Daily Archives: December 18, 2012

Rebuilding in New Orleans

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Photo of the Week

SMU students are rebuilding houses in New Orleans during Alternative Winter Break. Read their blog.

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Cruel Beauty

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Human Rights in Poland 2012

Eighteen professors, academic professionals, students and community members from SMU, Dallas and across Texas will be traveling through Poland Dec. 19-29 to study the Holocaust. Led by SMU Embrey Human Rights Program Director Rick Halperin, the group will visit cities and death camps where, during World War II, some 4,375,000 people were murdered during the country’s Nazi, Germany, occupation. Professor Halperin also will lead six Texas professors serving as 2012 fellows for the Texas Project for Human Rights Education, and a member of SMU’s News & Communications team, to Berlin, Dec. 16-19, to explore the origins of Adolf Hitler’s “Final Solution.” Continue reading →

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