SMU in the News

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Agriculture.com

• DeGolyer Library, JC Penney’s roots in agriculture

Associated Press

• Mark Chancey, Dedman, Hobby Lobby owner’s Museum of the Bible opens in Washington D.C.
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Bloomberg Businessweek

• Cox Full-Time MBA ranked No. 32 among U.S. full-time MBA programs.

D Magazine

• Don Vandewalle, Cox, a Dallas executive tries to replicate past success with CrossFirst Bank
• Hamon Library, G. William Jones Film and Video Collection, vintage WFAA news footage used by local filmmakers to reconstruct as short films

Dallas Business Journal

• Caruth Institute, Cox, unveils fastest growing entrepreneurial company in Dallas at its Dallas 100 event

Dallas Morning News

• SMU presented its focus on supercomputing to local leaders last week at the Dallas Federal Reserve
• SMU mentioned in a story about fraternity hazing practices
• James Hollifield, Tower Center, NAFTA talks resumed recently with tariff-free auto parts on the table
• John Browning, Dedman Law, alleged hacker returned to jail
• SMU men’s soccer wins, advances in NCAA tournament
• Mustang MBB wins!

Dallas Observer

• Owen Lynch, Meadows, seedling farm helps combat food deserts
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Financial Post

• James Coleman, Dedman Law, Keystone spill cleanup underway as pipeline vote looms

Forbes

• SMU alumna Whitney Wolfe Herd on the cover, featured for her dating-app genius

Houston Chronicle

• Cal Jillson, Dedman, Democratic mega donor’s widow may continue their generosity

KERA

• Heather DeShon, Lyle School, new study gets to the bottom of North Texas’ strongest earthquake

KRLD

• Mike Davis, Cox, summarizes Trump’s Asian trip and its potential impact (Link not available)

Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium

• Lynn Stokes, Dedman, scientific team selected to estimate red snapper in the U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico

Omaha World-Herald

• Neil Tabor, Dedman, headed to Antarctica to study climate change
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Philadelphia Tribune

• Edward Countryman, Dedman, Civil War lessons often depend on where the classroom is

San Antonio Express-News

• Bernard Weinstein, Cox, U.S. crude oil exports hit record in October, according to Dallas Fed

Science Daily

• Bonnie Jacobs and Tekie Tesfamichael, Dedman, study settles prehistoric puzzle, finds carbon dioxide link to global warming 22 million years ago
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Traders Magazine

• Kumar Venkataraman, Cox, appointed to newly formed SEC committee to advise on fixed income market structure

Students

• SMU student Misty Irby participates in the recent Neighborhoods We Called Home bus tour to areas in Dallas once owned by former slaves and current and former African-American Communities

Alumni

• SMU alums Lana Harder, Dominic Lacy and Elizabeth Viney nominated for the Good Works Under 40 award, organized by The Dallas Foundation and The Dallas Morning News
• SMU alums Cameron Kirkpatrick and Lauren Smart tout local bookstore reading series for writers’ rejected work
• SMU alumna the Rev. Yvette Blair-Lavallais among the womanist preachers making a mark in Dallas
• RIP, SMU alumna Rev. Salatheia Bryant-Honors
• SMU alumna Molly Rhode directs Annie at the Milwaukee’s Skylight Theater through Dec. 17
• The Ira Terrell Endowed Athletic Scholarship Fund established in honor of Mustang basketball legend to support men’s basketball
• RIP, SMU alumna Ann Wedgeworth

Compiled by Cherri Gann ’15
Coordinator
 SMU News & Communications | Office of Public Affairs

214-768-7657 | cgann@smu.edu

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