SMU in the News

November 13, 2017

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, holiday shopping myths
• Dan Howard, Cox, some fidget spinners have high lead amounts

Bloomberg

• Bernard Weinstein, Cox, shale oil surge continues
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Broadway World

• Will Power, Meadows, to premier his play Seize the King for the La Jolla Playhouse 2018-19 season

CBS DFW

• Natalie Nanasi, Dedman Law, mass shootings solutions

CityLab

• Maria Richards, Dedman, planned communities are tapping into geothermal power

Christian Science Monitor

• Jeffrey Engel, Dedman, new book When the World Seemed New included in a roundup of new U.S. president biographies
• Sarah Feuerbacher, Simmons, on gun violence, blaming mental illness may only deepen stigma

 

D Magazine

• SMU’s homecoming on the boulevard, in photos
• Sofia Bastidas, Meadows, SMU’s Pollock Gallery showcases Dallas’ previous desire to be a port city

Dallas Morning News

• GOP revised tax plan would now spare SMU, and some other colleges, from endowment taxation
• Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner, Perkins, another mass shooting leaves Americans feeling numb, others turning to faith
• Q&A by author Anne Lamott, keynoter at Perkins Fall Convocation slated for Nov. 13 & 14
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• Jeffrey Engel, Dedman, George H.W. Bush guided America through the turbulent end to the Cold War
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• RIP, former swim coach George “Coach Mac” McMillion
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• SMU course on the American Revolution cited in a story about how slavery has been addressed in films
• Bill Bridge, Dedman Law, and Lauren Smart, Meadows (adjunct), should college campuses welcome or shut down controversial conversations?
• Natalie Nanasi, Dedman Law, commentary, Sutherland Springs massacre was foreseeable, perhaps preventable
• Mustangs MBB win!
• SMU men’s soccer wins American Conference championship title!

Glasstire

• RIP, Meadows Museum curator Nicole Atzbach
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KRLD

• Mike Davis, Cox, economic stakes riding high on Trump’s trade discussions in Asia  (Link not available)
• Steve Lee, Meadows, holiday likes/dislikes  (Link not available)

New York Times

• Dale Carpenter, Dedman Law, wedding cake case vexes lawyers on where to draw the line on free speech

PaperCity

• Sofia Bastidas, Meadows, nicely profiled as the third curatorial fellow at SMU’s Pollock Gallery

Roll Call

• Rita Kirk, Maguire Center, lawmakers sending “thoughts and prayers” and little else

The Shorthorn

• Janice Lindstrom, Meadows adjunct, music and mental health go together

Sports Business Daily

• Judy Fox, Cox, marketing students blend art, science through Fox Sports University

Texas Standard

• Joanna Grossman, Dedman Law, change is still far off in spite of current sexual harassment allegations

U.S. News & World Report

• Sarah Feuerbacher, Simmons, cyberbullying with a twist

USA Today

• Jeffrey Engel, Dedman, commentary, Trump should try quiet deals, like George H.W. Bush did as the Cold War ended

WalletHub.com

• Dan Howard, Cox, challenges of using credit cards for charitable donations

Weekly Options Trader

• Joanna Grossman, Dedman Law, options to consider if you experience sexual harassment at work

Students

• SMU student Karen Guan writes about Mythos magazine, created by Barnard College student to focus on stories of women
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• SMU student Ana Hagedorn to perform in Dallas Theatre Center’s production of A Christmas Carol
• A roundup of SMU students’ favorite classes this semester
• Getting to know SMU student-athlete Akoy Agaus
• SMU student Kylie Madry, should college campuses welcome or shut down controversial conversations?
• SMU student Juan Alberto-Negroni, November Dallas art events can help Puerto Rico

Alumni

• SMU alumnus Erik Burgos supports the rally to urge lawmakers to allow Dreamers to stay in the U.S.
• SMU alumna Linda Grinde, stages “Love, Loss and What I Wore”, play by the late Nora Ephron, in Missoula, Mont.
• SMU alumna Michelle Merrill, guest conductor for the Oklahoma City Philharmonic next weekend
• SMU alumna/SMU benefactor Lauren Embrey honored at the Dallas Holocaust Museum in October

 

Compiled by 

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

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