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Horned Frogs take action for the greater good in the fields of sustainability, health care, business and child development.

Shaping World Leaders

Emphasizing Empathy in Health Care

As cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence continue to revolutionize health care, one essential element remains uniquely human: compassion. Watch how Dr. McKenna Chalman ’19 (M.D. ’23) and other alumni are keeping compassion at the heart of their practice.
Portrait of TCU alumna Katherine Beattie ’08

Television producer and writer Katherine Beattie ’08 works tirelessly to advance accurate portrayals of and equal opportunities for people with disabilities.

Portrait of TCU alumnus John Devereaux

Broadway performer John Devereaux ’12 uses his many talents as a stage performer and social media star to entertain audiences and positively impact others.

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Research on the Rise

124% Increase in Research Funding Awarded Since 2019

Grants for the Greater Good

  • Intervening for Vulnerable Children
    $2.9 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development.
  • Advancing Racial Health Equity
    $1 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to TCU's Center for Translational Research.
  • Exploring the Galaxy
    $578,000 grant from the Space Telescope Science Institute to TCU's Department of Physics and Astronomy.

Improving Access & Inclusion

RRI committee members walk with arms linked

Examining Our Past

The Race & Reconciliation Initiative is an academically based, historically focused research project to investigate racism and inequality and help TCU cultivate a more inclusive campus. 

Helping First-Gen Frogs Make the Leap

TCU retains first-generation college students at a rate higher than the national average, thanks to a comprehensive support model that emphasizes connection at every stage of the journey.

Bridging the Gap for Underserved Students

More than 500 Community Scholars from minority-majority high schools in the DFW area have received a full scholarship to TCU and graduated prepared for careers in multiple fields.

1 in 3 TCU Students Are Students of Color
$3.9M Awarded to Community Scholars in the Class of 2028
7 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award Wins

Nurturing an Outstanding Student Experience

Top 10 Rankings in 7 Categories
—The Princeton Review, 2025
#6 Happiest Students
—The Princeton Review, 2025
93% First-Year-to-Sophomore Retention Rate (29% Above National Average)

TCU Experts in the News

USA Today

“Are Football Collisions Linked to Parkinson’s?”

After NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre revealed he has Parkinson’s disease, Christopher Watts, dean of TCU’s Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences, who researches the disease, weighed in on all the risk factors leading to a diagnosis.

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