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2013 honorary degree recipients take part in symposia May 17
Two of SMU’s five 2013 honorary degree recipients will participate in public symposia in their honor during Commencement week. Both events are scheduled for Friday, May 17, and both are free and open to the entire community. The five individuals who will … Continue reading
Posted in Calendar Highlights, News
Tagged awards and honors, Bob Biard, Bryan A. Stevenson, Commencement, Francis Christopher Oakley, Francis Oakley, free events, honorary degrees, James Robert Biard, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Swanee Hunt, symposia, visitors
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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
2013 SMU Women’s Symposium minds the age gap March 6
For its 48th anniversary, the SMU Women’s Symposium is using a new format to explore age-old questions about the differences and common ground among generations. Associate Professor of Management and Organizations Ellen Jackofsky and senior art history major Bekah Boyer will participate … Continue reading
Posted in Calendar Highlights, News, Save the Date
Tagged awards and honors, Bekah Boyer, community involvement, Ellen Jackofsky, Emmie V. Baine Lecture, Gail Reese Ward Excellence in Mentoring Award, Karen Click, Kelsey Reynolds, Kimberly Elmazi, lecture programs, Pooja Patel, Profiles in Leadership Awards, symposia, visitors, Women's Center for Gender and Pride Initiatives, Women's Symposium
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CTE to discuss ‘Higher Ed in the Crosshairs’ Feb. 22, 2013
Concerns about the costs and value of higher education are rising to the top of debate from the kitchen table to Capitol Hill. In response, SMU’s Center for Teaching Excellence has organized a symposium to explore questions of government support, … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert W. Niemi Jr., Beth Thornburg, Center for Teaching Excellence, Higher Ed in the Crosshairs, José Bowen, Marc Christensen, symposia, William Tsutsui
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SMU panel to explore the history (and future) of privacy Oct. 31, 2012
A panel of SMU faculty members from a wide range of disciplines will examine the history of and emerging ramifications for the concept of privacy in the 21st century at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, in the Hughes-Trigg Student Center … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexis McCrossen, Beth Newman, Computer Science and Engineering, Dedman College, Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute, Dedman Foundation, Dedman School of Law, economics, Embrey Family Foundation, English, free events, George Holden, history, IMPACT Symposium Series, Kimberly Cobb, Law, Lee Cullum, Lyle School of Engineering, Mary Spector, privacy, privacy issues, psychology, Santanu Roy, Suku Nair, Sukumaran Nair, symposia
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Austrian event to honor SMU’s Alessandra Comini June 16
Alessandra Comini, Distinguished Professor Emerita of Art History in SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts, will be honored for her life’s work on June 16, 2012, in Austria. To celebrate her discovery in 1963 of the village prison cell where … Continue reading
Posted in For the Record, News
Tagged Alan O'Cain, Alessandra Comini, awards and honors, Egon Schiele, Ehrengard von Gemmingen, Elegy for Egon, Museum Leopold, Neue Galerie Museum, Neulengbach, Renée Price, symposia
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Sunbelt prisons are focus of 2012 Clements Center Symposium
Declaring that today’s racially disproportionate rates of incarceration represent “a New Jim Crow,” scholar Michelle Alexander has argued that “we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it.” This assertion, and its exploration, provide the theme of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Clements Center Public Symposium, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Embrey Human Rights Program, history of the Americas, Kelly Lytle Hernández, Southwest history, symposia, visitors, William P. Clements Department of History
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Marlee Matlin to give keynote at 2012 SMU Women’s Symposium
Award-winning actress, author and activist Marlee Matlin will give the Emmie V. Baine Lecture at SMU’s 47th annual Women’s Symposium Wednesday, March 7, 2012. The event is the longest continuously running program of its kind in the country. The 2012 theme is … Continue reading
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Tagged Abby Williams, awards and honors, Cheryl Mayo, community involvement, Courtney Underwood, Gail Reese Ward Excellence in Mentoring Award, Jill Johnson, Judge Carolyn Wright, Justice Carolyn Wright, Karen Click, lecture programs, Marlee Matlin, Profiles in Leadership Award, Rabbi Nancy Kasten, SMU Women's Symposium, symposia, visitors, Women's Symposium
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2011 Centennial Symposium examines ‘The University & the City’
Leaders in business, culture, education, politics and service from SMU, North Texas and across the nation will gather on the Hilltop for the University’s 2011 Centennial Symposium Nov. 10-11. Presentations and panel discussion will include topics such as educating a … Continue reading
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Tagged Centennial Symposium, community involvement, faculty news, Second Century Celebration, student news, symposia, The University and the City, visitors
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