TCU In The News

Sarah Hill, an evolutionary psychologist at Texas Christian University (and author of The Period Brain), is quoted as saying in a 2024 interview: “When you change your hormones, you change who you are.”

“I look at having an MMR partner versus bringing it in-house like selling your house for sale by owner or using a realtor,” said TCU AD Mike Buddie. “If you have an awesome house and you’re sure you can sell it in one phone call, and you have a law degree and know how to write up a buyer’s contract in real estate and you feel comfortable, that might be a good move."

And then there's the superstition behind the trend: according to Dr. Angela L. Thompson, who teaches sociology at Texas Christian University, the whole reason brides have matching bridal parties to begin with is related to a fear of "evil spirits."

“To have success, you need an internal champion — and that’s Demi and Summer — but also need to have support from the very top, so I’m involved,” said Jason Safran, CIO at TCU.

Stephen Jenkins, senior director for graduate recruitment and admissions at Texas Christian University’s Neeley School of Business.

Logistical challenges and market forces create a lag time in the release of reserve oil, meaning the move cannot address an immediate supply shock such as the shipping concerns in the Strait of Hormuz, Tom Seng, a professor of energy finance at Texas Christian University, told ABC News.

The reserve was designed for the situation we're in, Tom Seng, an energy finance professor at Texas Christian University, tells Axios. "We would hope that in the planning of this attack on Iran, that they had a full-blown picture of the ramifications," Seng says.

Kimberly A. Owczarski, an associate professor at Texas Christian University who studies media franchises, told NPR in an email that Netflix's decision to partner with a filmmaker of Affleck's prominence sends out a positive message to an industry reeling from the threats posed by the growing adoption of AI across the entertainment landscape.

“There’s research confirming the role of placebos for people who assume that they need alcohol to function better socially,” says Dr. Eric Wood, director of counseling and mental health at Texas Christian University.

TCU political science professor Ralph Carter said he believes there won’t be a quick resolution to this new war. “Iran is going to attack targets in the United States if it has the capability to do so through terrorist attacks, through assassinations, cyber attack in the like.”

Texas Christian University’s Sylviane Greensword said the incident is suffused with race in part because of the "historical trauma that is associated with our hair."

“Numbers help us understand in a simple way the factors in our lives that we can address to improve our heart health,” states Dr. Mohanakrishnan Sathyamoorthy, MD, the chair of internal medicine at Burnett School of Medicine at TCU.

If you or your loved ones are part of a vulnerable population—young children, older adults, pregnant individuals, and people with weakened immune systems—these findings could be cause for concern, according to Don Thushara Galbadage, MPH, Phd, a professor of applied health sciences at Texas Christian University.

The show has brought new attention to the profession, but Dr. Tom Seng, an assistant professor of professional practice and energy finance, said it also exaggerates the job for dramatic effect.

That constant church also is what gives the markets their appeal, said Grant Ferguson, a political science instructor at TCU who studies campaigns and elections.

"Gary Patterson's induction into the College Football Hall of Fame is certainly no surprise," said Mike Buddie, TCU director of athletics. "His profound impact on our football program, our athletic department, the city of Fort Worth, and the game itself is obvious."