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 […]
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George W. Bush Presidential Library – Thomas DiPiero, the Elisabeth Martin Armstrong Dean of Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences joins actress Mary Badham to have a conversation on the enduring meaning and importance of the book, To Kill A Mockingbird. Watch: https://www.bushcenter.org/events-and-exhibits/laura-bush-book-club-to-kill-a-mockingbird?fbclid=IwAR3_j_AVpQmo_yrPeb2EdwfRHaugyjJk0kjt6DjDihNE9s1UyGcgR8rhypw
Dedman College News – At the May 2023 International Congress on Medieval Studies (WMU, Kalamazoo MI), the world’s largest medieval conference, SMU faculty member Bonnie Wheeler (English and Medieval Studies) received a multitude of honors for her lifelong contributions to Medieval Studies. First, she was awarded the 2023 Medieval Foremother Prize for her extensive publications […]
Religious studies expert Johan Elverskog told the China Project Buddhist Uyghur relics displayed in Berlin are helping a new generation of European Uyghurs better understand their past. Read the full article.
Dedman College Dean Thomas DiPiero, an expert on To Kill A Mockingbird, told KERA that Atticus Finch remains an ideal of truth, justice and fatherly wisdom. After re-reading the novel as adults, however, DiPiero said many may find Atticus more complicated than they remember. Read the full KERA article.
SMU News – SMU geophysicist Zhong Lu is part of a team working on a new NASA program to make free satellite-based observations of Earth’s water, ecosystem and land surface available to anyone with an internet connection. Scientists routinely rely on data-intensive analysis and visualization of satellite observations to track Earth’s ever-changing surface. The open-sourcing of the information […]
Lori Stephens, lecturer in the Department of English, was recently featured in LitTalk: A DFW Author Panel Series to discuss her new novel, Blue Running. Describe Blue Running and a bit of the creative process and inspiration. Fourteen-year-old Bluebonnet Andrews is on the run across the Republic of Texas. A gun accident killed her best friend, but […]
Maria del Pilar Melgarejo, Lecturer of Spanish, spearheaded the creation of an all-Spanish, open-forum creative journal called Tertulia. Together with Dedman Scholars Emory McDowell and Tyler McCall, as well as Allison Kim, Will Boyce, Creyton Hunt and many other contributors, the journal’s first volume has seen success and Professor Melgarejo is gearing up for the next […]
Clements fellow Sean Harvey’s article appeared in Modern American History this May. Sean began work on this essay which examines how labor unions in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands used racial stereotypes and Cold War paranoias to influence certification for those applying for a work visa to enter the U.S. while he was in residence during his […]