Stories

Bingyang Wei, Ph.D., of TCU’s Computer Science Department is organizing a workshop series titled ‘Empowering Faculty with AI for Scholarship and Teaching (EFAIST): AI Integration Training Program.’ Sponsored by TCU’s Research and Creative Activities Fund (RCAF), this program is designed to help faculty across various disciplines leverage AI technologies like ChatGPT to enhance both their teaching and research.

TCU's Department of Environmental Sciences partnered with the Fort Worth Botanic Garden for Environmental Science Education Family Day, a free event designed to engage the public in interactive learning about local ecosystems and environmental conservation efforts.

Led by students from TCU’s Pre-Health Program, TCU’s Crafts & Conversations program forges a unique bond between students and the residents of Trinity Terrace, a Fort Worth retirement community.

Susan Staples, Ph.D., a dedicated faculty member in the TCU Department of Mathematics, has been awarded the Wassenich Award for Mentoring.

Kevin Knight, Ph.D., of TCU's Institute of Behavioral Research and partners at the University of Kentucky receive a $4.7 million, five-year grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to support a new study aimed at reducing overdose risk among women in the criminal legal system.

John Holbrook, PhD, and his students launch "Once Upon a Geologic Time," a video series uncovering the ancient histories hidden in rock formations worldwide. In the first installment, Holbrook and graduate student Sam Knox ’25 take viewers deep into the Raton Basin.

Zygmunt (Karol) Gryczynski, Ph.D., and TCU students Danh Pham ’28 and Rajveer Sagoo ’26 earn prestigious recognition with their paper on luminescence, featured as the front cover of the Luminescence Journal.

This fall, TCU and the College of Science & Engineering welcome Lee A. Knox as the new holder of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Professorship in Ranch Management. He brings to TCU a focus on resources and conservation.

A professor at TCU since 2011, Naomi Ekas, Ph.D., now steps into the role of department chair of the department of psychology in the College of Science & Engineering.