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Bryson DeChambeau, former SMU golfer, applies physics to his sport

WFAA Originally Posted: May 18, 2016 IRVING, Texas — During Bryson During Bryson DeChambeau’s press conference before the AT&T Byron Nelson, the subject of physics came up, and how it applies to golf. Here’s part of his answer: “[…] especially Newtonian mechanics. See, quantum mechanics doesn’t really correlate — I mean, it does, on a […]

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Congratulations to Robyn Ann Langley, the first SMU Jewish Studies minor

Congratulations to Robyn Ann Langley, the first Jewish Studies minor. She was recently honored at a reception on Friday, May 13th hosted by the SMU Jewish Studies program and faculty advisor, Shira Lander. Robyn is a Fashion Media major in the Meadows School of the Arts and triple minor in Jewish Studies, Religious Studies, both housed in […]

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Graduating entrepreneur ready to take Biolum mobile asthma management device to next level

SMU News Originally Posted: May 12, 2016 DALLAS (SMU) – Edward Allegra started his SMU journey as a biology major, thinking he wanted to become a physician. But during his sophomore year, when he began attending meetings of the SMU Entrepreneurship Club, everything changed. Edward Allegra won the first annual Global Student Entrepreneur Award. Medical […]

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Congratulations to John Kalkanli, graduating in May with dual degrees in International Studies and Markets and Culture with a minor in human rights

This week we are sharing some powerful SMU stories from the class of 2016… John Kalkanli has never seen the campus of SMU, but he says he loves it none-the-less. John Kalkanli is blind. Born in Turkey with a disorder that robbed him of his sight from day one, his family brought him to Dallas […]

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Ruben Arellano, History, Receives Dissertation Fellowship

History doctoral candidate Ruben Arellano has been selected for a Dissertation Fellowship for 2016-2017 by SMU’s Office of Research and Graduate Studies. The award is designed to provide recipients with a stipend to complete the Ph.D. in the following academic year.

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SMU’s May 14 Commencement celebrates academic achievement

SMU News Originally Posted: May 3, 2016 SMU will celebrate the academic accomplishments of more than 2,500 students at its 101st annual Commencement ceremony at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 14, in Moody Coliseum. Guests are urged to arrive early as seating in the coliseum is limited to four guests per student. Additional seating will be […]

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2016-2017 Interdisciplinary Fellowship in the Digital Humanities

The fellowship experience will let you explore new ideas and topics, broaden your expertise, enhance your sophistication in interviews, and see how your skills relate to and can be helpful to those in other fields. Students will leave this course with the skills necessary to execute a digital humanities project and engage in top-level conversations […]

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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.