Stories
Dallas Morning News Highlights TCU Research Helping Children
Research from the Davies School of Communication & Sciences Disorders’ Emily Lund and Jean Rivera Perez is helping reshape how educators and clinicians support bilingual children with hearing loss, challenging long-held assumptions about language development. Their work was recently featured in The Dallas Morning News, which highlighted their research examining how Spanish-English bilingual children develop early literacy skills.
Studying Global Perspectives on Health in Australia
Graduate speech-language pathology students in the Davies School of Communication Sciences & Disorders recently visited Sydney, Australia as part of their summer study abroad course, “Evidence-Based Practice in Speech-Language Pathology: Developing a Global Perspective Through Australian Study.” Learn how their exploration of evidence-based practice, cultural diversity, and issues of health advocacy in the land down under enhanced their learning and growth at Harris College in their own words.
Where Are They Now? Ronnie Baker
Harris College caught up with Olympian and kinesiology alum Ronnie Baker ’16 where he delved into his time at TCU and how Harris College helped him achieve his goals.
4 Students Receive First-ever Britton-Evetts Scholarship Award in Nursing
Each year, the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR or DAR) Mary Isham Keith Chapter (MIK) in Fort Worth awards a scholarship to a student in good academic standing chosen by TCU Nursing faculty.
New Undergraduate Health Sciences Major Creates Opportunities for Careers in Health Care
Health care is one of the largest sectors of the U.S. and global economies with job growth expanding at rates much faster than other industries. TCU’s Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences is continuing to meet the critical need for health care professionals through its newest undergraduate major, the Bachelor of Science in Allied Health Sciences.
An Occupational Therapy Program is Coming to TCU
The new OTD program will meet a critical need for rehabilitation professionals in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, the state and the nation.
Singer to Lead Center for Collaborative Practice, Fellowship
The TCU Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Fellowship and the TCU Center for Collaborative Practice are now under combined leadership. Diana Singer, Ph. D., was named director of the Center for Collaborative Practice, as well as the coordinator of the EBP Fellowship.
Harris Frog Blog: Athletic Training
You see us on the sidelines of the football field and on the bench of the basketball court. To some, we are the “water girls,” but we are so much more than that. We are student athletic trainers.
TCU's Athletic Training Program: 'No Timeout, No Halftime, No Offseason'
What does touring with Disney on Ice have in common with working in the NFL with the New England Patriots or the professional soccer team Kansas City Current? All are jobs that TCU students have earned after graduating from Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences’ athletic training program within its kinesiology department.
Dementia Buddies
Dr. Earl Hampton, a retired pediatric doctor, was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia in 2019. This is also known as dementia with Lewy bodies and is the second most common type of progressive dementia after Alzheimer’s.