2018

SMU economist Cullum Clark talks about Houston has the capacity to recover after Hurricane Harvey

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.

SMU economist Cullum Clark talks in November 2017 about a plan presented by House Republicans that would make charitable giving still tax deductible.

SMU economist Cullum Clark talks about the potential impact of tax reform.

SMU history professor/time expert Alexis McCrossen explores the evolution of New Year's celebrations in her new book.

The seasons for SMU men's and women's basketball continue with games scheduled in Moody Coliseum.

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.

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.

SMU mention in news reports for Dec. 19, 2017 - Jan. 1, 2018.

SMU alumni mention in news reports for Dec. 19, 2017 - Jan. 1, 2018.

SMU students mention in news reports for Dec. 19, 2017 - Jan. 1, 2018.

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.

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.

SMU Presidential history Prof. Jeffrey Engel talks about how President Trump has discarded the established conventions and norms established by his predecessors.

Longtime SMU supporter Rita Clements, former Texas' First Lady, civic leader and political activist, has died after a long illness.

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.

Headlines for January 2 - 8, 2018

Headlines for January 2 - 8, 2018

With a rising number of flu cases in Texas and across the country, SMU community members are urged to take precautions against the flu.

New partnership with ‘Dallas County Promise’ also to provide additional scholarship opportunities for DCCCD graduates.

SMU in the headlines for January 08-15

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.

"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).

SMU alumni in the headlines for January 08-15

Bernard Weinstein, associate director of SMU's Maguire Energy Institute, writes that offshore drilling is good for jobs.

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.

Jeffrey Engel, director of SMU's Center for Presidential History, is interviewed for a story on President Trump's effect on the presidency.

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.

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.

Selective headlines for January 16 - 22, 2018

Selective headlines for January 16 - 22, 2018

SMU community members are urged to take precautions against the flu.

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.

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.

SMU and new football coach Sonny Dykes were front and center as the Dallas Mavericks celebrated SMU Night at the Mavericks.

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.

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.

Promo for basketball watch party for 25 January 2018.

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.

Dallas billionaire Tom Dundon, who may just be the busiest man in sports business, has "a way I like to see things done."

Selective headlines for January 23 - 29, 2018

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.

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.

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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.

Information for May Commencement

SMU Associate Political Science Professor Matthew Wilson talks about the current polls on President Trump and his pluses and minuses.

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.

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.

Visioneering annually brings together middle school students from across North Texas to engage with engineering concepts.

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.

The film is about the launch of the Large Hadron Collider

Women's health advocate Judy Norsigian will speak at SMU on Feb. 22.

January 30 - February 5, 2018

Men’s basketball player Akoy Agau has traveled a challenging journey to success at SMU, rising from a difficult childhood in war-torn Sudan.

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.

The lecture will be at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, at the Gene and Jerry Jones Great Hall in SMU's Meadows Museum

Amelia Bransky has designed a stark, encompassing set for 'Frankenstein' — her "favorite monster story."

A commentary by SMU Senior Business Lecturer Michael Davis.

Selected headlines for February 6-12, 2018

The camps provide skills, experience – and fun!. See the list of contacts for information about the camps for summer 2018.

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).

"Hidden Figures in Civil Rights History: The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South."

Dallas educational organizations, in collaboration with SMU, tap big data and shared expertise to create expanded learning information system.

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.

The school is a three-day event focusing on the Bible theology, and spirituality.

Blogs by students and faculty about interesting people and places the world over.

As part of a large scientific consortium, SMU physicists will help create the largest 3-D map of the universe ever made.

SMU study finds earthquakes continue for years after gas field wastewater injection stops.

The seasons for SMU men's and women's basketball and equestrian continue with games the weekend of Feb. 23-24..

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).

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.

SMU Political Science Professor Cal Jillson talks about the Democratic Party race for the nomination for governor.

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,

Professor Maria Dixon-Hall, senior adviser to the provost for campus cultural intelligence initiatives, wrote an opinion about traditional diversity and inclusion training.

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)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Selected stories for February 20-26, 2018

Bernard Weinstein, associate director of SMU's Maguire Energy Institute, writes about the risks of the anti-fossil fuel movement.

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.

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.

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.

A message from President Turner regarding sexual misconduct.

SMU alumnus and New York Jets player Kelvin Beachum makes gift honoring his faculty mentor and SMU's annual Civil Rights Pilgrimage.

Selected stories for February 27 - March 5, 2018

SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts will present its 25th annual “Meadows at the Meyerson” concert at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, in the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, 2301 Flora St. in Dallas.