In this issue: Winter Redux 2020

Alumni
A Helping Hand for Shoppa’s Material Handling
Business owner looks to TCU’s Center for Supply Chain Innovation for solutions.

Features
The Purvis Institute’s Global Mission
Trauma-healing techniques are reaching children around the world.

Alumni
Joe Adcock Fights for Children
The detective tracks down predators and stands by their young victims.

Campus News: Alma Matters, Letters
Chancellor: We’re at a Crossroads of Racial Equity and Justice
Every day is an opportunity to learn from the past. As students, scholars and citizens of the world, we know history maintains a strong pull on the present.

Features, Research + Discovery
How to Turn Kids into Readers
Find a genre and format that will get them interested, from graphic novels to audiobooks.

Alumni
A New Christmas Tradition
A boy’s letter to Santa inspired Merideth Tullous’s book.

Alumni, Web Extras
Allison Speer’s Story of Belonging
A Fort Worth fable inspired a book about Theodore the turkey.

Alumni, Web Extras
Being Human in Haiti
James English distributed more than 4,000 copies of his myth-busting book to children in the island country.

Research + Discovery
Real-life Faces of Education Reform
For Francyne Huckaby, filmmaking brings her academic research to life.

Alumni, Features
Lighthouse for the Blind CEO Saw the Possibilities
A varied career in business took Platt Allen from data systems, to entrepreneurship, to helping the visually impaired reclaim their lives.

Research + Discovery
What Does Dementia Feel Like?
Michelle Kimzey places empathy at the front of the nursing classroom to improve dementia care.

Alumni
Food Bank Director Leads During Pandemic
Julie Butner adapts to lead the Tarrant Area Food Bank during its hour of greatest need.

Campus News: Alma Matters
Faculty Roundtable: Empathy in the Classroom
How does empathy show up in the way you teach?

Research + Discovery
Muslim Scholars and the Biblical Text
Samuel Ross studies the evolution of Quran commentaries throughout history.

Research + Discovery
Reprogramming Cells Could Restore Vision
Sai Chavala’s new research puts hope in sight for people with macular degeneration.

Campus News: Alma Matters
Dan Williams Runs TCU Press
The Honors professor of humanities shows students how literature can help them grapple with everything from darkness to laughter.

Sports: Riff Ram
Michael Wood Focuses on the Foundations of Optimal Movement
The strength and conditioning senior assistant coach talks about how movement is medicine and breaks down misconceptions about the weight room.

Alumni
Sugar Yontararak’s Musical Mission
The daughter of a Thai princess was an actress before starting a music school.

Research + Discovery
A Personal Fight with Dementia
Jim McLarty turns his dementia diagnosis into a powerful tool for advocacy.

Alumni
Preparing for Virtual Interviews and Overcoming Zoom Fatigue
Mike Caldwell gives advice on how to get ahead in the remote recruiting process.

Campus News: Alma Matters
Show Your Syllabus: Health, Communication & Media
Students learn how topics and issues in the medical field are represented in entertainment, advertising and social media.

Alumni
Latest Books by Alumni
From quarantine self-reflections to tales of Texas titans, the TCU community is putting pen to paper.

Alumni
Recollections: Alumni Reflect on Historical Moments
What was the biggest historical event to happen during your college years?

Web Extras
Kathy Doyle Thomas Talks Supply Chain
Covid-19 drastically shifted the way businesses operated, including Half Price Books.

Web Extras
Detective Joe Adcock Talks Crimes Against Children
The Department of Homeland Security task force officer says we are all mandated reporters.