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TCU 360 • February 6 2023

‘An African American Requiem’ mourns Tyre Nichols and thousands of other Black Americans

The synchronicity of the Fort Worth Opera
Composer Damien Geter said he wrote the service in 2016 as a response to racial violence, or “modern-day lynchings,”

TCU 360 • January 29 2023

‘An African American Requiem’ debuts in Texas at TCU

Maestro Damien Geter rehearses with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra for “An African American Requiem” Jan. 26, 2023, at the TCU Music Hall. Geter said he composed the piece in 2016 as a response to racial violence. The day before the TCU performance, body cam footage was released showing five police officers beating Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop in Memphis.

“An African American Requiem,” a statement to multiple killings of Black Americans, was presented by the Fort Worth Opera on Saturday

TCU 360 • April 11 2023

Mobile units will return for the last TCU blood drive of the semester

Hazel Remington, a TCU movement science major, donates to the TCU blood drive in the Carter BloodCare mobile unit Feb. 22, 2023. TCU student Abbie Orndorff, left, and Carter phlebotomist Destiny Milam, right, discuss the donating process.

TCU 360 • March 9 2023

The Fort Worth Zoo names baby elephant, but visitors will have to wait for a first look

Travis, the new baby elephant, and Belle, his mom, will make a public appearance at the Fort Worth Zoo after he bonds with the herd and learns to swim. This photo was taken several hours after his birth on Feb. 23, 2023.

The Fort Worth Zoo’s new baby elephant has a name — Travis!

TCU 360 • February 24 2023

TCU dance celebrates 30th anniversary of AIDS benefit concert

Zion Dance Project is one of the companies in the lineup for the TCU AIDS benefit Saturday, Feb. 25 at Erma Lowe Hall. Left to right, Kailtin Kinsey, Ann Sterling Dale, Kevyn Butler, Hana Alford, Vincent Hardy (center), Abigail Hardy, Camille DC Sutton, Brittney McClellan, Roma Catania, Courtlyn Hanson, Anna Lee Green. (Photo courtesy Zion Dance Project group)

TCU dance students and local dance companies celebrated 30 years of assisting a Fort Worth AIDS center on Saturday with a charity benefi

TCU 360 • February 23 2023

What we’re reading: Charges filed against North Texas predators, Biden’s visit to Ukraine and more

U.S. President Joe Biden, left, meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, right, in during a surprise visit Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 20, 2023. Being in an active war zone with no U.S. military presence, it was “an unprecedented visit in modern times,” White House officials said in in a press briefing.

North Texas law enforcement officers have filed over 80 criminal charges against 59 people for sexual abuse and online child exploitation. Some charged include firefighters, paramedics, teache

Carter BloodCare

TCU 360 • February 21 2023

Donate blood in under an hour on the blood donation bus Wednesday

A phlebotomist, or health care worker trained in drawing blood, checks the donor’s progress at a Carter BloodCare center. The whole blood donation process, from check-in to departure, takes less than an hour, said James Black, a Carter BloodCare spokesperson. (Photo courtesy of Carter BloodCare)

A blood transfusion takes place every two seconds in the U.S.

Cancer patients use more than a quarter of the U.S. blood supply.

Only 3% of eligible Americans donate blood to replenish this supply.

TCU students, faculty and staff have an opportunity to help on Wednesday through the TCU blood drive.

TCU 360 • November 10 2022

Fort Worth Zoo to celebrate 30th Anniversary Festival

When it comes to a zoo outing, some TCU students may hearken back to those chaotic family times with kids running, parents shouting and someone ending up crying.

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