The Atlantic Originally Posted: April 5, 2018 Research shows the program, which protects undocumented young immigrants from deportation, encourages them to stay in school and delay parenthood. Daca, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is the Obama-era policy that allows 1.3 million undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children to stay and […]
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MDJ Online Originally Posted: April 5, 2018 If you were to Google “anthropological archeologist,” you’d find a picture of David Crass, Ph.D. A mix between the athletic, earnest Teddy Roosevelt and the adventurous, playful Indiana Jones, he is an archaeologist, an anthropologist, the division director of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and deputy state […]
Journal of Research in Personality Originally Posted: April 3, 2018 New research from SMU psychology professor Nate Hudson shows that healthy attachment within relationships can be improved by having people repeatedly reflect on their close relationships. Highlights: • Participants were repeatedly primed with attachment security across 4 months. • As compared with a control group, […]
Daily Campus Originally Posted: April 3, 2018 Meredith Carey graduated in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Spanish. She currently works as the Assistant Digital Editor for Condé Nast Traveler. The streets of New York City buzz with anticipation and a frenzied hurriedness. People crowd the streets and hustle to work. Among […]
The American Statistical Association (ASA) holds an annual challenge known as DataFest Southern Methodist University will be hosting the first ever DataFest in the state of Texas! Teams of 2-4 undergraduates will compete over a long weekend for who can come up with the most compelling analysis or visualization of a given data […]
Dallas Doing Good Originally Posted: March 26, 2018 “There are good people everywhere.” Tiffany Jelke didn’t waver in her declaration. It was a truth that she had seen, lived, and heard. But that truth wasn’t easily earned. As a child, Tiffany’s mother brought her on global adventures, visiting cities in Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Egypt, […]
American Academy of Religion Originally Posted: March 27, 2018 The Committee on Teaching and Learning is pleased to announce Jill DeTemple is the recipient of the 2018 Excellence in Teaching Award. The AAR Award for Excellence in Teaching recognizes the importance of teaching and honors outstanding teaching in the field. Dr. Jill DeTemple is Associate […]
The first issue of the redesigned Southwest Review is now out! Working with Managing Editor Preston Hutcherson—an English alumnus—and Editor-at-Large Joe Milazzo—who has taught in our department and been a cornerstone of Dallas’s literary community, Editor-in-Chief Greg Brownderville extends the legendary review’s reputation in this new era. Learn more at: https://www.smu.edu/southwestreview
Texas Monthly Originally Posted: April 2018 issue The follow is a review by Andrew R. Graybill, chair of the history department and co-director of the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies at Southern Methodist University. Lawrence Wright had his road-to-Damascus moment in 1979 in Gruene, the quaint Hill Country town halfway between San Antonio […]
Texas Monthly Originally Posted: March 26, 2018 A new study from two SMU scientists finds that oil and gas activity has made the ground unstable over a 4,000-square-mile swath of West Texas. The ground in West Texas could soon be pockmarked with new sinkholes, thanks to oil and gas exploration. New research from two scientists from […]