SMU in the News

February 19, 2018

News

CaféBabel.com

• Dan Howard, Cox, European gift box market in great shape

DADA

• Meadows Museum acquires career-making oil sketch by Vicente López y Portaña
• Sketch acquired in honor of late curator Nicole Atzbach

Dallas Innovates

• Stephanie Knight, Simmons, education nonprofits receive grant from Better Together Fund

Dallas Morning News

• Anthony Coleangelo, Dedman Law, commentary, can the president be prosecuted for war crimes in the event of a nuclear strike?
• Lauren Smart, Meadows, artists and journalists discuss gentrification at Dallas’ Wild Detectives bookstore
• Flashback: SMU student protesters join 1960s Southern resistance
• Cal Jillson, Dedman, in Democratic face-off for Dallas DA, it's grass roots vs. political polish
• Cal Jillson, Dedman, Lupe Valdez relishes underdog role in race for Texas governor
• Sarah Feuerbacher, Simmons, which Dallas psychiatric hospitals have bad safety records?
• Mustangs football schedule announced
• SMU-in-Plano up for sale
• Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity ordered to cease all activities during hazing investigation
• and the Fiji fraternity, too

Education News

• Michael Harris, Simmons, why college is so expensive

El Paso Times

• Victoria Farrar-Myers, Dedman, anti-Escobar PAC fails to report campaign spending on advertisements

Fine Books & Collections

• Russell Martin, DeGolyer Library, women and wilderness on exhibit

FOX DFW

• Cal Jillson, Dedman, North Texas midterm primaries leave three notable seats up for grabs
• Matthew Wilson, Dedman, North Texas race for state Senate turns to negative ads
• Omar Suleiman, Simmons, Plano mayor calls for councilman to resign after controversial post on Islam
• Matthew Wilson, Dedman, Lewisville ISD reprimanded by Texas AG for voting video

GW Hatchet

• Michael Tumeo, staff, GW shakes up list of peer schools

Inside Higher Ed

• Elira Kuka, Dedman, DACA encouraged Dreamers to stay in school
• and here
• and here

KERA

• SMU mentioned in a positive review about Dallas Theater Center’s Frankenstein
• and here
• and here
• Zannie Voss, NCAR, fundraising good for theaters even if ticket sales are down

Los Angeles Times

• Tom Mayo, Dedman Law, insurer denies life-saving surgery

Park Cities People

• SMU participates in Dallas County Promise program

Phys.org

• Heather DeShon and Paul O. Ogwari, Dedman, study finds earthquakes continue for years after gas field wastewater injection stops
• and here
• and here

San Antonio Express-News

• Cal Jillson, Dedman, Democratic gubernatorial candidates fighting for spotlight

Texas Observer

• Joanna Grossman, Dedman Law, in the Texas legislature, sexual harassment complaints are rarely filed, haphazardly maintained and then destroyed

Tulsa World

• Maria Dixon Hall, Meadows, commentary, a new model to move beyond diversity

Alumni

• SMU alumna Leslie Ann Crozier ramps up mission to raise funds for Alzheimer’s research
• SMU alumnus Cliff Fischer, nicely profiled as tenant representative extraordinaire

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