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Watch Doug Parker's speech at SMU’s May Commencement
Doug Parker, chairman and chief executive officer of American Airlines Group Inc. and its subsidiary, American Airlines, was the featured speaker during SMU’s Commencement Convocation on Saturday, May 18, in Moody Coliseum.
Watch the full May 2019 Graduation Ceremony
Watch the full SMU May Graduation Ceremony where honorary degrees were presented to Dallas historic preservationist Virginia McAlester and Chobani yogurt founder Hamdi Ulukaya.
Stejara Dinulescu ’19 came to SMU as a pre-med student, but found her passion for coding and neuroscience research when she added psychology and creative computation to her fine arts major. Her unique interdisciplinary interests led to her acceptance to three Ph.D. programs.
“It’s surreal. It’s like a pop-up book: we had the exhibit laid out on paper, and then you walk in and see all the work that’s been done. It’s so cool to see a specimen that you’ve spent so much time with lit up and on display.”
DNA From 31,000-Year-Old Human Teeth Reveals New Ethnic Group Living in Siberia During Last Ice Age
An international team of researchers, including SMU anthropologist David Meltzer, discovered a new group of ancient Siberians. The research was published June 5, 2019 as a story in Nature.
SMU Cox honors alumni business success
The SMU Cox School of Business honored four alumni at the school’s annual Distinguished Alumni and Outstanding Young Alumni Awards Luncheon on May 10. Two Distinguished Alumni Awards and two Outstanding Young Alumni Awards were presented at the luncheon ceremony in the Collins Executive Center on the SMU campus.
Hart gift to benefit U. S. Marine Corps vets
Military veterans aspiring to SMU’s innovative graduate education in engineering and business have a new scholarship opportunity with The Milledge A. Hart, III Scholarship Fund for Veterans of the United States Marine Corps.
Campus Events
July 4: Independence Day – University Holiday (offices closed)
July 18-21: SMU-in-Taos Cultural Institute
Campus Exhibits
Goya’s Visions in Ink: The Centerpiece of the Meadows Drawings Collection
Meadows Museum — through November 3, 2019
Texas Women Artists: Selections from Bywaters Special Collections, Hamon Arts Library Second Floor — through August
The Word Embodied: Scripture as Creative Inspiration in Twentieth-Century Book Arts, Bridwell Library — through June 15
Presidential Retreats: Away from the White House, at the George W. Bush Presidential Center — through October 6 , 2019