg Businessweek 2013 Best Undergraduate Business Schools.

Trustees approve $511.9 million budget

New construction, increased enrollment, added scholarships highlight actions taken at the spring meeting of the Board of Trustees.

Grammy-winning trumpeter headlines jazz fest

At the 36th annual TCU Jazz Festival in March, Randy Brecker brought four decades of funk, swing and big band to campus audiences.

Super spellers return to campus

Could you spell kielbasa, detente or glockenspiel? Twenty-five of North Texas' best young spellers could and competed at TCU for a spot in the national bee.

Tomes conversation with ... Bebe McCasland ’61

The collection of Beverly Edmonson McCasland ‘61 columns are told from the perspective of birds.

Spring 2013 Tomes

Q&A with … Elaine Frontain Bryant ’90

Rethinking U.S. education with Finnish lessons

Decreasing class time, less homework and fewer standardized tests may help American schoolchildren says Scandinavian education expert Pasi Sahlberg, who visited the Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences and the College of Education in March.

Partisan acrimony hurting U.S., Texas, panel says

Three Tarrant political leaders say at 12th annual Wright Symposium that contentious culture in Washington, Austin focused on blame, rather than solutions.

Two TCU pianists picked for Cliburn

Marcin Koziak and YouYou Zhang will go for gold at 14th Cliburn Competition in May.

Student-athletes take 300 bears to hospital

Through the Frogs Care With Bears drive, Horned Frogs turn holiday toy drive into community outreach supporting Cook Children's Medical Center.

Biology's Hartman named new dean

Longtime TCU professor will serve as dean of TCU's College of Science & Engineering program beginning June 1.

 

 

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