Dedman College News Originally Posted: February 28, 2018 Don’t miss SMU Department of History professor Alexis McCrossen on C-SPAN3’s Lectures in History series this Saturday, March 3, at 8 a.m. ET and Midnight ET. Professor McCrossen’s class, The History of Consumer Culture (History 3364) was filmed in October 2017. The topic was The Great Depression as […]
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Dedman College News Originally Posted: Feb. 28, 2018 Vladimir Ajaev, SMU professor of mathematics is the PI on a research grant from NASA, awarded in 2017. The key objective of the proposed work it to develop mathematical models of advanced two-phase cooling systems for thermal management of future spacecraft using the data from a recent experiment […]
Good Morning Texas Originally Posted: February 26, 2018 Scientists have learned much about the flu since the 1918 flu pandemic that killed an estimated 50 to 100 million people worldwide, says SMU medical anthropologist Carolyn Smith-Morris: “We have a strong arsenal – medicinal, mechanical and social – against infectious disease and its ravages. But as […]
WFAA Originally Posted: February 23, 2018 Congressman Beto O’Rourke appears to be the frontrunner for the Democratic Party nomination for senator, a victory that would pit him against incumbent Ted Cruz, a Republican, in the fall. SMU Political Science Professor Matthew Wilson offers a look at the race in this interview with Fox 4.
US News Originally Posted: Feb. 22, 2018 As Texas again begins revising what its 5.3-plus million students are taught, a group of academics has produced a report highlighting problems with the 2010 standards _ and ways to fix them. When the Texas Board of Education last produced history curriculum guidelines for public schools, experts decried […]
Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: February 21, 2018 “Faults are not like a light switch – you don’t turn off a well and automatically stop triggering earthquakes.” — Heather DeShon, SMU seismologist. Earthquakes beneath DFW International Airport continued for seven years after an oil and gas company shut a nearby wastewater injection well that had been […]
Daily Campus Originally Posted: February 25, 2018 Members of the SMU community filled the Gene and Jerry Jones Great Hall in Meadows Museum on Feb. 22 to learn about the evolution of the flu virus since 1918. During a flu season that has seen abnormally large numbers of illnesses, hospitalizations and death, SMU’s Godbey Anniversary […]
SMU News Originally Posted: February 22, 2018 Junior Zach Miller says he owes Dedman dean, SMU network for important connections SMU junior Zach Miller’s interest in politics played out like it does for many college students his first couple years at SMU – he volunteered for political campaigns and pursued internships. But then, in the […]
HillTopics Originally Posted: February 21, 2018 I’m a Junior in Dedman College, so people are already asking me those pesky, stereotypical end-of-college questions like “Where do you see yourself in ten years?” and “What are you going to do with an English degree?” and, essentially, “How are you going to get a job and support […]
KERA Originally Posted: February 21, 2018 This flu season is making regular headlines, especially in North Texas, where more than 100 people have died. It doesn’t compare to the flu crisis the world endured a century ago, but we can still learn from it. Some experts estimate about one-third of the world’s population came down […]