Features

Summer 2014

For whom the bells toll

Seven things you may not know about the Robert Carr Chapel carillon.

Summer 2014

Worth Remembering

In March, Horned Frog Honors students were on national television, chanting “T-C-U” over NBC’s “The Today Show.” Students took to New York City on Spring Break to examine cultural memories — and make a few of their own.

Summer 2014

Doubly gifted

Fostering connections in his native China, double bass professor Yuan Xiong Lu has not just paved the way for world-class faculty concerts and recruited highly sought students. He’s become TCU’s ambassador of music.

Summer 2014

Corps curriculum for TCU Army ROTC

It is a critical time for TCU’s Army ROTC program—the military is downsizing and active-duty positions are more competitive. Yet America still needs leaders in uniform and in civilian life. The Horned Frog Battalion answers the call.

Spring 2014

The TCU-Rwanda connection

They may be separated by more than 8,000 miles, but TCU and Rwanda are growing closer every day. Kurk Gayle, director of TCU’s Intensive English Program (IEP), says the ties that stretch from campus to the east-central African nation, go back many years and involve people from all over campus. “I’m excited because this really

Spring 2014

History of the Rwandan Genocide

Part of German East Africa from 1894 to 1918, Rwanda came under Belgian rule after World War I, along with neighboring Burundi. Both the Germans and Belgians favored the minority Tutsi, awarding them access to education and government posts. This angered the Hutus, who made up 85 percent of the population. In 1959, Hutus rebelled

Spring 2014

TCU’s designing woman LaLonnie Lehman

Even in an age of computers, theater professor LaLonnie Lehman ’73 (MA ’75) still considers costume design largely a hand-made pursuit.

Spring 2014

Crossing borders – TCU’s bond with Rwanda

As a child in Rwanda, Yannick Tona survived genocide to become a tireless promoter of tolerance and cross-cultural understanding.

Spring 2014

Time to eat

TCU researchers study how eating speed affects calorie consumption.

Spring 2014

Nutrition students teach culinary medicine

Nutritional sciences students teach medical students recipes for better health.