Tag Archives: Denise Gee

Walt Humann to receive SMU’s 2012 J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Award

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Kathleen Tibbetts

Businessman and public servant Walter J. Humann ’67 is chiefly recognized for creating the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) system and helping desegregate Dallas schools. For these and other accomplishments he will receive the 2012 J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Award from … Continue reading →

Posted in Calendar Highlights, For the Record, News | Tagged alumni news, awards and honors, Denise Gee, J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Award, Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility, Ray L. Hunt, Rita Kirk, Walter J. Humann | Comments Off

SMU staff member talks fitness with First Lady Michelle Obama

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Kathleen Tibbetts

Bicycling has its benefits, but this one’s a rarity: Having First Lady Michelle Obama invite you to lunch to talk about it. That’s what happened to SMU’s Andrea Roberts, events coordinator for Development and Alumni Affairs Reunion Programs. She and … Continue reading →

Posted in For the Record, News | Tagged Andrea Roberts, Better Blocks, community involvement, Denise Gee, Let's Move!, Michelle Obama, staff news | Comments Off

‘Migration Matters’ series continues with ‘Border Myths’ Feb. 22

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Kathleen Tibbetts

Is there a real threat of Islamic terrorists crossing into the United States from Mexico? Is the Mexican justice system doing everything it can to curb drug cartel violence? And is America enabling U.S.-Mexico border problems by providing too many … Continue reading →

Posted in Calendar Highlights, News | Tagged border violence, Dedman College, Denise Gee, Department of Public Safety, English, human rights, immigration, Jayson Gonzales Sae-Saue, Josiah Heyman, Maria Herrera-Sobek, Migration Matters, Roberto Villalon, social justice | Comments Off

Research: Blue laws, green cards and other colorful legal terms

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Kathleen Tibbetts

Elizabeth Thornburg never imagined that she would be turning to Dr. Seuss, Shakespeare and vaudeville for legal research. But those sources proved invaluable when she joined forces with another law professor, a law librarian and a legal lexicographer for the book … Continue reading →

Posted in Research | Tagged Dedman School of Law, Denise Gee, Elizabeth Thornburg, faculty books, faculty research, Fred Shapiro, James E. Clapp, Lawtalk, legal history, legal terms, linguistics, Marc Galanter, origins of expressions | Comments Off

Luís Urrea kicks off SMU’s 2012 “Migration Matters” series Jan. 26

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Kathleen Tibbetts

Luís Alberto Urrea – author of The Hummingbird’s Daughter, Queen of America and the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Devil’s Highway – returns to the Hilltop Jan. 26, 2012, to speak in a new SMU discussion series. “Migration Matters: An Interdisciplinary Program on Immigration at … Continue reading →