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Jessica Zeller teaches a ballet class as students practice in the foreground at TCU's Erma Lowe Hall.

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Jessica Zeller’s Student-Centered Approach is Transforming Ballet Education

A new book explores how traditional ballet teaching causes harm and envisions a student-centered revolution through humanizing pedagogies.

Debbie Rhea sits on playground equipment while children play around her in motion-blurred activity at a school playground.

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TCU Professor Debbie Rhea’s LiiNK Project Promotes Outdoor Play in Schools

A kinesiology professor’s passion project helps children and teens thrive in school by giving them four 15-minute outdoor breaks daily, transforming how schools approach recess and student well-being.

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How AI Deepfakes and Bias Threaten Elections, Health Care and Public Trust

TCU researchers expose how AI deepfakes spread political misinformation, worsen medical disparities and erode confidence in institutions.

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AI² CENTER AT TCU

The university has built AI infrastructure the way it once built libraries — as a foundation for the next century of research.

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How TCU Scientists Are Stopping the Body From Harming Itself

TCU researchers are on the trail of treatments for deadly fungal infections, Parkinson’s and more.

Xiaolu Zhou views a colorful data visualization map on his computer monitor at his desk in his TCU office.

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AI in Academia

Xiaolu Zhou is working to bring TCU classrooms into the future through innovative AI tools like the AI Globe and by helping professors across disciplines harness artificial intelligence’s teaching potential.