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SMU’s DeGolyer Library celebrates Joe Coomer’s life in letters
The career and achievements of acclaimed author and SMU alumnus Joe Coomer is celebrated in a retrospective exhibition running through Friday, May 24, 2013 in SMU’s DeGolyer Library. “Joe Coomer: A Life in Letters” explores Coomer’s creative process using handwritten drafts, … Continue reading
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Tagged Central University Libraries, Creative Writing Program, DeGolyer Library, endowed professors, English, exhibitions, free events, Joe Coomer, LitFest, Marsh Terry, Marshall Terry, Russell L. Martin III, Russell Martin, SMU Literary Festival
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New DeGolyer Library exhibit features rare Civil War photographs
A new exhibit at SMU’s DeGolyer Library features rare Civil War images of African American slave life, Southern battlefield scenes and camp life for Union and Confederate soldiers. “The Civil War in Photographs: New Perspectives from the Robin Stanford Collection” … Continue reading
Calendar Highlights: Sept. 21, 2012
Art smart: Ceramicist Ilona Romule will be at SMU Monday, Sept. 24, to give the Meadows Visiting Artist Lecture. Romule’s unique work is simultaneously two-and three-dimensional: She draws figures on the sides of her pots and sculpts them partially emerging from the pots … Continue reading
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Tagged Alessio Bax, Avery Fisher Career Grant, Bill Clements, Caruth Auditorium, Chee-Yun Kim, Clements Center for Southwest Studies, DeGolyer Library, Faculty Artist and Distinguished Alumni Recital Series, Gilbert Lecture Series, Greer Garson Screening Room, Ilona Romule, Matt Albert, Meadows Music Ensemble, Owen Arts Center, Raul Coronado, Rita Clements, State Fair of Texas, Visiting Artist Lecture Series
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Calendar Highlights: Sept. 13, 2012
Graphic poetry: Together the Meadows Museum and Bridwell Library acquired a copy of Picasso’s Vingt Poëmes. This is one of fifteen deluxe copies of the book itself and features 20 sonnets by famed Spanish poet Luis de Góngora y Argote; … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Mora, Bridwell Library, Caruth Auditorium, Central University Libraries, Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Constitution Day, Dedman College, DeGolyer Library, Election 2012, holidays, Hughes-Trigg Student Center, Kelly Markgraf, Meadows Museum, Meadows Symphony Orchestra, Owen Arts Center, Owen Fine Arts Center, Picasso, Simon Sargon, SMU Abroad, study-abroad programs, U.S. Constitution, voter registration
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Research: New insight into a 19th-century fossil feud
In the late 1800s, a flurry of fossil speculation across the American West escalated into a high-profile national feud called the Bone Wars. Drawn into the spectacle were two scientists from the Lone Star State: geologist Robert T. Hill, now acclaimed … Continue reading
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Tagged Bone Wars, Dedman College, DeGolyer Library, dinosaurs, Edward Drinker Cope, faculty research, Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Jacob Boll, Louis Jacobs, Margaret Allen, Othniel Charles Marsh, paleontology, Robert T. Hill, Texas dinosaurs
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Calendar Highlights: Closing attractions for Commencement 2012
As Spring 2012 finals end and SMU gears up for its 97th Commencement celebration, take note of three remarkable exhibitions that end this weekend. See them before they’re gone: • DeGolyer Library honors the 2012 bicentennial of a literary titan with Charles … Continue reading
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Tagged Afonso V, Bridwell Library, Central University Libraries, Charles Dickens, Commencement, DeGolyer Library, Dickens bicentennial, Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Galleries, exhibitions, free events, Meadows Museum, Pastrana tapestries, religious books for children, special collections, Stephen Weeks Collection, The Invention of Glory
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Calendar Highlights: Oct. 5, 2011
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Tagged Book Club of Texas, Bridwell Library, Bush Presidential Center, Central University Libraries, Colophon, David Ferriero, DeGolyer Library, Embrey Human Rights Program, free events, Friends of the SMU Libraries, lecture programs, McFarlin Auditorium, National Archives, Refugee Writers, Temple Grandin, visitors
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Calendar Highlights: Commencement Week, May 10, 2011
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Tagged academic calendar, academic ceremonies, Baccalaureate, Bridwell Library, Central University Libraries, class of 1961, class of 2011, Commencement, DeGolyer Library, diploma presentation, exhibitions, free events, Hamon Arts Library, Hillsman S. Jackson, honorary degrees, John Cornyn, President's Picnic, reunions, Staff Association, staff news, visitors
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Calendar Highlights: April 5, 2011
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Tagged Brian McLaren, Bridwell Library, Center for Missional Wisdom, Central University Libraries, Dedman College, DeGolyer Library, free events, free screenings, French Film Festival, Gilbert Lecture Series, Hervé Tchumkam, lecture programs, Perkins School of Theology, Séraphine, SMU French Club, Terry Castle, Tournées Festival, visitors
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