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Discovering the stars, changing her future: Jasmine Liu ’18

SMU News Originally Posted: May 30, 2018 Invisible to the naked eye, the variable star ROTSE1 J000831.43+223154.8 flickers in the northern sky. It hides within an ancient star map formed, it was said, when the king of the gods transformed his most heroic steed into a constellation. For Jasmine Liu ’18 – an SMU physics […]

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Colossal Cretaceous Marine Reptiles Prepared By SMU Scientists And Students Will Be On Display At The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Nov. 9

Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History Originally Posted: May 30, 2018   The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History will open a new exhibition Nov. 9 revealing how millions of years ago, large-scale natural forces created the conditions for real-life sea monsters to thrive in the South Atlantic Ocean basin shortly after it formed. “Sea […]

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From her green childhood to our sustainable future

SMU News Originally Posted: May 23, 2018 Congratulations to Adrienn Sánta ‘18 who left SMU with two bachelor’s degrees – one in mechanical engineering from the Lyle School of Engineering and another in math from Dedman College of Humanities and Science. Championship swimming skills and a certain fearlessness brought Adrienn Sánta from a small town in […]

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Dedman College Announces Outstanding Professor, Student, and Caren Prothro Faculty Service Award Winners

Congratulations to the following who received prestigious Dedman College awards on May 9, 2018. Outstanding Professor: Johan Elverskog Robert and Nancy Dedman Outstanding Senior Student: Ekiomoado Olumese Caren Prothro Faculty Service Award: Mark Chancey

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Congratulations! Kenneth Martin selected as 2018 Humanity in Action Fellow

Humanity in Action Originally Posted: May 6, 2018 Humanity in Action has selected Southern Methodist University’s Kenneth Martin for one of the 2018 Humanity in Action Fellowship programs in Europe and the United States. 67 students and recent graduates were selected for the 2018 Fellowship programs out of an extremely competitive pool of 564 applicants from […]

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Blending science and the arts: Sam Weber ’18

SMU News Originally Posted: May 2018 As a student researcher, Sam Weber trains others working on cell biology experiments and explores the use of the performing arts in public health education. And this spring he is directing his second 24-Hour Musical, Heathers the Musical. The Dedman College Scholar and University honors student will graduate in May with […]

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International health advocate: Ben Chi ’18

SMU News Originally Posted: May 2018 Benjamin H. Chi, a biochemistry, health and society major, is SMU’s first Schwarzman Scholar. The Schwarzman program provides a one-year master’s degree in global affairs from Tsinghua University in Beijing. When SMU senior Benjamin Chi travelled to the city of Harbin in northern China for diabetes research in 2016, it […]

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Watch: Strengthening gender diversity in the STEM pipeline

Texas Instruments Originally Posted: April 30, 2018 Quynh-Anh Dang — university biochemistry student, former Girl Scout and current ambassador, and organizer of a STEM fair for underprivileged students.  

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Challenge From Carl and Peggy Sewell Sparks Successful Drive for Dedman College Scholarships

SMU News Originally Posted: April 27, 2018 $400,000 challenge yields more than $834,000 in commitments for 20 new scholarships   DALLAS (SMU) – A $400,000 challenge from longtime SMU supporters Carl Sewell ’66 and Peggy Higgins Sewell ’72 has generated more than $834,000 in gifts and pledges for merit-based scholarships combined with unique programming for academically […]

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Congratulations to all the student athletes honored at Pony Awards

SMU Athletics Originally Posted: April 27, 2018 On Sunday night at the annual Pony Awards, SMU took a night  to honor the many achievements of Mustang student-athletes this year. The most prestigious honor, the Athletic Director’s S.P.I.R.I.T. Award, was presented to football’s Justin Lawler and women’s soccer’s Claire Oates for epitomizing SMU’s values of Service, Passion, Integrity, Respect, Innovation and Teamwork. Click here to read […]