Benjamin Ireland sheds light on a little-known WWII tragedy and reunites a family in the process. Benjamin Hiramatsu Ireland’s passion for history changed the destiny of a family across the world. The story began the day after Pearl Harbor on a small archipelago roughly 900 miles east of Australia, when the lives of more… Read more »
Bologna opened studio doors to women artists long before other European cities did. MIDWAY BETWEEN VENICE AND FLORENCE, THE ITALIAN CITY OF BOLOGNA is known for meaty pasta sauce and a vibrant cultural scene. In Women Artists, Their Patrons and Their Publics in Early Modern Bologna (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2021), Babette Bohn writes… Read more »
A monoclonal antibody used as an anti-rejection drug may help patients suffering from a severe Covid-19 infection. In January 2021, Jeff Walburn met with a contractor about renovations on his house. Having undergone a successful liver transplant 13 years prior, he was taking extra precautions to guard against the coronavirus: meeting outside, social distancing… Read more »
Academic research helps lend credibility, transparency and accountability to U.S. Supreme Court rulings. In criminal court cases, bigger is considered better. The assumption is a result of a 1978 case in which the U.S. Supreme Court relied on 25 evidence-based studies on the effect of group size on jury deliberations. In that case, Ballew… Read more »
Dual-language kids’ TV programs can be an effective teaching tool, professors’ study finds. WHEN EMILY LUND HEARD HER 3-YEAR-OLD SAY THE WORDS KINETIC ENERGY — a topic never discussed at home — she realized entertainment technology could indeed be an educational tool. “If you had asked me 10 years ago if I had any… Read more »
Tee Tyler explores the family dynamics between LGBTQ children and their parents. When LGBTQ children come out to their parents, the experience is not a single revelation but a complex process. The nature of the family relationship can strongly influence how that process unfolds and affect the health of the child. “The relationship is… Read more »
TCU’s College of Education is integrating the science of learning into undergraduate teacher education. In 2020, TCU joined Deans for Impact, a national organization that aims to improve student learning by transforming the way educators teach. In 2021, College of Education faculty implemented the organization’s Learning by Scientific Design program, which disseminates evidence-based teaching strategies… Read more »
Danica Knight employs trust-based interventions to help troubled youth. Talk about tempers and trouble. Soon after two youths at a residential juvenile justice facility started arguing, their heated exchange turned physical. One of them injured a staff member who intervened, which triggered an automatic security alert. Though the teen had been making significant progress in… Read more »
TCU professors seek ways to improve communication between civic leaders and Black constituents. On Oct. 12, 2019, Atatiana Jefferson was playing video games with her 8-year-old nephew at her family home in Fort Worth’s Hillside Morningside neighborhood. She was unaware that a concerned neighbor had called the Fort Worth Police Department, which sent officers to… Read more »
Shakespeare adaptations still portray girls as the weaker sex. Classrooms of teenagers across the world are still soaking up Romeo and Juliet, whether in school or through Taylor Swift’s lyrics. Between the lines, each generation of high school students interprets William Shakespeare’s tale of star-crossed lovers through its own pop culture filters. Shakespeare wrote Romeo… Read more »
