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Landmark $100 million gift to SMU from Moody Foundation to create separate graduate school, fuel significant research

SMU will take a major step forward in serving the talent and research needs of a challenging world, thanks to a landmark $100 million commitment from the Moody Foundation that will fund the University’s eighth degree-granting school – the Moody School of Graduate and Advanced Studies.

Owen Arts Center renovation kickoff inspires a new challenge

Launching an arts education transformation

Mickey's Wild Ride

From bobsledding to the Oklahoma State Legislature, Mickey Dollens ’11 never quits.

Largest alumni gift in University history transforms business education

Carolyn L. and David B. Miller ’72, ’73 make unprecedented $50 million commitment to SMU and the Cox School of Business

Wastewater leak in West Texas revealed

SMU Geophysicists say that evidence of leak occurring in a West Texas wastewater disposal well between 2007 and 2011 should raise concerns about the current potential for contaminated groundwater.

THEAR SY SUZUKI ’96 majored in electrical engineering and is Americas advisory talent leader for Ernst & Young.
“At SMU, I learned how to bring people together. I also learned how to juggle classes, work, activities, community service and family. These experiences prepared me well for the world of consulting.”
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Campus Events

December 21, 9:30 a.m.:  December Commencement Convocation - Security screening is in place. Tickets are not required. The ceremony will be live streamed.

December 5:  TEDxSMUWomen - at SMU's Collins Center for Executive Education. Includes the simulcast of TEDWomen, live speaker sessions, workshops, and lunch. Buy Tickets.

December 10:  Student Filmmakers’ Association Fall Film Festival - The Student Filmmakers’ Association and the Meadows Film & Media Arts Division present their annual fall showcase of the best recent short works created by SMU students. Free event.

December 13, 12:15 p.m.:  From Headdress to Habit: Portraits of Queen Mariana of Austria as Consort and Dowager - At the Meadows Museum.

December 23 - January 1, 2020:  Christmas/Winter Break - University closed.

January 11, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.:  August Wilson Monologue Competition – Dallas Region Semifinals 

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Campus Exhibits

El Greco, Goya, and a Taste for Spain: Highlights from The Bowes Museum

Meadows Museum — through January 12, 2020

Special Exhibit - Holiday in the National Parks: Christmas at the White House 2007, at the George W. Bush Presidential Center — through January 5, 2020

Dan Wingren: The Image and the Magic, at the Hamon Arts Library — through August 1, 2020

Sorolla in the Studio: An Exceptional Loan from an Important Spanish Collection, at the Meadows Museum — through January 12, 2020

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