TCU In The News

The white paper says it was "created with the consultation" of two academics — Johnny Nhan of Texas Christian University and Richard Helfers of the University of Texas at Tyler. Nhan, one of the two consultants for the white paper, told 404 Media in 2024 that he and Helfers helped with statistical calculations and formatting, but regarding the conclusions, he said he "personally would have done things much differently."

Sarah Angle, faculty director of Roxo, a student-run PR agency at Texas Christian University, breaks down the marketing strategy behind the release of Taylor Swift’s newest album, Patient Zero.

In recent decades, as the United States became more focused on standardized test scores, recess has been sidelined in favor of more instructional time, notes Debbie Rhea, a professor in kinesiology at Texas Christian University and director of the LiiNK project, a researched-based intervention for schools characterized by four 15-minute recess breaks and a character development lesson daily.

TCU Chancellor Daniel Pullin described this year’s ranking as an “important measure" of the school's "accelerated momentum as a leading national university and our resolute focus on student success. Demand for a TCU education has never been stronger,” he said in a statement.

There are so many different crude oils and prices — WTI, Brent, OPEC, Mexican, Indian. “There’s OPEC selling price, you’ve got Mexico, Indian…” according to Tom Seng, a professor of energy finance at Texas Christian University. There’s even a crude price called Mars. “Mars is actually an offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico,” Seng explains.

The Starpoint School at Texas Christian University serves children with learning differences such as dyslexia, dysgraphia and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD. The ability to meet each student’s needs through small class sizes, small-group intervention and evidence-based reading instruction are the components driving student success, said Interim Executive Director Jan Lacina.

Tom Seng, an Assistant Professor of Energy Finance at Texas Christian University, said he was surprised the state had not already taken stronger enforcement action.

“Based on the current legislation, the operators can keep these inactive for almost indefinitely,” said Nikki Morris, a geologist and executive director of the Ralph Lowe Institute of Energy at Texas Christian University. “There’s a lot of wiggle room.”

Elizabeth Plummer, Ph.D., C.P.A., professor at Texas Christian University’s Neeley School of Business, and Bill Wempe, Ph.D., professor and associate dean at Texas Christian University’s Neeley School of Business, argue that In the new era of revenue sharing, colleges should make a meaningful financial literacy course mandatory for athletes.

“I'm afraid we are going to see these (prices) possibly a little higher so a couple things. We are post-labor day so that helps in terms of lower demand for gasoline and aviation fuel but your point, diesel is at a record high so it is certainly not good for the economy,” explains Tom Seng, assistant professor of professional practice in energy finance at Texas Christian University.

“The whole reason we passed these (public meeting laws) was so that the public's business could be done in public, where the public can participate and see it being done, see how they're spending our tax dollars, and be able to, in this democracy, actually play an active role in government,” said Chip Stewart, an attorney and professor of journalism at Texas Christian University.

Crude oil traffic through the key Strait of Hormuz has plunged, and Iran has refused to reopen the waterway. “Everything points to the Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz,” said Tom Seng, a professor of energy finance at Texas Christian University.

Researchers at Texas Christian University are working to solve this problem by investigating how a new, AI-based technology can be used to support bilingual children with developmental language disorders.

The question, said Craig Crossland, dean of Texas Christian University’s Neeley School of Business, is whether Musk’s vision and unique capabilities have been “institutionalized” among those deputies. “I don’t think we’ve had the opportunity to see that,” Crossland said

“You’re going to do everything you can to keep that refinery running,” said Tom Seng, a professor of energy finance at Texas Christian University. “We’re not talking band-aids. You’re going to do the required maintenance at a minimum.”

Because it is used to report holdings like crypto coins in financial filings, fair value will be central to many of FASB’s discussions, said Karen Nelson, a professor of accounting at Texas Christian University.