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SMU physicist Govinda Dhungana and Dr. Bob Kehoe discuss nearby massive Supernova 2013ej explosion

SMU Research Originally Posted: April 26, 2016 A giant star that exploded 30 million years ago in a galaxy near Earth had a radius prior to going supernova that was 200 times larger than our sun, according to astrophysicists at Southern Methodist University, Dallas. The sudden blast hurled material outward from the star at a […]

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Congratulations to Dedman College’s Bryson Dechambeau on his outstanding achievement at The Masters!

Congratulations to reigning #USAmateur champion @b_dechambeau on earning low amateur honors at #TheMasters. pic.twitter.com/hwum6B3S9i — USGA (@USGA) April 10, 2016

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Congratulations to Psychology graduate students Margaret Sala and Rose Ashraf

Margaret Sala has been awarded an NSF Graduate Fellowship. This is a three year award and very competitive. Rose Ashraf won the award for best graduate student paper at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Human Development held in Denver on March 17-19.  

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Dallas-Fort Worth Schweitzer Fellow and UT Southwestern medical student, Jamie Pfaff works with children living with Sickle Cell Disease

Southwestern Medical Foundation Originally Posted: March 28, 2016 A second-year medical student at UT Southwestern, Jamie Pfaff discovered the need for her project through a volunteer experience with Camp John Marc (CJM), an organization that provides subsidized, high-quality camping programs for children, teens, and families living with chronic medical and physical challenges. “CJM is a […]

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Congratulations to Ph.D. students, Tetiana Hutchison and Aditi Malu

Department of Biological Sciences Ph.D. students, Tetiana Hutchison and Aditi Malu, have been selected to give oral presentations at the upcoming national 2016 American Society for Virology (ASV) Conference at Virginia Tech University in Blackburn, VA in June. There are a limited number of talks given by graduate students and the selection process is highly […]

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Congratulations to Markets and Culture Alumna Kelly Sayres

MKCL Alumni Update: Kelly Sayres Kelly Sayres will be pursuing a Master’s degree from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education in Technology, Innovation, and Education starting Fall 2016. Kelly graduated in 2012 and has been teaching at an impoverished elementary school in rural Central Texas.

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Dedman College Alumna and Bumble Dating App Founder, Whitney Wolfe in Vogue

Vogue Originally Posted: March 7, 2016 WHAT’S THE BUZZ ABOUT BUMBLE? BILLED among many in the know as “Tinder for hot boys”, dating app Bumble may only have existed for a little over a year, but its loyal users swear by it for several reasons. All dating services may claim to have a USP, and on […]

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Dedman College students and faculty featured in Research Day Mustang Minute video

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Grad student discovers river in Peru so hot it boils animals alive

Tech Insider Originally Posted: February 22, 2016 Deep in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon, an anomalous and perplexing natural wonder lies: A raging river that boils. Once just the stuff of folklore, geophysicist Andrés Ruzo, a PhD student at Southern Methodist University, set out to find the legendary waterway himself. He not only found […]

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SMU CATCO leaders Elfi Kraka and Dieter Cremer organize 26th Austin Symposium on Molecular Structure and Dynamics.