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App created by SMU physics grad aims to simplify person-to-person buying, selling

Daily Campus Originally Posted: February 8, 2016 Have you ever wanted to sell your old items online with people nearby? Well now, there’s an app for that. 5miles, a hyper-local marketplace app using GPS location, offers an easy way for consumers to buy and sell items on their phone. The app was launched in January […]

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Sociology Alumni Update: Courtney Cross

Sociology alumni Courtney Cross has recently begun a new position as the Community Impact Coordinator for Homeless Initiatives at the United Way of Denton County. Congratulations Courtney! READ MORE

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Evan McCormick, Center for Presidential History, fluent in Spanish and available to discuss the presidential race with Spanish-speaking media platforms.

The following is an excerpt from an SMU news release. READ MORE Republican rhetoric on immigration bodes well for Democrats in November EVAN McCORMICK emccormick@smu.edu In the grand scheme of the presidential race, McCormick doesn’t think either party has a candidate who has transcended their party’s general acceptance by the Latin-American community in the United […]

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History majors Rahimi, Smith & Dombrowski present distinction projects during Engaged Learning Week

Schedule here: http://www.smu.edu/Provost/EngagedLearning/ELWEEK

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TechCrunch: Physics grad Liang Lu ’05 developed a competitor for Craigslist called 5miles, which has over 5 million downloads and sold $1 billion worth of goods in 2015

TechCrunch Originally Posted: January 26, 2016 Can a mobile classified app topple the behemoth that is Craigslist? We’ve asked the question before (more than once, in fact), and it looks like it may be in order again: 5miles, an app developed in China but being rolled out in the U.S. first as a quick way […]

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Anthropology Graduate Student Shay Cannedy and four of her peers to organize SMU’s first Refugee and Forced Migration Symposium

SMU NEWS Originally Posted: January 20, 2016 DALLAS (SMU) – Whether the topic is immigrants from Mexico or refugees from Syria, much of public opinion on these complex issues appears driven by emotion rather than fact. That’s what prompted SMU Anthropology Graduate Student Shay Cannedy and four of her peers to organize SMU’s first Refugee […]

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History Ph.D. writes about the history of Latino conservatism

News Taco Originally Posted: December 17, 2015 By Aaron Sanchez, Commentary & Cuentos Aaron E. Sanchez is the editor of Commentary and Cuentos, a blog focused on issues of race, politics, and popular culture from a Latino perspective. The posts place these issues in historical, cultural, and intellectual context to better understand our present. Aaron […]

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High-level’ national security postdoctoral fellows join SMU Tower Center

SMU News Originally Posted: December 16, 2015 DALLAS (SMU) – Thomas Cavanna and David Benson have been selected to serve yearlong national security postdoctoral fellowships at SMU. Cavanna is in the John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies, and Benson joins SMU as part of a National Science Foundation-funded project on cyber-security. “Both are pursuing […]

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Power Plays: Geothermal Energy in Oil and Gas Fields – Call for Abstracts

The SMU Geothermal Lab is hosting our 8th international energy conference and workshop, Power Plays: Geothermal Energy in Oil and Gas Fields, April 25-26, 2016 on the SMU Campus in Dallas, Texas. We are looking for speakers and poster presentations. Abstracts are due by Friday February 5, 2016. Submit your abstract by email to geothermal@smu.edu. […]

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SMU teams win second place and honorable mention in SAS Analytics Shootout Competition

SMU NEWS Originally Posted: December 4, 2015 National data mining competition features analytical and problem-solving skills   A team of eight SMU students has been awarded second place and another team of five students received honorable mention in the annual SAS Analytics Shootout competition. The data mining competition winners were announced at the annual SAS […]