SMU in the News

January 30, 2018

News

American Theatre

• Zannie Voss, Meadows, can theatres maintain themselves as funding for the arts shifts from corporations to individuals?

The Catalyst

• Jim Hollifield, Dedman, commentary, what makes immigration reform so hard
• Ana Rodriguez, Cox, what frightens us about immigration

CBS DFW

• Dan Howard, Cox, Toys R Us closing six stores in North Texas
• Matthew Wilson, Dedman, Trump’s first year

CNN

• Omar Suleiman, Simmons (adjunct), commentary, one year after the travel ban

Daily Caller

• Dean Stansel, Cox, economic woes for the state of Illinois

Dallas Business Journal

• Luisa Del Rosal, SMU staff, named among the publication’s 2018 40 Under 40 honorees
• Bruce Bullock, Cox, FW solar community reacts to Trump’s tariff

Dallas Morning News

• SMU, Cox, $5 million gift in alumnus Kyle D. Miller’s name to fund new energy management program, b-school scholarships
• Hiring Sonny Dykes, the inside story
• Ana Rodriguez, Cox, what’s so frightening about immigration?
• SMU, NCAR cited in a story about Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings’ recent 2018 National Award for Local Arts Leadership in Washington, D.C.
• SMU MBB wins against East Carolina
• RIP William Jordan, founder of the Meadows Museum
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Des Moines Register

• Mark Chancey, Dedman, cited in a letter to the editor about teaching religion in public schools

Energy Wire

• Bruce Bullock, Cox, the future of Oncor

FOX DFW

• Jeffrey Engel, Dedman, government shutdown aftermath

Jewish Star

• Embrey Human Rights book No Resting Place: Holocaust Poland, nicely reviewed

KRLD radio

• Steve Lee, Meadows, fast food restaurants hiring and pay, especially in-and-out high pay for managers (No link available)

Medical Xpress

• Pia Vogel and John Wise, Dedman, study finds cells of three advanced cancers die with drug-like compounds that reverse chemo failure
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Moneyish

• Danila Serra, Dedman, study finds that brief exposure to charismatic career women inspires female students to pursue same
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NBC DFW

• Christa DeLuzio, Dedman, SMU exhibit highlights history's forgotten female voices
• SMU participates in MLK Day of Service (Link shared on request)

Star Local Media

• Rene Archambault, SMU staff, to run for Frisco ISD board

Texas Monthly

• Andrew Graybill, Dedman, reviews two new books about old Texas families

Texas Tribune

• SMU mentioned in another analysis of Dallas’ chances at landing Amazon HQ2

VOX

• Joanna Grossman, Dedman Law, sexual misconduct/harassment/assault, what’s the difference?

Washington Post

• Andrew Graybill, Dedman, reviews two new books about Buffalo Bill

Alumni

• SMU alumni among the Dallas Business Journal’s 2018 40 Under 40 honorees include: Dr. Carrie de Moor, Sakina Rasheed Foster, Scott Harper, Thomas Hartland-Mackie,
• SMU alumnus Tom Dundon is the new majority owner of the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes
• SMU alumna Emily K. Graham, profiled as a senior VP at FleishmanHillard New York
• SMU alumna/part-time baker Jessica Grose created a safe-to-eat Tide-pod style cookie
• SMU alumnus Patrick Herning makes high fashion available to all sizes
• SMU alumnus Sebastian Keitel, among the young entrepreneurs making Palm Beach fashionable again
• SMU alumnus Gene Phillips honored with retired jersey at Moody Coliseum
• SMU alumnus/poet laureate of Virginia Tim Seibles featured in Old Dominion University’s Black History Month celebration next month
• How former SMU players are doing in the NBA and other pro leagues this season 

 

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