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EVENT: Should We Trust Science? Perspectives from the History and Philosophy of Science

Event date: October 29, 2015 Event time: 5:30 p.m. reception, 6:00 p.m. lecture Many people are confused about the safety of vaccines, the reality of climate change, and other matters. Doctors tell us that vaccines are safe, and climate change is real, but how do they know that? And how are we to make sense […]

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SMU faculty to assist area history teachers in tackling immigration

DALLAS (SMU) — Immigration has rarely been so controversial or prominent a topic as it is today, which makes it all the more challenging to teach it to middle-and high-school students. SMU and the Old Red Museum of Dallas County History & Culture are partnering with Humanities Texas and the Texas Historical Commission to present […]

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What is College For? An event with Andrew Delbanco

Event Date: 9/24/15 Event Time: 5:50 pm With public anxiety rising about the cost and value of a college education, Andrew Delbanco, professor at Columbia University and author of College: What it Was, Is, and Should Be, will speak about the past, present, and future of a distinctive institution under growing pressure: the American college. […]