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SMU Debate Takes Second Place in Varsity at Bowling Green Tournament

SMU News – SMU debaters advanced to the finals of varsity level of the International Public Debate Association tournament at Bowling Green, Ohio. The tournament was conducted online and hosted more than 40 universities. This was the largest tournament competition for SMU since the beginning of the 2022-2023 season. SMU was the only university to […]

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Save the Date: March 9, Lunch and Q&A with filmmaker Summer Minerva

Event Date: 03/09/2023 Time: 11:00 am Location: Hawn Conference Room, Hamon Arts Library As a corollary event to the March 8 screening of Summer Minerva’s documentary “Summer Within”, we invite members of the SMU community to join us for a lunch and Q&A with the director. Hyperlink for more information example: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lunch-and-discussion-with-filmmaker-summer-minerva-tickets-560805764137

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The Department of English mourns Professor Martha Satz

The Department of English mourns Professor Martha Satz, who passed away January 26, 2023, after teaching at SMU for nearly 47 years. We invite you to read this great tribute to her extraordinary life at Legacy.com.

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Identity—not income—drives desire to secede, according to a model created by SMU economist Klaus Desmet and other researchers

Phys.org – What most sparks a region’s desire to seek independence from their country—income or identity? A new study from SMU (Southern Methodist University, Dallas) and UC3M (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain) found that the group people identify with tends to play a bigger factor in secession than differences in per capita income between […]

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Save the Date: March 22, Levine Lecture in Jewish Studies

Two Truths in One Heart – Two Peoples in One Land Wednesday, March 22, 7:30 pm in 306 Dallas Hall Free and open to the public. For more information email sfrolov@smu.edu or go to www.friendsofroots.net

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SMU geologist Robert Gregory named AAAS Fellow

SMU NEWS– Congratulations to Robert Gregory, a geologist in SMU’s Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences. He has been named an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow for distinguished contributions to his field, particularly for his research on how the earth’s dynamic systems and his teaching on how the solar system […]

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SMU Hosts Prestigious Austin Symposium of World’s Top Chemists

Dallas Innovates– Some of the top chemists from around the world are convening in Dallas today through Monday at Southern Methodist University for the 28th Austin Symposium on Molecular Structure and Dynamics at Dallas. Read the full article here https://dallasinnovates.com/smu-hosts-prestigious-austin-symposium-of-worlds-top-chemists/

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Chemistry conference with a Nobel history coming to SMU

SMU NEWS More than 122 chemists from 14 countries will attend the 28th Austin Symposium on Molecular Structure and Dynamics at Dallas at SMU (Southern Methodist University) from Feb. 17-20, 2023. The conference theme of this year’s symposium is “Spectroscopy Meets Theory.” The Austin symposia, which occur every two years, bring together top chemistry experts who […]

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Bestselling Authors on Board For SMU’s Dallas Literary Festival

SMU News- Novelists, poets and literary agents scheduled for free March 4 festival. SMU’s Dallas Literary Festival is bringing a blue-ribbon list of authors to Dallas on Saturday, March 4, for a day packed with discussion and inspiration. Hear from Dallas best-selling authors with February 2023 releases, like Kathleen Kent and Deborah Crombie, as well […]

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Event: February 20-22, A Conversation About Creativity

The Department of English invites you to attend the first event of the year where the we will host Pulitzer Prize winners Viet Thanh Nguyen and Natasha Trethewey who will be speaking and doing a reading. Please be sure to review their bios located below the poster. There will be an event on February 20th, 21st, […]