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SMU political science professor will speak at annual University of Louisiana at Lafayette academic symposium

Fox News 15 Originally Posted: December 10, 2018 Anthony and Matthew Wilson will share the podium in New Iberia, Louisiana, at the fourth annual University of Louisiana at Lafayette James Lee Burke Academic Symposium “James Lee Burke and Louisiana Politics” on April 6, 2019. The free event, sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts, is […]

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Dallas novelist’s ‘LitNight’ builds a literary scene in the casual atmosphere of a nightclub

Dallas Morning News Originally posted: December 7, 2018 Dallas novelist Sanderia Faye got the idea of celebrating literature in a bar when she attended Brooklyn’s Franklin Park Reading Series, which has hosted the likes of A.M. Homes, Jennifer Egan and Colson Whitehead. Faye thought that same informal atmosphere at the monthly gathering of writers and readers […]

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Watch SMU Center for Presidential History Director Jeffrey Engel on CNN

Dedman College News Originally Posted: December 5, 2018 Former President George H.W. Bush will be honored with a state funeral at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. this morning. Tune into CNN from 9-11am today to watch SMU Center for Presidential History Director Jeffrey Engel during the ceremonies. More on Jeffrey Engel as he discusses the first […]

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Save the Date: Dec. 14 – 15, December Rotunda Recessional and Commencement

Watch Ceremony  Watch both ceremonies live @ www.smu.edu/live December Rotunda Recessional 4:45 p.m. Friday, December 14th December Commencement 9:30 a.m. Saturday, December 15th For more information: https://www.smu.edu/EnrollmentServices/registrar/AcademicCeremonies/DecemberCommencement

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Fossils From Angola Bring Strange Yet Familiar Ocean into View

VOA Originally Posted: November 26, 2018   Some may be familiar with mythical sea monsters. For example, Scotland’s infamous Loch Ness Monster “Nessie,” and Giganto — fictional beasts of comic book fame. But millions of years ago, real-life sea monsters lived and thrived in what we now call the South Atlantic Ocean. South Atlantic Ocean […]

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November Knockout: Week 4! Help Fight Hunger and Support the North Texas Food Bank.

Bring your non-perishable goods and/or canned goods to Cindy Havens’ office, Suite 203, Dallas Hall.

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Event: Nov. 28, Asian Studies, Human Rights, Dance and SMU-in-India present the Film “Mrinalini Sarabhai”

Event Date: 11/28/2018 Location: McCord Auditorium Time: 7-9PM Date: 11/28/2018 SMU’s Asian Studies, Embrey Human Rights Program, and the Department of Dance invite you to a screening of “Mrinalini Sarabhai: The Artist and Her Work,” which follows the life of a classical Indian dancer, Mrinalini Sarabhai. Sarabhai transformed Bharatnatyam and Kathakali in the 20th century, and used […]

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Survivors of Nazi occupation host discussion at SMU about anti-Semitic violence

Fox 4 Originally Posted: November 17, 2018 October’s massacre at a Pittsburg synagogue has focused new attention on the rise of anti-Semitic violence. This week, a couple who lived through Nazi occupation during World War II encouraged some SMU students to speak out against that kind of hatred in the world. Beate and Serge Klarsfeld […]

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Save the Date: Nov 26, Celebration of Lights

Event date: November 26, 2018 Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Location: Dallas Hall Lawn Hosted by Student Foundation SMU’s Student Foundation welcomes the entire SMU and the surrounding community to Dallas Hall lawn to celebrate the beginning of the holiday season at Celebration of Lights. Enjoy a cup of hot cocoa and cider with warm […]

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How an SMU dinosaur hunter’s 72-million-year-old sea monster got to the Smithsonian

Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: November 14, 2018 Three weeks before his team’s fossil finds go on display at one of the world’s most famous natural history museums, Louis Jacobs stands in a basement lab at Southern Methodist University sanding the lower jaw of a 72-million-year-old sea monster. His colleague Michael Polcyn sits nearby, dabbing […]