Stories

As the COVID-19 outbreak spread across the globe in early 2020, Elizabeth Trexler, junior engineering major, had the opportunity to help her family’s knitted fabric manufacturer business pivot to produce cloth face coverings.

Health literacy is a passion and primary research focus for Teresa Wagner ’86 (DrPH, MS, CPH, RD/LD, CHWI, CHWC, DipACLM). Her efforts have resulted in regional and national recognition in the field and led to her receipt of the 2020 TCU Distinguished Alumni Award.

Julie Krzykwa ‘17 (MS) is the first student to earn a Ph.D. in biology from TCU after successfully defending her dissertation in April.

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, Requa has worked in the emergency department, the medical ICU and the emergency department of a local children's hospital.

Vincent Michaud ‘84 takes his double major in chemistry and environmental sciences to places “out of this world,” through his role at NASA.

The TCU Department of Mathematics does more than just solve equations and plug in numbers - faculty members seek to solve real-world problems, beginning with research.

During the changing times of COVID-19, the College of Science & Engineering has found ways to contribute to the local community and to help ensure healthcare workers’ safety.

What originated as a group of five aspiring scientists referred to as, “TCU Chemistry Club,” is now a community outreach group, bringing science and a momentum of higher education to the Fort Worth-Dallas area for more than a decade.

The College of Science & Engineering donated spare supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE), such as nitrile (exam) gloves, to local agencies – Moncrief Cancer Institute, Tarrant County Homeless Coalition, Careflite and Fort Worth Emergency Preparedness.