Texas Standard Originally Posted: August 26, 2015 ARE NEW TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS WHITEWASHING HISTORY? One professor reviewed the state’s new history textbooks. Here’s his informed opinion. LISTEN
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War on the Rocks Originally Posted: August 7, 2015 Vladimir Putin is a bad strategist: He does not understand the relationship between military violence and political objectives. In the last two years, he has all but ruined his aspiration to return Russia to the ranks of the great powers. His ham-fisted annexation of Crimea, along […]
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DALLAS (SMU) – When friends and supporters of SMU-in-Taos gathered at the New Mexico campus in July to celebrate the opening of the Carolyn and David Miller Campus Center, the event also underscored more than four decades of visionary support from the late Bill Clements, Jr. ‘39 and the Clements Foundation. Clements and his wife, […]
NPR Originally Posted: July 13, 2015 This summer there’s been an intense debate surrounding the Confederate flag and the legacy of slavery in this country. In Texas that debate revolves around new textbooks that 5 million students will use when the school year begins next month. The question is, are students getting a full and […]
Dallas Observer Originally Posted: June 3, 2015 A longtime professor at Southern Methodist University, Jeremy DuQuesnay Adams has dedicated his life to education and writing. By his own admission, he knows very little about music. He was only involved with something music related on one occasion, but it just happened to do with the Beatles. […]
The Atlantic Originally Posted: May 27, 2015 On July 9, 1916, The New York Times puzzled over a fashion trend: Europeans were starting to wear bracelets with clocks on them. Time had migrated to the human wrist, and the development required some explaining. “Until recently,” the paper observed, “the bracelet watch has been looked upon […]
Congratulations to the following professors who received emeritus status in 2014-2015. The professors, and their dates of service: Christine Buchanan, Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences, Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, 1977-2015 Bradley Kent Carter, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, 1970-2015 Anthony Cortese, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, […]
Congratulations to Dr. Hopkins, Professor of History, Clements Department of History and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor, on receiving the first SMU Second Century Faculty Career Achievement Award. Professor Hopkins’ achievements exemplify a career of outstanding accomplishments in scholarship, teaching and sustained commitment to the University. Read the official SMU press release. Read more about Dr. Hopkins. […]
Al Jazeera Originally Posted: March 26, 2015 Dear Jeff Fager, executive producer of CBS’ “60 Minutes,” We, the undersigned, are writing to express our grave concern about the frequent and recurring misrepresentation of the African continent by “60 Minutes.” In a series of recent segments from the continent, “60 Minutes” has managed, quite extraordinarily, to […]