SMU Division of Enrollment Services Originally Posted: Feb. 20, 2020 Out of 6,611 degree seeking undergraduate students, 312 met the Honor Roll with High Distinction criteria, 305 met the Honor Roll with Distinction criteria and 304 met the Honor Roll criteria. The Honor Roll can be viewed on-line and printed from a PDF at http://smu.edu/honorroll
Category: Dedman College Research
Dallas Weekly Originally Posted: Feb. 18, 2020 Distinguished geoscientist James Quick will open the doors to a new era of research and interdisciplinary collaboration as Inaugural Dean of SMU’s newly created Moody School of Graduate and Advanced Studies. SMU announced the creation of the Moody School in November 2019, made possible by a landmark $100 million […]
Elemental Originally Posted: Feb. 13, 2020 “Involvement in a romantic relationship does not necessarily predict higher well-being,” says study leader Nathan Hudson, PhD, an assistant professor of psychology at Southern Methodist University. “Rather, involvement in poor-quality romantic relationships actually predicts worse well-being than remaining single.” Romantic relationships can up the odds of being happier, living […]
Congratulations to Debra Branch, a senior lecturer in Sociology, recently selected as one of three Faculty- in- Residence (FiR). Her service will begin July 1, 2020. More details below:
Congratulations to Jill DeTemple, Bill Barnard, Rick Cogley, and Mark Chancey. The four Religious Studies professors were honored with nominations for SMU’s HOPE award last night. A special congratulations goes to Jill DeTemple was awarded the 2020 HOPE Professor of the Year award.
Inside Higher Ed Originally Posted: Jan. 29, 2020 As an undergraduate, I seldom felt overwhelmed by coursework. I found praise easily. I wrote an award-winning honors thesis and graduated summa cum laude. When I heard horror stories about graduate school, I knew I would be an exception. I was wrong. Although I lost 10 pounds […]
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Tower Center Blog Originally Posted: Jan 23, 2020 FROM SMALL TOWN TEXAS TO INDIA: HOW AN SMU TOWER CENTER FELLOWSHIP OPENED DOORS Former SMU Tower Center alumna, Dr. Rachel Ball-Phillips, is an adjunct lecturer in History and the Director of National Student Fellowships and the President’s Scholars at SMU. She credits SMU and the opportunities […]
Announcement: The Department of Mathematics wishes to congratulate Lu Zhang who has accepted a position at Columbia University. Lu’s research is on the numerical studies of wave propagation phenomena and has worked under the supervision of Prof. Tom Hagstrom. Beginning in Fall 2020, she will be the Ju Tang Chu and Wu Ping Chu Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics […]
SIAM News Originally Posted: Jan. 27, 2020 The SIAM Texas-Louisiana Section held its second annual meeting jointly with Southern Methodist University’s (SMU) Department of Mathematics in Dallas, Texas, last November. SIAM contributions—along with two grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF)—helped support the conference and enabled the attendance of students and early career mathematicians. The […]