Category: Biology

Sign Up to Judge at Dallas Regional Science and Engineering Fair

Post author By Katherine Nickles
Post date February 16, 2018

Calling all SMU Science faculty, staff and graduate students! Do you remember competing in Science Fair when you were at school? Now is your chance to sign up to judge at the 2018 Beal Bank Dallas Regional Science and Engineering Fair, Saturday February 24, 2018 at Fair Park in Dallas. SMU is organizing this event […]

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At SMU, Sam Weber ’18 Explores His Love Of Two Vastly Different Fields

Post author By Katherine Nickles
Post date February 16, 2018

SMU Magazine Originally Posted: Spring 2018 Issue Growing up in Overland Park, Kansas, Samuel Gage Weber became fascinated with science by watching Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. The first 3-D animated feature film made outside Hollywood was directed by SMU alumnus John Davis ’84. Weber, whose mother is a nurse, imagined being Jimmy Neutron while he played […]

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Event: Today! Feb 14, Major and Minor Fair 10am-3pm

Post author By Katherine Nickles
Post date February 14, 2018

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SMU Debate Wins Texas State Championship

Post author By Katherine Nickles
Post date February 9, 2018

Meadows News Originally Posted: Feb. 6, 2018 Congrats to the SMU debate team and specifically to Dedman College team members: Maggie Cook-Allen (B.A. Political Science, B.A. Philosophy ’21), Mark “Chip” Myers (B.A. History ’21), and Darcy Wyatt (B.S. Biochemistry ’21). Below is an excerpt from Meadows School of the Arts news: The team may have been small, […]

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Please Respond with Your 2017 Published Books for Dedman College/DCII Book Fest

Post author By Katherine Nickles
Post date January 31, 2018

The 3rd annual Dedman College/DCII Book Fest, a celebration of all the books published by SMU faculty members in 2017, will be held on May 8. An invitation with an RSVP will be sent at a later date. If you are an author of a book published in 2017, please send the title and the […]

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A Message from Dean DiPiero

Post author By Katherine Nickles
Post date January 26, 2018

Join Dedman’s “I ❤️ SMU” Challenge with a gift of any size today. Your donation will fuel important initiatives this spring and help SMU reach its goal of 1,000 alumni donors by February 13. The SMU Fund for Dedman College is important because it provides a strong foundation for discovery, research and achievement. Please watch the […]

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Cancer Research Success

Post author By Katherine Nickles
Post date January 25, 2018

SMU Research Originally Posted: January 25, 2018 Study: Cells of three aggressive cancers annihilated by drug-like compounds that reverse chemo failure Wet-lab experiments confirm the accuracy of an earlier computational discovery that three drug-like compounds successfully penetrate micro-tumors of advanced cancers to aid chemo in destroying the cancer. Researchers at Southern Methodist University have discovered […]

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Hilltop Excellence Awards – Nominations Now Open!

Post author By Katherine Nickles
Post date January 19, 2018

Each Spring, members of the SMU community are invited to nominate students (as well as faculty and staff for the “M” Award – see below) deserving of recognition for the awards noted below. The award recipients are announced at the Hilltop Excellence Awards, held annually on the third Monday of April, and coinciding with the […]