The SMU Earth Hazards and National Security Research Cluster is pleased to announce a call for applications for the Climate Science Research Fund. This fund will provide support to graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and faculty to collect primary data relevant to climate science and/or conduct research focused on modern environmental and climate change.
Category: Earth Sciences
Spring Degree Recognition Ceremony: May 11, 2024
Join us in the Moody Coliseum or live on YouTube this Saturday at 5:30 PM to watch as we honor graduating students from Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences. No tickets required! Congratulations to the Class of 2024!
Dedman College Faculty and Staff Mixer
Date: Thurs. April 11, 2024 Time: 4-7 p.m. Location: Lumen Hotel (6101 Hillcrest Ave.) All Dedman College faculty and staff welcome. Click here to RSVP by 6pm on Monday, April 8.
• The Department of Earth Sciences invites applications to a fully endowed professorship named in honor of C.W. Matthews to be filled at the Associate or Full Professor level. We are seeking applicants who conduct innovative, interdisciplinary and quantitative research programs across all fields of geology. Please visit this site for additional information and to […]
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Forbes Scientists using data from Chinese lunar orbiters have discovered what they think is a mass of granite 30 miles wide deep under the surface of the moon. Located under the moon’s far side, it’s unlike anything found before. Presented today at the at the Goldschmidt Conferencein Lyon, France, a paper has also been published […]
Welcome to the Hilltop, Class of 2027!
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We hope everyone has a great first week of classes! Pony Up!
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Dallas Morning News Matt Siegler, a planetary scientist at SMU, was digging into old data to figure out how hot it is under the moon’s surface when he came upon something surprising: evidence of a massive, ancient volcano. The moon has always sparked the human imagination — the first known story of explorers landing on […]
Nature– A large formation of granite discovered below the lunar surface likely was formed from the cooling of molten lava that fed a volcano or volcanoes that erupted early in the Moon’s history – as long as 3.5 billion years ago. A team of scientists led by Matthew Siegler, an SMU research professor and research […]
Newsweek – I knew right away we had something special, especially considering it was so old,” said Michael Polcyn, a vertebrate paleontologist and mosasaur expert at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas. The discovery of the oldest fossil of a marine reptile, dating back 94 million years, is shedding new light on the evolution of […]
SMU YouTube – SMU is making big investments in technology to advance research and scholarship. Already empowered by Ph.D. fellowships through the Moody School, SMU graduate students also have access to cutting-edge supercomputing capabilities at the Center for Research Computing. Watch how SMU supercomputing is powering the next generation of forward-thinking researchers. Learn more: smu.edu/investingforimpact […]