TCU’s commitment to educating leaders on the digital frontier recently expanded to include a financial technology certificate from the Neeley School of Business. The three-course program featured in this issue of TCU Magazine spotlights machine learning, artificial intelligence and blockchain. Our students are learning about ChatGPT, cryptocurrency and other emerging technologies right as they hit the market.

The technological thought leadership centers on the classroom and extends to faculty research. Economics professor Dr. John T. Harvey, a winner of our Chancellor’s Award for Creative Teacher and Scholar, is advocating for a federal cyberdefense insurance policy. Meanwhile, biology professor Dr. Mikaela Stewart is harnessing health care technology to uncover genetic links to breast cancer. Neeley professor Dr. Beata Jones, who specializes in information systems, is teaching her students about the ethical and practical implications of artificial intelligence when writing code.

In this issue we’ll also introduce you to David Aspinall ’18 MBA, who helps people on the autism spectrum find employment in the tech sector. As CEO of auticon US, he is making significant strides in addressing the 85 percent underemployment rate among workers with autism.

Opportunities abound for people who thrive by innovating during periods of change, and in 2024, technology is reshaping our world on a seemingly daily basis.

Now and into the future, TCU intends to remain at the forefront of information, ideas and education. Horned Frogs seek to do more than observe the world as it evolves at an accelerating pace. We plan to shape it — as ethical leaders and with our mission statement and values ever at heart.

TCU conferred almost 700 degrees at the fall 2023 commencement. The ceremony capped the university’s anniversary celebrations. “Our students are the heart of everything we do at TCU, so I can’t think of a better way close out this sesquicentennial year than celebrating their success and achievement,” said Chancellor Victor J. Boschini, Jr. Photo by Glen E. Ellman