CBS11 Originally Posted: January 23, 2018 President Trump marked his first anniversary in office over the weekend, and as he begins his second year in office, there’s a lot more at stake because of the all-important mid-term elections this fall. The Real Clear Politics average of polls this month shows the president has a 40 […]
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FOX 4 Originally Posted: January 23, 2018 Professor Jeffrey Engel, director of SMU’s Center for Presidential History, discusses the current temporary end of the federal government shutdown and President Trump’s tactics in helping bring that about by Congress. WATCH
SMU Research Originally Posted: January 22, 2018 Easy, inexpensive experiment briefly sent inspiring female role models into intro to econ classes and sharply increased college female interest in the male-dominated, well-paying field of economics. A low-budget field experiment to tackle the lack of women in the male-dominated field of economics has been surprisingly effective, says […]
Business Insider Originally Posted: January 21, 2018 President Trump’s major policy moves over the course of his first year in office have had a common denominator: They either overtly favor his base of support — the roughly one-third of voters who solidly back him — or they appear to penalize those states that vote Democratic. […]
ThinkGeoenergy Originally Posted: January 22, 2018 Earlier this month, Southern Methodist University (SMU) hosted its 9th annual international “Power Plays” conference from January 10th-11th in Dallas, Texas. The conference was centered on recent advances in the oil and gas industry and how these promote further production of geothermal energy through the capture of waste heat and […]
Associated Press Originally Posted: January 20, 2018 Eight years ago, Hobby Lobby president Steve Green found a new way to express his Christian faith. His family’s $4 billion arts and craft chain was already known for closing stores on Sundays, waging a Supreme Court fight over birth control and donating tens of millions of dollars […]
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Hilltop Excellence Awards – Nominations Now Open!
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 […]
The Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute is now soliciting proposals from faculty for an Annual Fellows Seminar for the 2018-2019 Academic Year. DCII Fellows Seminars are communities of inquiry that bring faculty, students, and, if appropriate, community participants with different interests and expertise together to explore a topic in a collaborative and interdisciplinary setting. Please see […]
FOX4 Originally Posted: January 17, 2018 http://www.fox4news.com/good-day/307150938-video
Dallas Doing Good Originally Posted: January 16, 2018 Dr. Rick Halperin doesn’t spend his school vacations in a typical way. As the Director of the Embrey Human Rights Program at Southern Methodist University, many would expect him to take advantage of a few weeks off of school by relaxing and rejuvenating as he prepares for the next semester […]