Pre-med students may have reason to relax when it comes to applying to medical school next school year. According to a survey released Jan. 21 by Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions, nearly half of medical schools are considering an increase in the number of seats for new medical students. (0) comments
Icy weather conditions caused 246 school closings in the Dallas/Fort Worth area Wednesday, according to nbcdfw.com. The university canceled classes for the second day in a row. As of 3 p.m. Wednesday, the high temperature was 34 F and the low was 19 F, according to the National Weather Service Web site. (0) comments
WestBend, a new mixed-use commercial real estate development on University Drive across from University Park Village, halted construction due to the bad economy, the project's developer said. WestBend is the first large commercial development in Fort Worth to halt construction, according to a Fort Worth Business Press article. (1) comment
Campus police are working to improve security around campus due to an increase in campus parking lot break-ins, a campus police official said. Steven McGee, chief of TCU Police, said he attended a technology show put on by The American Society for Information Science & Technology in order to preview the most productive surveillance cameras to place on campus. (0) comments
A new SAT score-reporting option that allows students more flexibility in the college application process will not affect TCU, a university official said. The College Board option, Score Choice, allows students to decide which scores - by test date - universities will be able to see, said Wes Waggoner, director of freshman admissions. (0) comments
Some public universities in Texas plan to reward professors who receive high marks on student evaluations, but TCU will not join these efforts anytime soon, Chancellor Victor Boschini said. The university is always willing to consider new ways to reward faculty, Boschini wrote in an e-mail. (0) comments
The proposed federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill could give students additional help in paying for college, a university official said. Increasing the annual limit on Pell Grants and Stafford loans will allow students to borrow less from the more expensive private student loan programs, said Mike Scott, director of scholarships and student financial aid. (0) comments
The new director for the Black Church Studies program at Brite Divinity School stood out among the other candidates because of her strong academic background, the dean of Brite Divinity School said. Nancy Ramsay, executive vice president and dean of Brite Divinity School, said that Keri Day, the new director, also showed confidence in the fields of Black Church Studies, literature and theological ethics. (0) comments
The university has switched to a new television system in anticipation of the national transition from analog to digital television in February, TCU Connect officials said. Patti Sellers, supervisor of TCU Connect, said the university made the change because it must. (1) comment
Courtney Adkins, a sophomore psychology major and sufferer of insomnia, often goes to bed at night, rustling around for hours to wake up tired and unrested. "I would stay up and think, and one thought would lead to another," Adkins said. "I just couldn't turn my brain off. (1) comment
Economics professor Stephen Quinn has a theory about saving the economy, and The New York Times Magazine noticed. The magazine published Quinn's theory - the Quinn Solution - in its "Year in Ideas" issue last month. (0) comments
Students are making good use of a new to-go dining option, campus officials said. Simply To-Go, which opened Jan. 19 at Sub Connection, allows students on any of the Silver, Gold or Platinum Frog Pass plans to purchase a pre-packaged sandwich or salad meal that includes a fountain beverage and the choice between a cookie, fruit or a bag of chips for the cost of a swipe, said Legia Abato, marketing manager of Dining Services. (0) comments
Traveling and spending time outdoors led Ian Dalziel to apply to the Navy; however, after learning that a lazy eye would keep him from being enlisted, a keen curiosity for the Earth led him in another direction. Dalziel, a research professor at the Institute for Geophysics at the University of Texas at Austin, presented his lecture "Is There a Supercontinent Cycle in Earth History: Paleontology over the Last Billion Years" Monday night at the Sid Richardson Building. (0) comments
Residential Services is sponsoring the first diversity poster competition on campus to encourage students to visually express how they perceive diversity and what it means to them. Ashanti Williams, the hall director for Brachman, Martin Moore, and Wiggins halls, said the competition is designed to get students to visualize and think about diversity on a broader spectrum. (0) comments
TCU Police detained two men and one woman on suspicion of motor vehicle burglary Monday night, but no arrests were made, a TCU Police official said. Sgt. Alvin Allcon said TCU police stopped and searched a maroon Ford sedan after a suspected burglary in the parking lot of the Bayard H. (1) comment
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