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SMU examines the costs of capital punishment April 15-18, 2013
As the State of Texas draws closer to executing the 500th death row inmate since capital punishment resumed here in 1982, a multidisciplinary symposium on the SMU campus will address “Death By Numbers: What Moral, Legal and Economic Price Are … Continue reading
Edwin Black discusses ‘IBM and the Holocaust’ at SMU Nov. 7, 2012
Edwin Black’s account of how one of America’s most powerful corporations helped Nazi Germany systematically keep track of Jews, run trains and operate death camps will be examined when the acclaimed journalist-historian visits SMU Wednesday, Nov. 7, to discuss his … Continue reading
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Tagged Edwin Black, Embrey Human Rights Program, free events, IBM and the Holocaust, lecture programs, Rick Halperin, visitors
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Calendar Highlights: Oct. 15, 2012
Comini Lecture: The Meadows School of the Arts presents Dana Leibsohn, Priscilla van der Poel Professor of Art of Smith College, in the Comini Lecture Series on Thursday, Oct. 18. Leibsohn will focus on the work of Antonio de Margo contemporary conceptions of style and materiality to … Continue reading
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Tagged Comini Lecture Series, Dana Leibsohn, Diva Dolce, Embrey Human Rights Program, James A. Baker III, Lillian Ball, Meadows Chorale, Meadows Concert Choir, Meadows Symphony Orchestra, Medal of Freedom, The Boulevard, Tower Center for Political Studies, Visiting Artist Lecture Series
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Women’s health advocate Sandra Fluke to speak at SMU Sept. 24
Women’s health advocate Sandra Fluke — the Georgetown University law student Rush Limbaugh verbally attacked earlier this year for supporting contraception coverage in the Affordable Care Act — will be at SMU Monday, Sept. 24, 2012 to discuss “Economics and Equality: How Obstacles … Continue reading
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Tagged Beth Newman, Charles Curran, Dedman College, Dedman School of Law, Embrey Human Rights Program, endowed chairs, Karen Thomas, Ken Lambrecht, Linda Eads, Meadows School of the Arts, Planned Parenthood of North Texas, Provost's Office, Sandra Fluke, Women's and Gender Studies Program, women's health
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For the Record: Sept. 7, 2012
Annie Xiang, Physics, Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, has received the U.S. Department of Energy Generic R&D award, a 3-year program (2012 to 2015) with a total funding of $202,500 to develop small-form-factor, high-reliability optical transmitters at the 120 Gbps range for … Continue reading
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Tagged Anita Ingram, Annie Xiang, Art, awards and honors, Ben Gavish, Bezalel Gavish, Brian Zoltowski, Center for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention, chemistry, Dedman College, Ed Biehl, Embrey Human Rights Program, English, faculty achievement, faculty news, Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Information Technology and Operations Management, Lori Ann Stephens, Louis Jacobs, Meadows School of the Arts, Michael Corris, physics, Rick Halperin, risk management, TIPS
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Understanding Rwanda: Memories from a human rights trip
In August 2012, a group of 20 SMU students, faculty and staff members visited Rwanda with the University’s Embrey Human Rights Program. The group went to observe how the African country is recovering from its 1994 civil war, in which up … Continue reading
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Tagged community involvement, Embrey Human Rights Program, Half Price Books, Project C.U.R.E., Rwanda, SMU Adventures, Vicki Hill
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SMU Rwanda travelers seek school supplies for August 2012 trip
UPDATE Aug. 2, 2012: Thanks to donations from the SMU community and friends, the Embrey Human Rights Program travelers will leave for Rwanda tomorrow with 12 suitcases filled with 200 pounds of school supplies and 250 pounds of books (from Half-Price … Continue reading
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Tagged community involvement, Embrey Human Rights Program, Half Price Books, Hayley Wagner, Pat Davis, Project C.U.R.E., Rick Halperin, Rwanda, Sherry Aikman, Urukundo Home for Children
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Nobel laureate Leymah Gbowee to speak at SMU May 23, 2012
Liberian peace activist and 2011 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Leymah Gbowee will make one of her few scheduled 2012 U.S. speaking appearances at SMU on Wednesday, May 23. The author of Mighty Be Our Powers will discuss “Women, Leadership and Human Rights” at 7:30 p.m. … Continue reading
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Tagged Dedman College, Denise Gee, Embrey Human Rights Program, lecture programs, Leymah Gbowee, Michael Angelo, Pat Davis, visitors, World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth
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Experts link murdered women and environmental ruin at the border
The ongoing murders of countless women at the U.S.-Mexico border, along with devastating environmental damage inflicted by factories, are the subject of “Ecocide and Femicide on the Border: Ecofeminism and the Maquiladora Murders.” The event will take place 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, April … Continue reading
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Tagged Dedman College, Denise Gee, Embrey Human Rights Program, English, Evelyn Parker, free events, human rights, immigration, Jayson Gonzales Sae-Saue, Migration Matters, News and tagged Caroline Brettell, Perkins School of Theology, Rev. Daisy Machado, social justice, This entry was posted in Calendar Highlights
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Conference to explore human rights issues in Africa April 11-15
The African Literature Association will meet April 11-15, 2012, at SMU and Dallas’s Adolphus Hotel to explore human rights issues in Africa. The association’s 38th annual meeting will feature 10 writers, journalists and performers from various countries in Africa and is expected … Continue reading