Research + Discovery Archives

A stone structure with open archways stands on a grassy bluff beside a large tree, with mist over treetops and a lake in the distance.

Fall 2026

TCU Partners with Fort Worth Nature Center to Build Urban Research Hub

A five-year agreement turns 3,600 acres of Fort Worth prairie, marsh and river bottom into a classroom and a lab.

Karen Bell Morgan holds a framed print reading “She believed she could, so she did” in front of her face, with only her eyes visible above it.

Fall 2026

TCU Dean of Students Karen Bell Morgan on Helping Students Thrive

A public health educator before she returned to TCU, she now leads the office where discipline and care share a door.

Cover of the Fall 1976 TCU magazine, featuring a purple-and-white illustration of scientists working with laboratory equipment and books. The cover text reads, “This Is TCU: The Magazine of Texas Christian University, Fall 1976,” with the headline, “The TCU Research Foundation: 14 Years of Progress.”

Fall 2026

How a 1976 TCU Learning Study and Early AI Research Began With the Same Question

Fifty years after the same agency funded a TCU learning study and early work on AI, the two have met in the classroom.

AI-generated illustrations of three dishes: a slice of toast spread with mashed green avocado and topped with sliced red tomatoes and small green leaves; a glass jar of a creamy oat mixture topped with whole blueberries and quartered strawberries; and a white bowl of white rice topped with strips of glazed brown meat coated in sesame seeds, alongside broccoli florets, red bell pepper and snap peas.

Summer 2026

New IDLmeals App Makes Easy Meal Prep Accessible for College Students

Built by TCU students and faculty, the app offers 100-plus easy, affordable recipes designed for college life.

A 1937 painting by American artist Florence E. McClung titled “Squaw Creek Valley,” depicting a sweeping rural landscape. In the foreground, golden wheat shocks (bundled sheaves) are arranged in rows across a harvested field, framed by a barbed wire fence with weathered wooden posts. The middle ground shows a patchwork of cultivated fields in greens, browns, and ochres, with small farmsteads — white houses with red barns and windmills — nestled among winding pale roads. The composition recedes into rolling hills with more fields and scattered trees, leading to a hazy blue-gray horizon under a cloudy sky. The style is characteristic of American Regionalist painting from the 1930s, with stylized, slightly flattened forms and a strong sense of agricultural rhythm and pattern.

Summer 2026

How Wheat Made Bob Wills, Pappy O’Daniel and the Kimbell Art Museum Possible

Cattle and cotton dominate Texas myth, but TCU historian Rebecca Sharpless recovers the forgotten role wheat played in shaping North Texas.

A herd of pale Brahman cattle with yellow ear tags stands in a dry grass field at golden hour.

Summer 2026

Land of the Skinny Cow: Inside Cuba’s Centuries-Long Beef Crisis

TCU historian Bonnie Lucero’s new book follows beef through decades of Cuban politics, from cartel control to revolutionary land reform.

Lori Borchers, TCU nursing scholar, holds folded purple scrubs topped with packaged snacks including trail mix, beef jerky and tuna.

Summer 2026

TCU Nursing Professor Lori Borchers on Frog Supply, Food Insecurity and Community Cafes

“You can’t take care of your mental health if you’re not fed.” TCU’s Lori Borchers on food insecurity, dignity and pay-what-you-can cafes.

Three whiskey bottles backlit in warm amber light, with a copper pot still visible in the dark background.

Summer 2026

A TCU Chemist’s Case for Teaching Science Through Whiskey

Eric Simanek and distiller Rob Arnold spent a decade making the case that science belongs to everyone, with whiskey as the convenient lens and a book, “Shots of Knowledge,” as the result.

TCU College of Education Professor Michael Faggella-Luby poses in a thoughtful stance, chin resting on a clasped hand, in a photo illustration with a blue word-cloud background featuring terms such as Collaboration, Support, Research, Empathy and Dialogue.

Spring 2026

TCU Professor Michael Faggella-Luby Reimagines Disability Support in Higher Education

New research and global collaboration are helping colleges improve outcomes for the 3.5 million American students with disabilities.

Conductor Bobby Francis gestures while leading a performance at TCU's Amon G. Carter Stadium, with an American flag display and military personnel visible on the field behind him and a packed crowd in the stands.

Spring 2026

Director of Bands Bobby Francis Brings New Music and Opportunities to the TCU Wind Symphony

The director of bands reflects on 25 years at TCU, guest-conducting military bands and why respect matters as much as talent.

Research + Discovery

TCU Partners with Fort Worth Nature Center to Build Urban Research Hub

TCU Dean of Students Karen Bell Morgan on Helping Students Thrive

How a 1976 TCU Learning Study and Early AI Research Began With the Same Question

New IDLmeals App Makes Easy Meal Prep Accessible for College Students

How Wheat Made Bob Wills, Pappy O’Daniel and the Kimbell Art Museum Possible

Land of the Skinny Cow: Inside Cuba’s Centuries-Long Beef Crisis

TCU Nursing Professor Lori Borchers on Frog Supply, Food Insecurity and Community Cafes

A TCU Chemist’s Case for Teaching Science Through Whiskey

TCU Professor Michael Faggella-Luby Reimagines Disability Support in Higher Education

Director of Bands Bobby Francis Brings New Music and Opportunities to the TCU Wind Symphony

Current Issue: Fall 2026