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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.

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Sociology alumna awarded Dedman Law Distinguished Alumni

[youtube]https://youtu.be/QgpPM7IscyY[/youtube] In early February, A. Shonn Evans Brown was honored as one of five Dedman Law Distinguished Alumni of 2016. She gives back regularly to SMU by meeting with current sociology undergraduate students as well as serving as a mentor to Dedman law school students. We are honored to have her in our community of […]

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Congratulations to the Dedman College Research Day Winners

SMU graduate and undergraduate students presented results of ongoing and completed SMU-based research on February 10. Dedman College students received an impressive 20 awards. Research Day aims to foster communication between students in different disciplines, give students the opportunity to present their work in a professional setting, and share the outstanding research being conducted at SMU […]

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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 […]