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

• Bernard Weinstein, Cox, gas prices spike in North Texas thanks to Harvey
• Bruce Bullock, Cox, no fuel crisis in Texas
• Bruce Bullock, Cox, takes live viewer questions about Harvey-related gas prices

Austin American Statesman

• Bernard Weinstein, Cox, Texas economy still strong

BBC Radio

• Bruce Bullock, Cox, explains the impact of Hurricane Harvey on the global energy supply (No link available)

CBS DFW

• Cal Jillson, Dedman, Dreamers and Texas A.G. wait for Trump’s decision on DACA
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• Bernard Weinstein, Cox, panic is creating a shortage when there is none
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Community Impact Newspaper

• Cullum Clark, Dedman, Houston can recover after Harvey

Conde Nast Traveler

• SMU is No. 11 on the list of most beautiful campuses in America
• and here, included in a list of 13 Most Beautiful College Campuses

Cornell Daily Sun

• Mustangs men’s soccer wins SMU tournament

D Magazine

• Luisa del Rosal, SMU Mission Foods Texas-Mexico Center, Latino leaders trying to bridge gaps
• John Easton, Lyle School, potential for environmental and water problems after Harvey

Dallas Morning News

• Mustangs win!
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• Barbara Minsker, Lyle School, Harvey-like floods could happen in Dallas, too
• Chad Morris, SMU offered to shelter Rice and the University of Houston in wake of Harvey
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• President George W. Bush visits Mustang football practice in support of Houston natives
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• Cullum Clark, Dedman, and Barbara Minsker, Lyle School, will new and different Houston emerge after Harvey?
• Bernard Weinstein, Cox, Texas economy will withstand the hit from Harvey
• RIP, Bill Bryan, retired Perkins associate dean for Student Affairs
• MBB receives American Conference championship rings
• Meadows mentioned in a story about Dallas’ TACA 50^th anniversary
• SMU’s Kimbilio mentioned in a review of new book Sing, Unburied, Sing

The Economist

• Joanna Grossman, Dedman Law, The Netherlands may let children have more than two legal parents

FOX DFW

• SMU offers free game tickets, concessions to Harvey evacuees
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• Victoria Farrar-Myers, Dedman, Trump reaction to Harvey and North Korea

Golfweek

• Jeanne Sutherland, women’s golf coach, supporting Houston golf teams

Greeley Tribune

• Bernard Weinstein, Cox, Harvey’s impact on Colorado oil and gas industry
• Bernard Weinstein, Cox, fluctuating energy commodity prices are the industry’s new normal

GW Hatchet

• Jason Warner, staff, upgrading classroom technology an investment

John Batchelor Show, WABC-AM & ABC Radio Network

• Bernard Weinstein, Cox, hurricanes can actually boost an area's economy in the long run
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 KRLD and KLBJ Austin (radio)

• Mike Davis, Cox, says nation's fourth largest city may take a long while to rebound from Harvey

My Sweet Charity

• Karen Brooks Hopkins, NCAR, keynote speaker for the 2017 Obelisk Awards Luncheon slated for November

Nature

• David Meltzer, Dedman, skeleton plundered from Mexican cave was one of the Americas’ oldest

NBC DFW

• Cal Jillson, Dedman, reaction to Trump’s Harvey response
• Mustangs among the college football teams that lent trucks to help Harvey relief

New York Daily News

• Bernard Weinstein, Cox, Harvey will cost billions, but won't hurt Texas economy in the long run

OnStage blog

• Meadows ranks No. 3 on this pub’s list of top 10 BFA dance programs in the U.S.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

• Jeffrey Engel, Dedman, CEOs may still work with Trump, but will do so discreetly

Quartz

• Bernard Weinstein, Cox, Harvey costs may be much higher than Katrina

Sapiens

• David Meltzer, Dedman, Folsom point discovery more complicated than originally believed

Science

• Bonnie Jacobs, Dedman, climate drives leaf size

The Street

• Bernard Weinstein, Cox, gas prices will spike after Harvey

Swimming World Magazine

• Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center and Barr-McMillion Natatorium touted

Ted Magazine

• Dwight Lee, Cox, endorses open letter to Congress calling for estate tax repeal

Texas Tribune

• Paige Ware, Simmons, Q&A on her recent U.S. Dept. of Education grant to assist English language learner teachers

Theatre Jones

• Meadows Dance Ensemble performed last weekend at Dallas DanceFest
• Clifton Forbis, Meadows, featured in the Dallas Opera’s season opener Samson & Dalila
• Raj Sethuraman, Cox, find best Labor Day weekend deals

Waco Tribune-Herald

• John Herald, Lyle School, cited in editorial about prioritizing the ravaged Texas coast in wake of Harvey

 

Students

 

• SMU student Grace Reon lists how to help Harvey victims
• SMU student-athlete Jarrey Foster tweeted a video in support of Harvey victims
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• SMU student Yunjung Lee won first prize in the inaugural Asia International Organ Competition, held in Taipei, Taiwan, in July
• SMU Delta Gamma chapter mentioned in a story about sponsoring a guide dog puppy
• SMU student Reese Bobo writes about beginning an internship at D magazine

 

Alums

• SMU alumnus Emmanuel Sanders leads his Denver Bronco teammates to raise money for Harvey victims
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• SMU alumna Erika Jones briefly profiled as an upcoming guest on the internet talk radio show Conscious Service & Your Word
• SMU alumnus Jose Manuel Santoyo mentioned in an editorial calling for Trump let DACA stand
• SMU alumna Helen Davis, mini profile for her Helen Davis Interior Design firm
• SMU alumna Elizabeth Ames, commentary about women in the tech industry
• SMU alumna Bryson DeChambeau donating to the Harvey effort (third item)
• SMU alumna/Houston business owner Maryam Afshari Khreibani helping gather donations for Harvey victims

 

 

 

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