2018
September 01, 2017
Economist: Houston has the capacity to recover after Hurricane Harvey
SMU economist Cullum Clark talks about Houston has the capacity to recover after Hurricane Harvey
October 26, 2017
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings says North Texas cities must work together to win 'job wars'
SMU economist Cullum Clark said immigrants coming to North Texas tend to be younger and have a higher education than what the area has seen in the past.
November 27, 2017
How Would a Tax Code Overhaul Impact North Texas Charities?
SMU economist Cullum Clark talks in November 2017 about a plan presented by House Republicans that would make charitable giving still tax deductible.
December 07, 2017
Charities hold breath as lawmakers work on tax reform
SMU economist Cullum Clark talks about the potential impact of tax reform.
January 02, 2018
SMU history professor/time expert Alexis McCrossen explores the evolution of New Year's celebrations
SMU history professor/time expert Alexis McCrossen explores the evolution of New Year's celebrations in her new book.
January 03, 2018
SMU basketball, swimming & diving seasons heating up
The seasons for SMU men's and women's basketball continue with games scheduled in Moody Coliseum.
January 03, 2018
Making An Effective Apology
John Potter, Clinical Assistant Professor in the Center for Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management at SMU, talks about apologies and how to make an effective one to the public, colleagues and family members.
January 03, 2018
Standard pianos a big problem for musicians with small hands
Seventeen years ago, SMU became the first major university in the U.S. to incorporate smaller keyboards into its music program for people with small hands.
January 03, 2018
SMU in the News
SMU mention in news reports for Dec. 19, 2017 - Jan. 1, 2018.
January 03, 2018
SMU Alumni in the News
SMU alumni mention in news reports for Dec. 19, 2017 - Jan. 1, 2018.
January 03, 2018
SMU Students in the News
SMU students mention in news reports for Dec. 19, 2017 - Jan. 1, 2018.
January 25, 2018
COMMENTARY: Rep. Gonzalez' bill would unfairly shield lawyers in debt collection cases
In a commentary, SMU Law Professor Mary Spector says a bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-McAllen, if passed into law would remove important consumer protections in the debt collection process..
Now it's the Lone Star State's turn to join the 2018 elections mix with the earliest primary elections in the nation — and with a lot at stake.
January 05, 2018
Reflections on America’s reckoning with sexual harassment
Joanna L. Grossman, the Ellen K. Solender Endowed Chair in Women and Law at SMU Dedman School of Law, writes about America starting to reckon with its pervasive culture of sexual harassment and assault.
January 05, 2018
For Trump, a year of reinventing the presidency
SMU Presidential history Prof. Jeffrey Engel talks about how President Trump has discarded the established conventions and norms established by his predecessors.
January 08, 2018
Former Texas First Lady and Civic Leader Rita Clements has died
Longtime SMU supporter Rita Clements, former Texas' First Lady, civic leader and political activist, has died after a long illness.
January 09, 2018
SMU COX Dean Matt B. Myers Rings NYSE Closing Bell®
Nearly 100 Year Old Business School Marks 40 Years as the Cox School.
January 10, 2018
2019 Cliburn Junior Competition to take place at SMU Meadows
The Cliburn has announced today that the second edition of the Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival, for pianists age 13 to 17, will take place May 31–June 8, 2019, in Dallas, Texas.
January 10, 2018
SMU in the News
Headlines for January 2 - 8, 2018
January 10, 2018
SMU Alumni in the News
Headlines for January 2 - 8, 2018
January 11, 2018
A flu message from the SMU Health Center
With a rising number of flu cases in Texas and across the country, SMU community members are urged to take precautions against the flu.
January 16, 2018
SMU broadens eligibility for four-year tuition & fees scholarships to Dallas County high school grads
New partnership with ‘Dallas County Promise’ also to provide additional scholarship opportunities for DCCCD graduates.
January 16, 2018
SMU in the News
SMU in the headlines for January 08-15
January 17, 2018
Issues confronting Pres. Trump
Prof. Jeffrey Engel, director of SMU’s Center for Presidential History, talks with Fox 4 News about issues currently confronting President Donald Trump, including immigration, accusations of racism, his political base, his relationship with Congress, and his recent physical that included a cognitive impairment test.
January 18, 2018
"I'll Do It Myself"
"I'll Do It Myself" features narratives and memorabilia of women who faced massacres, famine and blizzards in the American wilderness.
The Meadows Museum, SMU, announces that it has acquired Beach at Portici, the last painting by famed Spanish artist Mariano Fortuny y Marsal (1838- 1874).
January 18, 2018
SMU Alumni in the News
SMU alumni in the headlines for January 08-15
January 19, 2018
Offshore drilling good for jobs, global position
Bernard Weinstein, associate director of SMU's Maguire Energy Institute, writes that offshore drilling is good for jobs.
January 19, 2018
Exxonmobil Lecture Series at SMU presents “Navigating the Belief Economy” featuring David Baldwin on Feb. 6
David Baldwin will present “Navigating the Belief Economy” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6, at the Angelika Film Center, followed by a Q&A.
Darab Ganji, a political economist and a board member at SMU's John Tower Center for Political Studies, writes about the freedom protesters in Iran.
January 19, 2018
In just one year, has Donald Trump changed the presidency forever?
Jeffrey Engel, director of SMU's Center for Presidential History, is interviewed for a story on President Trump's effect on the presidency.
January 19, 2018
Covering the White House in the social media age
SMU Assistant Professor Stephanie A. Martin, who specializes in public address and political communication, was interviewed by KERA Think's Krys Boyd on Jan. 11, 2018.
January 22, 2018
Dorothy Malone, SMU alum and Academy Award winner, has died
Dorothy Malone, the sultry blond actress who won an Academy Award for playing an unapologetically bad girl in “Written on the Wind” and found television stardom as a repentant one on “Peyton Place,” has died.
January 22, 2018
SMU Alumni in the News
Selective headlines for January 16 - 22, 2018
January 22, 2018
SMU in the News
Selective headlines for January 16 - 22, 2018
January 23, 2018
Help prevent the spread of flu
SMU community members are urged to take precautions against the flu.
January 23, 2018
Pres. Trump and the government shutdown
Professor Jeffrey Engel, director of SMU’s Center for Presidential History, discusses the current temporary end of the federal government shutdown and President Trump’s tactics in helping bring that about by Congress.
January 24, 2018
Annual conference highlights developments in oil & gas industry for geothermal sector
Annual conference highlights developments in oil & gas industry for geothermal sector
New energy management initiative and naming in indoor performance center will honor 2001 SMU graduate.
January 25, 2018
Mustang Minute: Unity Walk
SMU and new football coach Sonny Dykes were front and center as the Dallas Mavericks celebrated SMU Night at the Mavericks.
January 25, 2018
Mustang Minute: Unity Walk
SMU President R. Gerald Turner led students, faculty and staff on the annual Unity Walk to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
January 25, 2018
Female students exposed briefly to charismatic career women are inspired to pursue male-dominated field of economics
Study found that sending inspiring female role models into economic classes sharply increased females interest in the male-dominated field.
SMU researchers discover drug-like compounds that reverse chemotherapy failure in the most commonly aggressive cancers.
January 25, 2018
Come Watch The Game
Promo for basketball watch party for 25 January 2018.
January 26, 2018
On policy, Trump favors one side of red-blue divide
President Trump’s major policy moves over the course of his first year in office have had a common denominator: They either overtly favor his base of support – the roughly one-third of voters who solidly back him – or they appear to penalize those states that vote Democratic, reports The Christian Science Monitor.
January 26, 2018
SMU celebrates the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Students, faculty and staff celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by participating in the Dallas citywide parade, the annual SMU Unity Walk and the traditional MLK Day of Service.
January 30, 2018
Meet the Dallas billionaire who looks to bring winds of change to Carolina Hurricanes
Dallas billionaire Tom Dundon, who may just be the busiest man in sports business, has "a way I like to see things done."
January 30, 2018
SMU in the News
Selective headlines for January 23 - 29, 2018
January 31, 2018
A new tone for Pres. Trump in State of the Union speech
Professor Jeffrey Engel, director of SMU’s Center for Presidential History, takes a look at President Trump’s State of the Union speech on Jan. 30, noting that what we are seeing now is the tail end of the last administration’s policies and Trump beginning to own the economy. He described Trump as remarkably calm and subdued. He said this was the president’s first attempt to offer soaring rhetoric.
January 31, 2018
Could Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway fix health care
SMU Business School Professor Mike Davis, an expert in economic theory, looks at this week’s announcement that Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase will form a company to cut health costs for hundreds of thousands of their employees.
February 01, 2018
Black History Month at SMU
See the poster for a list of events
February 01, 2018
Two High Profile Energy Industry Leaders Honored at SMU Cox
The Maguire Energy Institute at SMU Cox School of Business honors Greg Armstrong, CEO of Plains All American, with the L. Frank Pitts Energy Leadership Award at a sold-out luncheon ceremony on Thursday, Feb. 1, on the SMU campus. Oilman and entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens, founder of Mesa Petroleum, among other successful endeavors, is the recipient of the Maguire Energy Institute Pioneer Award.
February 01, 2018
Grad Fair 2018
Information for May Commencement
February 01, 2018
Pres. Trump’s Pluses and Minuses
SMU Associate Political Science Professor Matthew Wilson talks about the current polls on President Trump and his pluses and minuses.
February 02, 2018
Michael Bloomberg receives Medal of Freedom from SMU’s Tower Center
The businessman, philanthropist, author and former New York City Mayor was honored for “extraordinary contributions for the advancement of democratic ideals and to the security, prosperity and welfare of humanity.”
Randall L. Stephenson, chairman and chief executive officer of AT&T, was the featured speaker during SMU’s 103rd all-University Commencement ceremony at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 19, in Moody Coliseum.
February 05, 2018
The Link Between Earthquakes and Human Activity
SMU Associate Professor of Geophysics Heather DeShon and Senior Research Scientist Cliff Frohlich of the Institute for Geophysics talk about the link between earthquakes and human activities. Earthquakes triggered by human activity have been happening in Texas since at least 1925, and they have been widespread throughout the state ever since, according to a new historical review of the evidence published online May 18, 2016, in Seismological Research Letters.
February 05, 2018
Visioneering 2018
Visioneering annually brings together middle school students from across North Texas to engage with engineering concepts.
February 06, 2018
SMU’s Pollock Gallery presents Let’s See Action
The Pollock Gallery of the Division of Art at SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts is presenting "Let’s See Action," an exhibition featuring works by contemporary Japanese artists.
February 06, 2018
Particle Fever showing
The film is about the launch of the Large Hadron Collider
February 06, 2018
Author of Our Bodies Ourselves classic to speak at SMU
Women's health advocate Judy Norsigian will speak at SMU on Feb. 22.
February 06, 2018
SMU in the News
January 30 - February 5, 2018
February 07, 2018
The persistence of SMU's Akoy Agau
Men’s basketball player Akoy Agau has traveled a challenging journey to success at SMU, rising from a difficult childhood in war-torn Sudan.
February 07, 2018
SMU curators preserve valuable footage of North Texas history
Feature story on the G. William Jones Film and Video Collection at SMU, which supports instruction and research in the Meadows School of the Arts and the global moving image preservation and research community.
February 09, 2018
SMU Lecture: Lessons from the 1918 flu epidemic
The lecture will be at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, at the Gene and Jerry Jones Great Hall in SMU's Meadows Museum
February 12, 2018
Building a home for 'Frankenstein': SMU student scores chance to design for Dallas Theater Center
Amelia Bransky has designed a stark, encompassing set for 'Frankenstein' — her "favorite monster story."
February 12, 2018
Commentary: Could landing Amazon also summon the winner's curse?
A commentary by SMU Senior Business Lecturer Michael Davis.
February 12, 2018
SMU in the News
Selected headlines for February 6-12, 2018
February 12, 2018
SMU summer camps provide skills, experience – and fun!
The camps provide skills, experience – and fun!. See the list of contacts for information about the camps for summer 2018.
February 15, 2018
A look behind the scenes at SMU
Videos that offer a look at what goes on behind some SMU events.
February 15, 2018
SMU's Bridwell Library presents The Thomas J. Harrison Bible Collection
Bridwell Library at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University announces an exhibition highlighting forty-five Bibles from the collection of Thomas J. Harrison (1885-1963).
February 15, 2018
The Gilbert Lecture Series Presents
"Hidden Figures in Civil Rights History: The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South."
February 15, 2018
Big Thought and Dallas Afterschool partner to receive better together planning grant
Dallas educational organizations, in collaboration with SMU, tap big data and shared expertise to create expanded learning information system.
February 15, 2018
Perkins Theological School for the Laity set for March 22-24
The school is a three-day event focusing on the Bible theology, and spirituality.
February 15, 2018
SMU Perkins names three 2018 Seals Laity Award recipients
Perkins School of Theology is honored to announce Dr. Lydia Bean, Dr. Kathryn S. Stream and Dr. Beverly E. White as recipients of the 2018 Woodrow B. Seals Laity Award.
February 16, 2018
SMU Adventures blogs
Blogs by students and faculty about interesting people and places the world over.
February 16, 2018
Solving the dark energy mystery
As part of a large scientific consortium, SMU physicists will help create the largest 3-D map of the universe ever made.
February 16, 2018
Earthquakes Study Continues
SMU study finds earthquakes continue for years after gas field wastewater injection stops.
February 19, 2018
SMU Basketball and Equestrian seasons in full swing
The seasons for SMU men's and women's basketball and equestrian continue with games the weekend of Feb. 23-24..
February 19, 2018
Ronald A. Rohrer, Cecil & Ida Green Chair and Professor of Engineering at SMU Lyle, Honored with TAMEST Membership
Legendary inventor and scholar Ronald A. Rohrer, the Cecil & Ida Green Chair and Professor of Engineering in SMU’s Lyle School of Engineering, has been named to The Academy of Medicine, Engineering, and Science of Texas (TAMEST).
February 19, 2018
SMU in the News
Selected headlines for February 13-19, 2018
SMU Law Professor Anthony J. Colangelo writes about who could be prosecuted for war crimes in the event of a nuclear strike and what would constitute an illegal nuclear strike order.
February 20, 2018
Democratic gubernatorial candidates fighting for spotlight
SMU Political Science Professor Cal Jillson talks about the Democratic Party race for the nomination for governor.
February 20, 2018
Study: DACA Increased Educational Attainment
Economics Professor Elira Kuka co-authored a paper released by the National Bureau of Economic Research that argues that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program had a “significant impact” on the educational and life decisions of undocumented immigrant youth,
February 20, 2018
Maria Dixon-Hall: A new model to move beyond diversity
Professor Maria Dixon-Hall, senior adviser to the provost for campus cultural intelligence initiatives, wrote an opinion about traditional diversity and inclusion training.
February 22, 2018
Bridwell Library renovation moves forward
SMU is announcing plans to move forward with renovation of Bridwell Library, one of SMU’s most visible libraries and one of the preeminent theological libraries in the country.
The Meadows Museum at SMU has acquired an important preparatory study by Valencian artist Vicente López y Portaña (1772–1850), Charles IV and His Family Honored by the University of Valencia (1802)
February 22, 2018
SMU Tower Scholar is knee-deep in the business of politics as election season heats up
SMU Tower Scholar Zach Miller’s interest in politics played out like it does for many college students his first couple years at SMU – he volunteered for political campaigns and pursued internships.
The Buried Alive Project, with the help of SMU students, aims to eliminate life without parole sentences for those convicted of federal non-violent drug offenses.
February 26, 2018
Lessons from the 1918 flu epidemic
Anthropology Professor Carolyn Smith-Morris, who specializes in how people in different cultural settings experience health and illness, compares today's flu epidemic to the one of 1918 that killed more than 500,000 Americans.
February 26, 2018
The race to be the next Texas senator
Congressman Beto O'Rourke appears to be the frontrunner for the Democratic Party nomination for senator, a victory that would pit him against incumbent Ted Cruz, a Republican, in the fall. SMU Political Science Professor Matthew Wilson offers a look at the race in this interview with Fox 4.
February 27, 2018
Take politics out of Texas classrooms
A commentary by SMU History Professor Edward Countryman and University of Mary Washington Political Science Professor Emile Lester on the Texas Board of Education tampering with the truth in school textbooks.
February 27, 2018
Earthquakes at DFW Airport continued for years after oil and gas wastewater well was shut
SMU seismologist Heather DeShon talks about an earthquake study she co-authored that found that earthquakes beneath DFW International Airport continued for seven years after an oil and gas company shut a nearby wastewater injection well.
February 27, 2018
SMU in the News
Selected stories for February 20-26, 2018
February 28, 2018
'Keep It In The Ground' movement needs a dose of reality
Bernard Weinstein, associate director of SMU's Maguire Energy Institute, writes about the risks of the anti-fossil fuel movement.
February 28, 2018
SMU Prof. Jim Hart wins Innovative Arts Entrepreneurship award
The Society for Arts Entrepreneurship Education is happy to announce Jim Hart, Interim Chair of Arts Management and Arts Entrepreneurship at Southern Methodist University, as the 2017 recipient of the Sharon T. Alpi Award for Innovative Arts Entrepreneurship Pedagogy.
February 28, 2018
Coping with overwhelming medical debt
SMU Law Professor Mary Spector talks about people being overwhelmed by medical debt. She is Associate Dean for Law Clinics and Director of the Civil/Consumer Clinic. She also teaches Consumer Law.
March 01, 2018
Film Careers and the New Gold Rush
It’s an extraordinary time to be a filmmaker, says alumnus William Joyce (’81). To create a successful career, hold on to your vision, be open to critique and outlast the naysayers.
SMU Meadows School of the Arts will host an Open Studios event on Friday, March 23, from 5 to 8 p.m. showcasing the works of undergraduate and graduate students in the Division of Art.
March 02, 2018
A message from President Turner regarding sexual misconduct
A message from President Turner regarding sexual misconduct.