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Rhiannon Mayne, curator of the Oscar E. Monnig Meteorite Collection and Gallery, shares her expertise with ABC News about the highly anticipated Geminid meteor shower, which peaks this weekend and promises to deliver a dazzling celestial display.

TCU’s "Horny Toad Project," led by biology professor Dean Williams, Ph.D., has played a critical role in the Fort Worth Zoo’s record-breaking release of 617 Texas horned lizards into the wild.

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.