From inflation and human trafficking to TCU’s incredible football season, Horned Frog faculty and students are in the news.
INSTITUTIONAL
Behind the design of TCU's $62M Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine facility
Dec. 13, 2022
Dallas Business Journal
The 95,000-square-foot building for TCU's newly named Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine is expected to house the hundreds of faculty and staff that will work with 240 students
to build a new generation of medical talent and clinical expertise.
Why are Fort Worth street lights purple? The answer is not tied to TCU football —
despite its success
Dec. 4, 2022
Fort Worth Report
While Fort Worth glows in the success of TCU football, the city’s streetlights aren’t
— despite their purple appearance. That’s right, those purple streetlights you may
have seen lighting up your neighborhood in a violet hue might evoke thoughts of TCU, but they’re not due to any sports teams’ success. Instead, they can be attributed
to a manufacturer’s defect that is affecting other LED streetlights across the country,
according to a report from Business Insider. Despite the origins of the purple lights, TCU said
it comes at a good time. “Fort Worth looks good in purple. Let’s keep the purple street
lights in honor of DFW’s Big 12 team and all of our incredible student-athletes! The
timing is perfect as we kick off our 150th anniversary in January 2023,” a TCU spokesperson
said in a statement. Some streetlights will likely continue to glow purple as TCU football
prepares to face Michigan in the Fiesta Bowl. According to the university, an unidentified
Horned Frog said: “That’s no defect. Hypnotoad is definitely behind this.”
TCU plans $40M for athletic training centers, including football complex. Take a look
Dec. 1, 2022
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
TCU has received a $10 million gift from the Jane & John Justin Foundation to renovate
the Bob Lilly Performance Center, build a new football performance complex and develop
a wellness center for all athletes. The estimated $40 million project will be funded
through private donations. Construction is expected to begin in 2024. “We are grateful
to the Jane & John Justin Foundation for their continued investment in our student-athletes,” Jeremiah Donati, director of intercollegiate athletics, said in a statement. “Their latest gift commitment underscores the momentum in our
athletics program while also positioning us in the future to be a leader in maximizing
the training and preparation of student-athletes for elite performance.”
FACULTY
Police Are Connecting With Youth on TikTok-a Ban Would Erase Useful Tool
Dec. 15, 2022
Newsweek
A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation that would ban TikTok in the
United States. While such a ban on the short-form video hosting app would stand to
upset millions of young fans, it would also disrupt an unlikely group of TikTok users:
police departments. “Police have used social media to ‘humanize’ themselves,” said Johnny
Nhan, associate dean and professor in the criminology and criminal justice department.
“For example, Fort Worth Police saw a spike when a Star Wars-themed recruitment video
went viral. Police departments have also used social media in fun ways to connect
with the community with virtual ride-alongs, etc."
Musk cannot run Twitter the same as an engineering company, says TCU’s Mary Uhl-Bien
Dec. 15, 2022
CNBC
Mary Uhl-Bien, BNSF Endowed Professor of Leadership, spoke about Elon Musk’s ownership
of Twitter and how it could potentially hurt his performance at Tesla. “The biggest
question when it comes to Tesla is who’s running Tesla right now? He hasn’t put in
an acting CEO. We also know that he’s been pulling people from his other companies
from SpaceX to Tesla, and is that hurting the companies that he originally started?
I think the biggest issue is that he’s an entrepreneurial leader and clearly a genius,
but he’s getting out of his range here. He’s an engineer and now on Twitter. You can’t
run Twitter the same way you run an engineering company,” Uhl-Bien said.
One of Fort Worth’s most popular clubs encourages people to curl up with a book at
home
Dec. 13, 2022
Fort Worth Report
One of Fort Worth’s most popular clubs opened in March of 2020, in the thick of the
COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, it’s been open 24 hours a day, seven days a week for
two and a half years. Despite attracting a crowd of hundreds, it has yet to garner
any noise violations and never charges a cover fee. Erin Atwood, assistant professor of educational leadership and a member of the virtual book club,
stumbled across the group while scrolling through Facebook during the shutdown and
was eager to connect with others. “I latched on and haven’t let go. It’s fun. I like
the way it’s set up, where you can be just part of it as much as you want to or not,” Atwood said.
“I have kind of a strange schedule, teaching evening classes, and I have a small child.
It’s just something that works really well with my schedule.”
Iranians are calling on the international community to act after execution of protesters
Dec. 9, 2022
CHCN (Canada)
Hanan Hammad, professor and director of Middle East studies, addressed the latest developments in
Iran today. “The Iranian regime has been known for adopting the death penalty for
a wide range of crimes,” Hammad said.
What To Do About Inflation?
Dec. 8, 2022
Forbes
John Harvey, professor of economics, said that inflation seems to be the story of the season
right now. “I have handled numerous requests for interviews over the past few months,
even some from high school and college students struggling with these same questions.
My response has been the same every time,” he said. “Suffice it to say at the outset
that inflation, like Johnny Depp’s relationship status, is complicated.”
New bill would post human trafficking hotline in every port of entry
Dec. 2, 2022
The 19th
Each year, tens of thousands of people text or call the national human trafficking
hotline. Now, lawmakers are pushing to require that number to be posted in every airport,
bus station, rail station and all ports of entry in the United States. Mary Twis, assistant professor of social work, said the signage will certainly raise awareness
among the public and will hopefully lead to more arrests. However, she said, the government
needs to work towards “reducing systemic inequalities” that lead to the targeting
of “entire subpopulations of people.”
No, sharing that article doesn’t make you an ‘expert,’ say real experts
Dec. 1, 2022
The Dallas Morning News
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin found that sharing articles on social
media, whether we’ve read them or not, can make us think we know more about them than
we actually do. Guy Golan, associate professor of strategic communication, said one way we can increase our
social media literacy is by taking our time with it. “When we consume online information,
most people make a decision about the content that they’re viewing within a few seconds,
nanoseconds,” said Golan, who was not involved with Ward’s study. “And I think the
first initial step is to encourage people to spend a little more time with the information.”
ALUMNI
Mayor's Inaugural Distinguished Service Awards Ceremony Held in Dallas
Dec. 15, 2022
NBC-5
Five Dallas leaders were honored Thursday with the Dallas Mayor’s first distinguished
service awards. Two recipients from opposite sides of the political aisle are longtime
friends who put party differences aside for common goals. They are former U.S. Senator
and Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison and retiring U.S. Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson ‘67. “We built a friendship that has lasted through the years. And we've always been
no-nonsense people trying to get things done,” Eddie Bernice Johnson said.
ATHLETICS
Which college football bowl games are worth watching? We ranked them by watchability.
Dec. 15, 2022
USA Today
In the coming weekends, 41 games will be contested in the sport’s top division. Only
two of them involve teams hoping to play in the 42nd game a week later that will determine
the national champion, but the rest will have their moments. The Fiesta Bowl will
host No. 2 Michigan vs. No. 3 TCU at 4 p.m. Dec. 31 on ESPN. A case could be made
for this one to be in the No. 1 spot. The Horned Frogs seem incapable of playing any
game that isn’t a nail-biter, and we certainly hope that tendency continues and breaks
the trend of semifinal routs.
TCU QB Max Duggan's heroic charge to College Football Playoff is something out of
a TV script
Dec. 14, 2022
Yahoo Sports Australia
Most Heisman Trophy candidates don’t start the season on the bench. Max Duggan, who
guided TCU into the College Football Playoff and earned that Heisman love for it,
already has enough storylines in his past to make for an entire Netflix series. High
expectations, early success, injuries, health scares, magnificent comebacks and an
emotional plea, all led to the Heisman event. “After my freshman year of high school
is when I started to realize that it was a real possibility that I could go somewhere
[to play college football],” Duggan recently told TCU’s university magazine.
TCU basketball rises in latest AP Poll
Dec. 13, 2022
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
TCU basketball has moved up in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. After winning their
sixth straight game with an 83-75 win over SMU, the Horned Frogs moved up to No. 21
in the latest AP Poll.
Duggan, Hodges-Tomlinson, Avila Named AP Football All Americans
Dec. 12, 2022
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
A trio of TCU Horned Frogs was named to the prestigious 2022 AP College Football All-America
team. Cornerback Tre'Vius Hodges-Tomlinson was named first-team defensive back, while quarterback Max Duggan and offensive lineman Steve Avila were named to the second team. Hodges-Tomlinson becomes TCU's first consensus All-American since 2014 and 16th ever.
Inside Max Duggan’s week-long Heisman odyssey: ‘This red-headed Targaryen was on fire’
Dec. 11, 2022
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
As he walked the streets of Manhattan, TCU quarterback Max Duggan experienced a new level of stardom. Tourists and New Yorkers recognized him on the
street and wished him and TCU luck. “It’s something that not a lot of people get to experience,” Duggan said. “It’s awesome, and I’m grateful to be here. It’s good for TCU and the recognition
to get our logo out there and tell our story about our program and our school. I’m
glad to be here. I know people want to talk about the big brands and the logos, but
Fort Worth is a special place,” Duggan said. “Just the camaraderie of people, the fans, the students and the players. Getting
to be there, I think that’s the biggest thing; people love that school.” During the
televised Heisman presentation, Coach Sonny Dykes added to Duggan’s growing status by sharing how the quarterback reacted to not winning
that role. “He came back and said, ‘Coach, I get it. I’m not happy about it, but I’m
going to do everything I can to help this football team,’” Dykes said. “‘In my role as the backup quarterback, I’m going to be the best backup quarterback
in the country.’ Fortunately for all of us, he got an opportunity and took it and
ran with it.”
TCU dominates AP Big 12 honors, led by QB Duggan and Dykes
Dec. 9, 2022
Associated Press
TCU quarterback and Heisman Trophy finalist Max Duggan is The Associated Press Big 12 offensive player of the year in a unanimous vote, as
was the selection of Sonny Dykes for coach of the year after his first season with the Horned Frogs.
TCU quarterback Max Duggan named the 2022 Davey O’Brien Award recipient
Dec. 9, 2022
The Dallas Morning News
TCU quarterback Max Duggan has won the Davey O’Brien Award, given to College Football’s best quarterback. In
1938, O’Brien led the Horned Frogs to secure a National Championship. 84 years later,
Duggan carries on O’Brien’s legacy at TCU as the Davey O’Brien Award winner. Against
all odds, Duggan and the Frogs are set to compete in the College Football Playoff.
Duggan wasn’t named TCU’s starting quarterback at the beginning of the season but
kept a team-first mentality.
TCU Mania Overtakes Fort Worth With Max Duggan Turning Into a Heisman Worthy Myth
Maker - An Incredibly True QB Tale
Dec. 8, 2022
PaperCity Magazine
TCU quarterback Max Duggan’s rise to Heisman Trophy finalist is one of the best stories in sports and Fort Worth
is all in. The city has grown increasingly more purple throughout the fall, as TCU’s season came into focus. Everyone seems to be wearing their favorite shade of purple
these days with the college football playoffs beckoning and not just on game day.
Sonny Dykes, Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson receive national awards
Dec. 8, 2022
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
TCU coach Sonny Dykes and cornerback Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson received major honors at the College Football Awards show on ESPN Thursday night.
Dykes was selected as the Home Depot Coach of the Year while Hodges-Tomlinson won
the Jim Thorpe Award. In his first season as head coach, Dykes led TCU to the College
Football Playoffs as the No. 3 seed. The Horned Frogs went 12-1 and reached the Big
12 championship game after being picked to finish seventh in the preseason Big 12
media poll.
TCU’s Sonny Dykes named Walter Camp National Coach of the Year
Dec. 7, 2022
The Dallas Morning News
Sonny Dykes, in his first year as head coach at TCU, has been named the Walter Camp National
Coach of the Year. Dykes, who recently received an extension, led the Horned Frogs
to a 12-1 record and a College Football Playoff berth. The Frog head coach led one
of the greatest year-to-year turnarounds in college football. In 2021, the Frogs finished
the season with a 5-7 record. One year later, TCU is 12-1 and will compete for a National Championship.
TCU football coach Sonny Dykes receives raise and contract extension
Dec. 7, 2022
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
TCU coach Sonny Dykes has received a contract extension after leading the program to one of the best seasons
in its history. Dykes gained an additional year to his contract through 2028 and a
pay raise. The raise will put Dykes near the top of the Big 12.
TCU quarterback Max Duggan says being a Heisman finalist is ‘a dream come true’
Dec. 6, 2022
The Dallas Morning News
TCU Chancellor Victor J. Boschini, Jr. stepped up to the podium to introduce quarterback Max Duggan as a Heisman finalist. “I don’t think there’s anyone more deserving of a Heisman
than Max Duggan,” said Boschini, who added Duggan is the best college athlete in the
country. The Horned Frog QB has powered the Frog offense with big plays. “As a little
kid, I would watch the Heisman ceremony,” said Duggan. “Through a lot of the ups and downs of my career in the past four years. Being
around these guys. Being around … these students. This university. It’s something
that … you are going to remember for a long time.”
‘A special team.’ TCU becomes first team from Texas to reach College Football Playoff
Dec. 4, 2022
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
TCU will play for the national college football championship. TCU coach Sonny Dykes had a nervous but optimistic energy as he and the rest of the team waited for the
announcement at a watch party in the Legends Club & Suites at Amon G. Carter Stadium.
“I had a good feeling about it, but you never really know,” Dykes said. “I’m really
just happy for our players, it’s great when a group like this gets the recognition,
gets an opportunity because it really is a special team.”
College Football Playoff - TCU’s inclusion saves the season
Dec. 4, 2022
Sports Illustrated
The Horned Frogs lost their bid to go unbeaten Saturday, but they did enough in defeat to hold onto
a College Football Playoff bid amid a field crowded with Big Ten and Southeastern
Conference behemoths. TCU (12-1) is the No. 3 seed. For TCU, a school with an enrollment of about 12,000, making the field validates the vision
needed to navigate its nomadic course of the past quarter century. The Horned Frogs
are in their fourth league since the demise of the Southwest Conference in the mid-1990s,
wandering from the WAC to Conference USA to the Mountain West before finally catching
on with the Big 12.
Heart Surgery, Foot Injuries, a Demotion to Backup—Max Duggan Overcame Them All
Dec. 2, 2022
Texas Monthly
Texas Christian University head football coach Sonny Dykes wonders if there might be a higher power driving the Horned Frogs along the wild,
euphoric journey that has been the 2022 season. Max Duggan, TCU quarterback’s story could be a Hallmark Channel special, with a career of injuries
and comebacks, then a demotion to second string, followed by another comeback. “I
think his calmness and his confidence is one of the things that’s been a trademark
of this team,” Dykes said earlier this season. “I think the quarterback position by
nature, in a lot of ways, is kind of a narcissistic position. It has to be about you
a lot of times, and Max is one of the few guys I’ve been around, it’s never about
him. It’s always about his teammates and trying to make those around him better. And
I think that’s why people appreciate him so much. He cares more about the team than
he does himself.”
TCU’s winning football team shares success with neighboring businesses
Dec. 1, 2022
Fort Worth Report
With its undefeated football season, TCU’s football program is ranked No. 3 in the nation, but for some Fort Worth businesses,
it’s definitely No. 1. “After last Saturday night’s game (where TCU romped over Iowa
State 62-14), we had the whole football team and most of their parents here,” said Bert Adams, owner of The Poop Deck, a bar and restaurant near campus at 3505 Blue Bonnet Circle.
“We’ve got pictures and stuff of me with the quarterbacks, the centers and everybody.”
Other businesses that have seen a high number of customers include Maggie's R&R, PAVLOV
Advertising and Speed Fab-Crete.