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Professor Cathy R. Cox Tells Readers Digest Why Nostalgia Hits Us So Hard

January 29, 2026

Professor Cathy Cox from TCU’s Louise Dilworth Davis College of Science & Engineering recently spoke about why our brains respond so strongly to nostalgia.
Two people in a laboratory setting, wearing safety goggles and lab coats, are handling scientific equipment. Shelves with various bottles and tools are visible in the background.
Dish with baked chicken, tomatoes, beans and wilted greens.
Cathy Cox stands on campus.
Rhiannon Mayne shows off a meteor in front of the Monnig Meteorite Gallery.
Competition winners, The Graham Girls, take a picture with Ms. Mae.
Anne Van Beber
Psychologist Sarah Hill sits on a kitchen counter.
Interim Dean T. Dwayne McCay addresses students at Donuts with the Deans, an event meant to support engagement between students and the College of Science & Engineering deans.
T. Dwayne McCay Ph.D.

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