Originally Posted: January 25, 2016 Congratulations to Katie Logsdon Health & Society Major, Winner of the 5th Annual UT Southwestern Office of Global Health Conference Student Research Competition The conference and competition was held January 22-23 at UTSW, T. Boone Pickens Biomedical Building Auditorium in Dallas, Texas. Students from North Texas presented research […]
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SMU NEWS Originally Posted: January 20, 2016 DALLAS (SMU) – Whether the topic is immigrants from Mexico or refugees from Syria, much of public opinion on these complex issues appears driven by emotion rather than fact. That’s what prompted SMU Anthropology Graduate Student Shay Cannedy and four of her peers to organize SMU’s first Refugee […]
SMU Research Originally Posted: January 8, 2016 It was a good year for faculty and student research efforts. Here is a small sampling of public and published acknowledgements during 2015: Research makes the cover of Biochemistry Drugs important in the battle against cancer were tested in a virtual lab by SMU biology professors to see […]
Wall Street Journal Originally Posted: January 6, 2016 When Kelvin Beachum isn’t with the Steelers, he’s keeping cars on the road Kelvin Beachum, 26, an offensive lineman for the Pittsburgh Steelers from Mexia, Texas, on his 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe, as told to A.J. Baime. A lot of guys when they make it to the NFL […]
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SMU News Originally Posted: December 18, 2015 Eleven SMU faculty members have received 2015-16 Sam Taylor Fellowships from the Sam Taylor Fellowship Fund of the Division of Higher Education, United Methodist General Board of Higher Education and Ministry. Five of the recipients are Dedman College faculty. The Fellowships, funded by income from a portion of […]
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SMU books fulfill your holiday gift giving list
Books published in 2015 by the SMU community, including faculty, staff, alumni, libraries and museum, can complete your holiday gift list. Need to satisfy a history buff? This list has it covered in genres from art to film to science to the Southwest. Find selections for readers of poetry, as well as personal, political and […]
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Save the Date: 2016 Career Fair, Feb. 18 from 4-7 p.m.
Discovery News Originally Posted: November 25, 2015 Early Native Americans Raised Turkeys, But Not to Eat There is little doubt that Native Americans at a Utah site appropriately called Turkey Pen Ruins raised turkeys, but new research concludes that they rarely ate them, and instead raised the large birds for their coveted feathers. The study […]
AAAS Originally Posted: November 18, 2015 Archaeologist Tom Dillehay didn’t want to return to Monte Verde. Decades ago, his discoveries at the famous site in southern Chile showed that humans occupied South America by 14,500 years ago, thousands of years earlier than thought, stirring a long and exhausting controversy. Now, Dillehay, of Vanderbilt University in […]