SMU in the News

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Chronicle of Higher Ed

• Wes Waggoner, staff, SMU among U.S. universities that won’t penalize prospective students for peaceful protest
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ABC News

• Cal Jillson, Dedman, a young “Dreamer” has a political awakening amidst political midterms

Associated Press

• Cal Jillson, Dedman, team allegations could dog potential political campaign by Dallas Mavericks’ owner Mark Cuban
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CBS DFW

• Allen Gwinn, Cox, Irving ISD educator denies sending controversial crisis tweet

Dallas Innovates

• James Hart, Meadows, receives the Sharon T. Alpi Award for Innovative Arts Entrepreneurship Pedagogy from the Society for Arts Entrepreneurship Education
• Willie Baronet, Meadows, to participate in the Power of One conference March 10, in Grapevine

Dallas Morning News

• SMU mentioned in a story that cites Dallas County Promise
• SMU Women’s Symposium touted
• Dedman Law cited in an editorial about keeping guns from domestic abusers
• Cal Jillson, Dedman, Huffines vs. Paxton race expensive and nasty
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Deccan Chronicle

• Sidharth Muralidharan, Meadows, commentary, universities can educate the world on tolerance

Denton Record-Chronicle

• Meadows Museum, Dalí exhibit to come in September

Hendrix College News

• Craig Hill, Perkins, Hendrix College & SMU’s Perkins School of Theology partner for a streamlined path to seminary study

Indian Express

• Kevin Heffernan, Meadows, Oscars usually scared by horror, until now

Inside Higher Ed

• Denisa Gándara, Simmons, cited in a story about higher education accountability

Lonely Planet

• DeGolyer Library, Women in the American Wilderness exhibit featured
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My Sweet Charity

• Meadows Museum launches “Memory, Mind, Matter: The Sculpture of Eduardo Chillida” exhibition

NBC DFW

• Mary Spector, Dedman Law, there is no law that removes medical debt from credit reports after four years
• Usama El Shamy, Lyle School, did rain cause damage to gas pipelines?
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• Edward Countryman, Dedman, recent report finds Texas history curriculum standards a “politicized distortion”

NPR

• Cal Jillson, Dedman, Trump endorses George P. Bush re-election bid for Texas land commissioner
• and herehttps://wamu.org/story/18/03/03/the-last-bush-tries-to-survive-in-the-party-of-trump/

Paper City

• Meadows Museum, “Memory, Mind, Matter: The Sculpture of Eduardo Chillida” now on exhibit
• and here

Park Cities Bubblelife

• Dr. and Mrs. Turner, honorary chairs Park Cities Historic and Preservation Society Spring Taste Tour Explore event, in April

Science News

• Marcus Butts, Cox, study finds women more likely to experience rude behavior from other women

Texas Tribune

• SMU mentioned in a story about the Democratic primary

Townhall

• Bernard Weinstein, Cox, how environmentalists keep heating bills high
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Tricycle

• Johan Elverskog, Dedman, how Buddhist and Muslim stereotypes conceal the real history

The Tyee

• Heather DeShon, Dedman, warning bells getting louder regarding fracking and earthquakes

WAMU

• Cal Jillson, Dedman, early signs of a 2018 Democratic surge

WOAI

• Gary Brubaker, Guildhall, is there a link between video games and school shootings?

Students

• SMU students Lindsay Ryan and Ryan Woods perform as part of the cast in Dallas Theater Centers’ The Great Society, March 9-April 1

Alumni

• SMU alumna/trustee/first lady Laura Bush celebrates the work of former first ladies
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• SMU alums Emily Duck and Kathryn Anderson have launched a children’s clothing line
• SMU alumnus Clane LaCrosse manages fracking wastewater
• SMU alumnus Brittany Merrill Underwood continues to be lauded for her life-changin Akola Jewelry
• SMU alumna Tammy Nguyen Lee shares here favorite things to do in Dallas
• SMU alumnus Joshua Peugh’s Dark Circles dance company presents new works
• SMU alums Joshua Peugh and Brandon Carson, dance performances included among those to see in March, in Dallas
• SMU alumnus Brandon Warman, timesaver investment turned into a business

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