The following centers and institutes are located at Southern Methodist University,
serving as resources to the University, the community and the world. Many also
offer opportunities for scholarly research and writing, conferences, periodic
lectures and symposia. Questions about the centers and institutes should be
sent to their directors or faculty members.
All University
| Linda and Mitch Hart eCenter |
The eCenter provides leadership in the development and use of interactive network technologies. It promotes the creation and dissemination of knowledge about these technologies and their effects on global society by drawing together researchers and practitioners from the academic, corporate, and civic communities. |
| Cary
M. Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility |
The Center supports research, writing and teaching in ethics
at the graduate and undergraduate level; organizes local seminars, colloquia,
and workshops; and recognizes citizens who exemplify the spirit of moral
leadership and public virtue. |
Arts
| Temerlin Advertising Institute |
The Institute strives to advance the state of advertising communication
through partnerships with both industry and government and through programs
to blend the research interests of the academy and the profession. While enhancing
the effectiveness of advertising domestically and abroad, Institute professors
with high levels of advertising expertise and experience provide undergraduate
instruction to a select group of students, within an environment that fosters
creativity, energy and ethical conduct. |
Business
| Business
Information Center |
The Center provides high-quality information services for
Cox Business School students and others in the University community. |
| Business
Leadership Center |
The Center provides Cox Business School students with the
"soft skills" needed to be successful in business. The BLC offers classes
and seminars that complement the curriculum at the school. |
| Caruth
Institute for Entrepreneurship |
As one of the oldest entrepreneurship centers in the United
States, the Institute has for more than 25 years been committed to encouraging
those who can to build a business of their own. |
| JCPenney
Center for Retail Excellence |
The Center is a leading
source of academic expertise on consumer shopping behavior and the effects
of retailer activities on shopping behavior. |
| Maguire
Energy Institute |
The Institute promotes the study of policy, marketing, and
management issues related to oil, natural gas and electricity. |
| Southwestern
Graduate School of Banking |
The School offers a comprehensive, state-of-the-industry program
designed for those seeking a dynamic approach to graduate-level instruction
in banking. |
Engineering
| The Institute for Engineering Education
|
The Institute is one the nation's leading organizations that develops and delivers engineering curriculum for K-12 students. Today, the Institute is home to nationally recognized and award winning programs such as The Infinity Project and Visioneering which reach millions of students in all fifty states. |
| The Research Center for Advanced Manufacturing |
This Center conducts cutting edge research and development in new, sophisticated manufacturing technologies. In 2005, the center became part of the highly competitive National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Lasers and Plasmas for Advanced Manufacturing. Each year, over 300 corporate researchers and academicians visit the center. |
Law
Center
for Pacific Rim
Legal Studies |
The primary goal of the Center is to enhance the international
and American law students' legal skills so they may be more effective as
lawyers, corporate executives, government officials, or members of the judiciary,
and as members of a global society. |
| Law Institute
of the Americas |
Established in 1952, the Institute was designed to promote
good will and to improve relations among the people of the Americas through
the study of comparative laws, institutions, and governments, and to train
lawyers in handling legal matters pertaining to the nations of the western
hemisphere. |
| London Forum |
The London Forum is committed to the mission of pooling, fostering and developing specialized scholarship in the area of international economic development law as it relates to Developing Countries, by providing a range of coordinated venues based in London and at the other Constituent and Collaborating Institutions, for meaningful research, debate and capacity-building as well as for academic, curricular and program development and publication opportunities accessible to young and promising scholars and policy-makers from the Developing World. The Forum also undertakes specific capacity-building training programs. |
|
Ellen K. Solender
Institute in Free Speech
and Mass Media Law |
The Solender Institute provides materials to
researchers from courts, legislatures, bureaucracies, the legal
profession, legal education, mass media, and telecommunications services. Its focus is on media law and issues affecting the free flow of information. |
Science and Humanities
| Center
for Scientific Computation |
The center is an interdisciplinary
research center devoted to the application of computational techniques to
problems in mathematics, engineering, and applied sciences. |
| Center
for Statistical
Consulting and Research |
The Center seeks to advance the understanding of the theory
and methodology of statistical science by engaging in the most effective
processes and in first-class research activities. |
| William
P. Clements Center
For Southwest Studies |
The Center sponsors scholarly research and writing, conferences,
periodic lectures and symposia on the people, institutions and cultures
of the Southwest. |
| Institute for
the Study
of Earth and Man |
The Institute develops and supports interdisciplinary research
projects in the geological sciences, archaeology, anthropology, energy and
the environment. |
| John Goodwin
Tower Center
for Political Studies |
The Center supports teaching and research programs in international
studies and national security policy. It also sponsors conferences, lectures,
seminars, symposia and workshops on contemporary political issues. |
Students
Altshuler
Learning
Enhancement Center |
The Center provides undergraduate students with academic support
and guidance beyond the classroom experience, helping them become more independent,
self-confident, and efficient learners. |
| Gifted Students
Institute |
The Institute is dedicated to the education and development
of talented and gifted students by providing services to educators and their
schools, as well as students and their families. |
Teaching and Education
| Center for Teacher
Education |
The Center prepares undergraduate and graduate students to
meet the requirements for certification in elementary, secondary, and all
levels music education in the state of Texas and in most other states. |
| Center for Teaching
Excellence |
The Center establishes university-wide programs that promote
and encourage teaching excellence; provides individualized support for the
development of teaching excellence; and recognizes excellence in teaching
and pedagogic innovation. |
| Institute
for Reading Research |
The Institute promotes reading skills through research in the areas of
reading acquisition and progress in young children, adult literacy, reading
instruction, and bilingual education. |
Theology
| Center for the Advanced
Study and Practice of Evangelism |
The Center helps Christian denominations recover, develop,
and renew their evangelistic heritage and ministry by providing a comprehensive
program of research, publication, and continuing education. |
| Center for the Study of Latino/a Christianity
and Religions |
The Center promotes a deeper understanding of the varieties of religious
life and expression within the Latino communities in the USA and Latin
America and addresses issues related to the Latino/a religious experience
within a broader ecumenical and religious context. |
