SMU in the News

Following are highlights of stories about SMU or stories that relied on the expertise of SMU faculty and others. The links are not maintained by SMU but were working when they posted here.  

News

ABC DFW

• Ed Fox, Cox, consumers and retailers brace for holiday shopping
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Dallas Morning News

• Matthew Myers, Cox, Q&A sharing his vision for SMU’s Cox School of Business
• Owen Lynch, Meadows, seedling garden sprouts up in South Dallas, giving residents access to fresh fruits and vegetables
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• Mustang football wins!
• Alyce M McKenzie, Perkins, discover new stories amid family memories around the holiday table
• SMU MBB wins!
• Yolette Garcia, Simmons, co-founder of Dallas’ Writers’ Garrett has stepped down

Focus Daily News

• Cedar Hill Collegiate Academy students recently toured the SMU campus

KERA

• Jeffrey Engel, Dedman, what the unsealed FBI files tell us about the JFK assassination, 54 years later

The Nation

• Anthony Colangelo, Dedman Law, can U.S. generals say no to a nuclear strike?

NBC DFW

• Cullum Clark, Dedman, how would a tax code overhaul impact North Texas charities

North Texas Conference News

• Bart Patton, Perkins, youth ministry finds its rhythm

NPR

• Greg Brownderville, Dedman, on his latest collection, A Horse With Holes in It
• Brian Zoltowski, Dedman, do blue light filters on devices help you sleep?

Santa Fe New Mexican

• David Weber, late professor emeritus/Clements Center founder, final book First Impressions: A Reader’s Journey to Iconic Places of the American Southwest, profiled among a list of recommended southwest-themed reads (Winterlife magazine, pp. 20)

Texas Tribune

• SMU mentioned in a story about state-funded research tracking earthquakes across Texas

University of Arkansas

• Michelle Ray, Dedman Law staff, slated to speak this week to the pre-law society

Washington Post

• Beatrice Magnani, Dedman, study suggests Texas earthquakes caused by fracking and other human activities
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• Jeffrey Engel, Dedman, how Dallas earned its “City of Hate” label before JFK assassination

Students

• SMU student Jeffrey Kelley helps kids battling heart defects
• SMU student/U.S. Army veteran Juan Rios finds new band of brothers in the Mustang Band

Alumni

• SMU alumnus George Seay, profiled as the chairman of the Texas-Israel Chamber of Commerce
• SMU alumna Whitney Wolfe nicely profiled as pro-woman app developer

Compiled by 

Cherri Gann ’15
Coordinator
SMU News & Communications
Office of Public Affairs
214-768-7657 | cgann@smu.edu

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