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Malcolm Gladwell Discusses New Book Oct. 7 at SMU
In Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About People We Don’t Know, Gladwell asserts that first impressions are often wrong, and can lead to catastrophic results.
Attackers could be listening to what you type
SMU research shows that the bad guys can use your nearby smartphone to learn information you enter through a keyboard.
SMU team develops video game to help low-literate adults learn to read
The app aims to help teach the least literate of the 36 million adults in the U.S. who read below a fourth-grade level. Read more in the DallasNews.com.
New map outlines seismic faults across DFW region
SMU, UT and Stanford have released a new study and map of geologic faults running through the DFW region that shows most of the faults are sensitive to the same forces that have triggered other earthquakes in North Texas.
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.”
Campus Events
September 18,19 and October 7: The Bridge Builder Lecture Series from CIQ@SMU, CIQ@SMU is sponsoring 4 outstanding speakers to campus this fall with presentations on building bridges across our cultural divide.
August 22-25: Stampede
August 24: Residence halls officially open at 9 a.m.
August 25: Opening Convocation, McFarlin Auditorium
August 26: First day of classes
September 2: Labor Day - University offices closed
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 2019
Presidential Retreats: Away from the White House, at the George W. Bush Presidential Center — through October 6 , 2019
El Greco, Goya, and a Taste for Spain: Highlights from The Bowes Museum, at the Meadows Museum — September 15, 2019 to January 12, 2020