Category: Dedman College Research
The Dallas Paleontological Society (DPS) scholarship committee recently awarded The Frank Crane Memorial Scholarship to Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences graduate student Myria Perez. “I have had the incredible opportunity to be involved in a research project that will be seen by millions of people from around the globe,” says Myria Perez. “During […]
KERA News Originally Posted: March 14, 2018 Minecraft is a popular video game that’s sort of like virtual Lego. Players find and build stuff by themselves, or online with friends. It’s a simple formula that’s attracted millions of fans — and Southern Methodist University professors. Corey Clark, deputy director for research at SMU Guildhall, and John Wise, an associate professor […]
KERA Originally Posted: March 13, 2018 When people are arrested and can’t afford to bail themselves out, they can sit in jail for days or even weeks awaiting trial. That may cost them their house, job or kids. A 21-year-old SMU student is trying to level the playing field by starting a bail fund of his own. Losing […]
KERA Originally Posted: March 13, 2018 KERA story published Tuesday, March 13, 2018 on SMU Graduate History alumna Carla Mendiola. She is teaching high school students chicana/o history. A man dressed in gold and black blows a trumpet shell. A teenage boy beats on a drum. They’re part of a group that performs traditional Aztec dances. […]
Dedman College News Originally Posted: March 14, 2018 As part of his service to the scientific community, Vladimir Ajaev, SMU professor of mathematics was involved in organization of several conferences. He was a member of the Organizing Committee for the Bifurcations and Instabilities in Fluid Mechanics (BIFD-2017) Meeting in Houston, TX (July 2017), Co-Chair of the […]
KERA Think Originally Posted: March 8, 2018 When it comes to immigration reform, at the heart of the debate is: How do we decide who to let in, and how do we protect ourselves from those we want to keep out? James F. Hollifield, director of the John Goodwin Tower Center at SMU, joins us […]
Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: March 14, 2018 Junior Greg Guggenmos is trying to help pay the bails of indigent arrestees/defendants so they don’t have to sit in jail awaiting trial for nonviolent offenses. It is modeled after a similar program in New York, where he traveled to learn more.
Fox 4 Originally Posted: March 9, 2018 Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins uses his voice to be the voice of the people. But he is leaving some to wonder if it’s a conversation he should be part of. A Washington, D.C. based group has been traveling the nation calling for the president’s tax bill to […]