SMU News Originally Posted: January 27, 2018 Learn how SMU student John Kalkanli’s visual impairment made his Embrey Human Rights Program “Holocaust Poland” trip all the more powerful – and inspired his current efforts to ensure support for the Americans With Disabilities Act. Find out more about Kalkanli by visiting https://www.smu.edu/News/2016/commencement-09may2016/John-Kalkanli. And for details […]
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WFAA Originally Posted: January 21, 2018 DACA recipient Jose Santoyo, an SMU graduate who spoke at the December 2016 Commencement about immigrants such as himself, has been lobbying Congress to pass legislation addressing immigrants, particularly beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. He was interviewed for this story. WATCH
Dallas Doing Good Originally Posted: January 16, 2018 Dr. Rick Halperin doesn’t spend his school vacations in a typical way. As the Director of the Embrey Human Rights Program at Southern Methodist University, many would expect him to take advantage of a few weeks off of school by relaxing and rejuvenating as he prepares for the next semester […]
SMU Adventures Originally Posted: January 5, 2018 Thirty-five members of the SMU community took a study tour of Holocaust sites in Poland Dec. 18-30. Led by SMU Embrey Human Rights Program Director Rick Halperin, the group visited cities and death camps throughout Poland, where, during World War II, some 5,000,000 people were murdered during the […]
SMU News Originally Posted: December 13, 2017 Since SMU launched its bachelor of arts degree in human rights in 2012 – becoming one of only five in the U.S. to offer it – 79 students have embraced the ultimate “world changer” degree to embark on careers ranging from medicine to business to politics. Five years […]
SMU News Originally Posted: December 11, 2017 Complete your holiday gift list with books published in 2017 by Dedman College faculty. Some selections are available at the SMU bookstore. Most are available via online booksellers unless otherwise noted. READ THE FULL LIST Books by Dedman College faculty Manjhi Moves a Mountain (Creston Books), by Nancy […]
SMU Magazine Originally Posted: November 1, 2017 Bearing witness to Poland’s deep physical and emotional scars that linger long after World War II – when the Nazis made the country the epicenter of the Holocaust – is the focus of a new book by SMU’s Embrey Human Rights Program, No Resting Place: Holocaust Poland (Terrace Partners, $39.95). […]
SMU News Originally Posted: October 17, 2017 DALLAS (SMU) – Bearing witness to Poland’s deep physical and emotional scars that linger long after World War II – when the Nazis made the country the epicenter of the Holocaust – is the focus of a new book by SMU’s Embrey Human Rights Program: No Resting Place: […]
CBN News Originally posted: September 6, 2017 Jose Santoyo, an SMU Human Rights alumnus, is quoted in this article. WASHINGTON – The ball is now in Congress’ court for Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals or DACA. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Tuesday that the Trump administration plans to end the Obama era program. It protects hundreds […]
CBS News Originally Posted: July 24, 2017 Big Rig Driver Said He Had No Idea Dozens Were In His Trailer. Ten people died in the human trafficking case in San Antonio. http://cbsloc.al/2uu4tjn