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Student Experience After receiving executive clemency in 2021, Chris Young '26 transformed his life through education, earning a degree in economics and public policy from SMU. His new memoir, The Wound Is Where the Light Enters, recounts his journey from a mandatory life sentence to freedom, resilience and a new career.

People Acclaimed novelist and essayist Dr. Marcela Fuentes will join SMU’s Department of English as the inaugural Sterling R.E. Havens Endowed Professor in Creative Writing Fiction.

College News The Human Rights Program at SMU is celebrating a legacy of transformative learning, global engagement and student leadership rooted in a simple but powerful idea: every person is entitled to dignity and rights.

College News Dedman College recognized its outstanding faculty members during the end-of-year faculty meeting.

College News The new programs reflect Dedman College’s continued investment in innovative, career-connected education that bridges liberal arts, STEM, research, and entrepreneurship.

College News The project earned awards across directing, editing, writing, visual effects and arts and culture categories, placing it among a select group of winners chosen from more than 13,000 entries submitted worldwide.

People The hire advances the university’s strategic investment in subsurface energy and earth hazards

People The annual award supports promising tenure-track faculty members during the first two years of their academic appointments.

Student Experience Chris Young, a Dedman College student graduating with degrees in economics and public policy, has transformed a story of incarceration into one of resilience, determination, and academic achievement.

People Henderson-Morrison Professor of Prehistory in Dedman College's Department of Anthropology, elected to one of the world’s most distinguished scholarly organizations.

Student Experience Selection highlights the college’s strong tradition of academic excellence and global engagement.

Student Experience Mia Jimenez’s Reflection:

Student Experience A shared dream years in the making will become reality on May 16 when Melissa Escher and her son, Jordan, graduate together from SMU.

Research & Discovery A new SMU Department of Psychology-led study is reshaping how researchers think about treating depression and anxiety.

People A Harvard-trained literary critic and bestselling author, his work spans African American literature, hip-hop poetics, song lyric as literary form and the legacy of Ralph Ellison.

Events & Engagement The inaugural Guittard-Labastida Writing Prize for a distinguished work of nonfiction in the areas of biography, creative nonfiction, history, journalism, memoir, narrative nonfiction, personal essay, and true crime.

College News These awards help launch new lines of inquiry, strengthen the foundation for external funding, and expand the impact of research across disciplines.