Stories

The College of Science & Engineering welcomes a new member to its External Advisory Board this fall. Charis Ann Bennett has spent the last 30 years in leadership roles in various organizations, focusing on supporting science, art and literacy in public schools, national and international care and relief efforts, children’s advocacy, symphony guild and women’s groups.

In the lab, TCU physics professor, Zygmunt (Karol) Gryczynski, focuses on fluorescence spectroscopy, biomedical diagnostics, forensic, drug development/delivery, and nanophotonics. In his free time, however, Gryczynski is a pickleball phenom. He shares a little about his journey in the sport.

Meet Jordan Ross who plans to become a leader in the electrical engineering field.

As we kick off the 10th annual TCU Gives Day, we received a generous challenge gift from Dr. C.A. Quarles ’60, and his wife Sonja. They have pledged an additional $30,000 commitment to the College of Science & Engineering and challenges 150 donors to join them by making a gift of any amount to any designation in the College.

Today, TCU’s STEM Scholar Program, based in the College of Science & Engineering, received the 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the largest and oldest diversity and inclusion publication in higher education. It’s the third time the STEM Scholar Program has been given this award.

Three extraordinary health care professionals that were the product of TCU’s College of Science & Engineering Pre-Health Professions Institute were featured on the latest in a series of hand-painted murals celebrating TCU's 150th Anniversary. Serving as leaders at the individual and community level in their current roles, these alumni are fittingly represented as larger-than-life in painted portraits in downtown Chicago.