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The Link Between Earthquakes and Human Activity

Fox 4 Originally Posted: February 5, 2018 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 […]

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The new tax law makes Dallas even stronger

Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: February 2, 2018 The rich will get richer, thanks to the new tax law, and Texas will become an even better destination. For many years, Texas has been attracting corporations and residents from high-tax states, in part because there’s no state income tax and the cost-of-living remains relatively affordable. The […]

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Matthew Wilson, Political Science, talks about President Trump on CBS11

CBS11 Originally Posted: February 1, 2018 Associate Political Science Professor Matthew Wilson talks about the current polls on President Trump and his pluses and minuses. WATCH

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History Professor Wins Two Prestigious Book Awards.

  Congratulations to Erin Hochman, associate professor in the Department of History. Her book, Imagining a Greater Germany: Republican Nationalism and the Idea of Anschluss. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2016 (http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140100891440) has won the Hans Rosenberg Prize, presented by the Central European History Society for the best book published in 2016. The official release can be […]

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Please Respond with Your 2017 Published Books for Dedman College/DCII Book Fest

The 3rd annual Dedman College/DCII Book Fest, a celebration of all the books published by SMU faculty members in 2017, will be held on May 8. An invitation with an RSVP will be sent at a later date. If you are an author of a book published in 2017, please send the title and the […]

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Texas Connects Us: SMU Exhibit Highlights History’s Forgotten Female Voices

NBC 5 Originally Posted: January 27, 2018 In a quiet corner on the Southern Methodist University campus sits a new exhibit that speaks volumes. Fondren Library is currently home to hundreds of journals, letters and belongings from women who tackled the American wilderness. Caroline Shimmel collected each item, starting back when few had interest in […]

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Andrew R. Graybill, Clements Center for Southwest Studies, reviews new books in Texas Monthly

Texas Monthly Originally Posted: February 2018 A Tale of Two Texas Families New books from Roger D. Hodge and Bryan Mealer draw an unsparing portrait of rural Texas. Families are the bedrock of Texas settlement. Take, for instance, the Old Three Hundred, the first white migrants who came to Texas from the American South in […]

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Cancer Research Success

SMU Research Originally Posted: January 25, 2018 Study: Cells of three aggressive cancers annihilated by drug-like compounds that reverse chemo failure Wet-lab experiments confirm the accuracy of an earlier computational discovery that three drug-like compounds successfully penetrate micro-tumors of advanced cancers to aid chemo in destroying the cancer. Researchers at Southern Methodist University have discovered […]

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Facebook Live Discussion On President Trump’s First Year In Office

CBS11 Originally Posted: January 23, 2018 President Trump marked his first anniversary in office over the weekend, and as he begins his second year in office, there’s a lot more at stake because of the all-important mid-term elections this fall. The Real Clear Politics average of polls this month shows the president has a 40 […]

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WATCH: Dr. Jeff Engel discusses President Trump and the government shutdown

FOX 4 Originally Posted: January 23, 2018 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. WATCH