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Risky Business

TCU fights cybercriminals by thinking ahead.

A Living Legend

James Cash, TCU’s first Black student athlete, returned to campus to speak about the power of education and creating opportunities for others to succeed.

Let There Be Light

First-generation college students succeed with advocacy and the support of community.

A Servant Leader

Chancellor William Tucker’s careful eye toward the future prepared TCU for its transformation into a top national university.

Features

The Class of 2026 Share Their Application Essays

Four members of the Class of 2026 share the essays that helped them secure a place at TCU.

Man in deep concentration plays a stringed instrument before a dark background.

Features

Rumen Cvetkov’s Sound Travels Far

A TCU-trained viola virtuoso is earning ovations.

Mike Miles in a purple jersey holds out an orange basketball with "TCU" lettering

Sports: Riff Ram

Unfinished Business

Mike Miles Jr. was predicted to be a second-round NBA Draft pick, but he returned to lead Men’s Basketball to new heights.

A close-up picture of a portion of Woodrow Blagg's mixed-graphite drawing, "The Rescue."

To Save A Species

Woodrow Blagg’s detailed drawing captures TCU’s Rhino Initiative at work in Africa.

Screenwriter / producer Katherin Beattie photographed during the workday at home in Altadena, CA.

Alumni, Features

Katherine Beattie Breaks Down Barriers

From plotting TV crime to landing wheelchair backflips, the NCIS producer is on a roll.

Suited woman sits on a bench with wooden amphitheater set in background.ench, with a wooden theatre set in background.

Research + Discovery

Stereotypical Shakespeare Adaptations

Shakespeare may be required reading, but pair it with modern thinking, Ariane Balizet says.

A seated woman, drink in hand, speaks enthusiastically with a homebuyer.

Alumni

Agent And Advocate

Maria Mason guides area homebuyers, focusing on clients who are Spanish speakers and TCU alumni.

Features

By a Child’s Side

CASA looks out for kids in court, with the help of TCU students and alumni.

Coach Sonny Dykes stands in front of the TCU football team.

Sports: Riff Ram

Sonny Dykes Kicks Off a New Era

TCU’s new football coach takes over amid Big 12 Conference shifts and NIL deals.

Image from a series of photos of the Ensemble Concert Series: Frog Corps and Friends in the Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU. Features TCU Frog Corps, Flower Mounds HS Con Brio, Mansfield HS Tenor-Bass Choir, and North Mesquite HS Tenor-Bass Choir. Photo by James Anger, April 6, 2022

Campus News: Alma Matters

Van Cliburn Concert Hall Design Takes Center Stage

Explore the adjustable acoustics at the Van Cliburn Concert Hall in this interactive graphic.

A family of five poses on the porch of their new home.

Mem’ries Sweet

FrogHouse Raised Walls and Leaders

A Habitat for Humanity project changed everyone who touched it.

Research + Discovery

Saving The Urban Forest

Brendan Lavy is researching how tree preservation ordinances protect a valuable natural resource.

Research + Discovery

Found in Translation

David Moessner uses his knowledge of ancient languages to illuminate meaning in the Bible.

Alumni

Safe Search

Our career expert offers tips for avoiding cybercriminals while looking for a job.

Four dancers in purple, form a starburst-like shape under a spotlight. Their outstretched arms and legs are lit on an otherwise dark stage. .

Campus News: Alma Matters

Movement And Music

Joy Bollinger returns to TCU to choreograph a new work set to live strings.