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Winter 2020

Lewis Glaser and the Art of Good Design

In a Q&A, the chair of the new Department of Design discusses what makes a good graphic designer and the success of Connext.

TCU assistant professor of physics Anton Naumov, who studies how nanomaterials can indicate bodily environments hospitable to cancer cells, is photographed outside Winton-Scott Hall, Wednesday, August 8, 2018 on the TCU campus in Fort Worth, Texas.

Winter 2020

A Silver Bullet for Cancer Treatment?

Nanoparticles may be able to tame an effective but damaging chemotherapy medication.

Carol Howe, assistant professor of nursing in TCU's Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences. Howe's research deals with how parents often underestimate how much their children weigh. Photo by Mark Graham

Winter 2020

Is My Child Overweight?

MyPlate and other nutritional guidelines can help parents understand childhood obesity.

Vanessa Bouché, associate professor of political science (left), and Sean Crotty, assistant professor of geography (right), teamed up for a series of studies to provide new understanding on businesses that operate in partial or full illegality. One project estimated the yearly demand for illicit massage parlors in Houston to be $107 billion. Bouché lent her expertise on human trafficking victims, who are often funneled through massage parlors, and Crotty provided the mapping expertise to give a locational understanding to where and why these businesses are operating. Photo by Mark Graham

Winter 2020

Faculty Find Human Trafficking Through Massage Parlors

Two researchers are following the trail of demand that leads to smuggled and exploited people.

Minakshi Trivedi shops at Central Market in Fort Worth on Tuesday, October 29, 2019. She is a professor and department chair of marketing in the TCU Neeley School of Business, currently researching how the availability and marketing of healthy products affects consumer choice. The study, entitled “Impact of Healthy Alternatives on Consumer Choice: A Balancing Act,” was published in the Journal of Marketing in 2016. With a $25,000 grant from the University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions, Trivedi, along with two co-researchers found that blanket campaigns are not effective for every consumer because different people resonate with different messages. Photo by Joyce Marshall

Winter 2020

Healthy Eating Marketing Campaigns May Be Ineffective

Minakshi Trivedi studies the disconnect between the public’s desire to make healthy choices and what they actually buy at the grocery store.

Fall 2019

Identity Transcends Race and Place

Stories illuminate cultural and linguistic hybridity in the Afro-Hispanic diaspora.

Fall 2019

When Scripture and Superheroes Collide

Johnny Miles says modern superheroes and ancient Jews have a lot in common.

Todd Kerstetter, professor of history, studies the history of human settlement around rivers — and how people continually rebuild after floodwaters disrupt their lives. Photo by Joyce Marshall

Fall 2019

The Endless Cycle of Rebuilding After a Flood

Todd Kerstetter chronicles the constant power struggle that comes with attempting to create a life along a river.

Ashley Coles, assistant professor of geography, said if useful information is available to people, they are likely to use it and keep themselves safe. Photo by Joyce Marshall

Fall 2019

Why Motorists Risk Driving on Flooded Roads

Ashley Coles studies why drivers take their chances in high water, and how cities can prevent such risk-taking.

Rob Garnett, associate dean and honors professor of social sciences, discusses the responsibility of economics. Photo by Glen E. Ellman

Fall 2019

Factoring Humanity and Happiness into Economic Calculations

In a Q&A, Rob Garnett, professor of economics, honors professor of social sciences and associate dean in the John V. Roach Honors College, combines economics with happiness.

Research + Discovery

Lewis Glaser and the Art of Good Design

A Silver Bullet for Cancer Treatment?

Is My Child Overweight?

Faculty Find Human Trafficking Through Massage Parlors

Healthy Eating Marketing Campaigns May Be Ineffective

Identity Transcends Race and Place

When Scripture and Superheroes Collide

The Endless Cycle of Rebuilding After a Flood

Why Motorists Risk Driving on Flooded Roads

Factoring Humanity and Happiness into Economic Calculations

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