Dallas Morning News OriginallyPosted: March 5, 2019 This is an excerpt from a Dallas Morning News article to view the full article click here Will the law be constitutional? Similar laws in several states have lost legal challenges. In January, an Iowa state judge struck down the state’s 2018 heartbeat law, declaring it unconstitutional. In […]
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Today, March 5: SMU Giving Day
One day. For 24 hours on March 5, the entire SMU community will come together to give back and celebrate the causes we care about – supporting students, improving cities, educating teachers, fighting for justice, fueling champions – together, the possibilities are endless. Please consider supporting a Dedman College cause: Dedman College Scholars Dean’s Research […]
Event Date: March 6 Location: Fondren Library East Room 110 Time: 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM The Spring 2019 CSC workshop series will provide a hands-on experience that will guide researchers from the basics of using SMU’s supercomputing resources to advanced parallelization and application specific usage. The topics will cover information useful for researchers to quickly […]
KERA Originally Posted: Feb. 22, 2019 Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton each served as President of the United States. And each faced impeachment while in office. Host Krys Boyd hosts a panel discussion about the use of impeachment with the authors of “Impeachment: An American History” (Modern Library). Joining us are Jeffrey Engel, founding director […]
Event Date: 03/07/2019 Location: Meadows Museum – Jones Hall Time: 5:15 PM Reception, 6:00 PM Lecture The story of the siege of the Aztec capital by the Spanish invaders, and the ultimate destruction of this indigenous empire in central Mexico have relied largely on Spanish accounts: principally the letters of Cortés and a chronicle penned by […]
New Geography Originally Posted: Feb. 23, 2019 Should the direction of Dallas urban growth continue to grow north? Does inserting low-income housing in North Dallas create an inclusive urban growth direction for Dallas? Does the direction of Dallas and its current goal of moving low-income wage earners closer to higher wage jobs in North Dallas […]
iheartRadio Originally Posted: Feb. 25, 2019 The clock is ticking and political observers in Texas and across the country are growing more anxious over what Beto O’Rourke will decide to do in 2020. The former El Paso Congressman and 2018 Texas U.S. Senate candidate recently told Oprah Winfrey he hoped to decide on a possible […]
Event Date: Tuesday, Feb. 26 Location: McCord Auditorium (Dallas Hall) Time: 6:30 pm Join us for the closing night of the 4th annual World Languages and Literatures International Film Festival with a special screening of the documentary “Chavela,” about the legendary Mexican singer Chavela Vargas. Introduced by the co-director and producer of the film, Daresha Kyi. […]
Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: Feb. 22, 2019 Mary Morales, wearing her domestic garb, left the fruit market here, wobbling as she carried plastic bags filled with mangos, papayas and a head full of questions. She had watched the movie Roma and it hit too close to home. “Not much has changed, has it?” said […]
History News Network Originally Posted: Feb. 24, 2019 by Jo Guldi Jo Guldi, formerly Hans Rothfels Professor of History at Brown University and a Member of the Harvard Society of Fellows, is currently Associate Professor of History at SMU Dallas, where she directs “Think-Play-Hack,” SMU’s interdisciplinary hackathon series for big ideas. She is author of “Roads […]