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SMU, LIFT Literacy App Named Finalist in $7 Million XPRIZE Competition

Puzzle-solving smartphone game designed to teach struggling adults to read was named one of five finalists in an international competition.

George W. Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative to Launch June 1

Partnership aims to advance policies that promote domestic economic growth and strengthen our competitiveness in the global economy.

Karly Zrake"When I tell my friends that I’m studying human rights, the first thing they say is, ‘That’s a major?’ Then when I tell them what we’re learning and the difference we’re making, they just think it’s so awesome, and that it’s something that really needs to spread. SMU is one of seven schools that has a human rights undergraduate degree program, and that is so unique," said Karly Zrake. Read more.

The Robert B. Rowling Center for Business Law and Leadership

Combined gifts of $4 million will create the new Robert B. Rowling Center for Business Law and Leadership in SMU’s Dedman School of Law to train the next generation of prominent legal and business leaders and influence national conversations surrounding business and corporate law.

Flipping a Switch, Igniting Success: Aleena Taufiq ’18

Aleena Taufiq '18 recently landed her dream job in artificial intelligence and expanded her Geared Up middle school enrichment program. And it all started when she found her passion for engineering through a project at SMU.

SMU Continues Its Climb

Continuing The Ascent: Recommendations for Enhancing the Academic Quality and Stature of Southern Methodist University, a report by SMU President R. Gerald Turner and Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Steven C. Currall, presents a set of 14 bold recommendations for further raising SMU’s standing relative to other universities.

Campus Events

Meadows Museum Community Day: A Day at the Beach

Here comes the sun! Spend an old-fashioned day “at the beach,” inspired by the late-nineteenth-century seascapes by Mariano Fortuny y Marsal of Spain and William Merritt Chase of the United States on Saturday, June 23, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free and open to the public.

August 19: Watch SMU’s 104th Opening Convocation Live August 19

Campus Exhibits

First Ladies: Style of Influence

The George W. Bush Presidential Center's First Ladies: Styles of Influence exhibit gives visitors an inside peek at the role that first ladies have played behind the scenes and on the world stage throughout our nation’s history. Runs through October 1, 2018.

At the Beach: Mariano Fortuny y Marsal and William Merritt Chase  — June 24 to September 23, 2018

Texas Women Artists: Selections from the Bywaters Special Collections — through Aug. 5

Memory, Mind, Matter: The Sculpture of Eduardo Chillida — through June 3

Murillo at the Meadows: A 400th Anniversary Celebration — through Dec. 2

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