Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: January 28, 2017 It’s time to ask: What’s so great about democracy? I don’t mean we should doubt that democracy is the best approach to government. I think we should remind ourselves why it is. Spoiler alert: It’s not because it results in the best leaders. Democracy is valuable even […]
SMU News Originally Posted: May 30, 2018 Invisible to the naked eye, the variable star ROTSE1 J000831.43+223154.8 flickers in the northern sky. It hides within an ancient star map formed, it was said, when the king of the gods transformed his most heroic steed into a constellation. For Jasmine Liu ’18 – an SMU physics […]
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SMU News Originally Posted: May 30, 2018 Did you know that Dedman College has a wide range of experts that can lend expertise on subjects ranging from anthropology to volcanos? To view the full list of SMU experts CLICK HERE. To reach an SMU expert, please call SMU News & Communications at 214-768-7650 or e-mail news@smu.edu.
Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History Originally Posted: May 30, 2018 The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History will open a new exhibition Nov. 9 revealing how millions of years ago, large-scale natural forces created the conditions for real-life sea monsters to thrive in the South Atlantic Ocean basin shortly after it formed. “Sea […]
Fortune Magazine Originally Posted: May 25, 2018 Excerpt from an article titled Lone Star Rising in the May 2018 issue of Fortune Magazine: Zhong Lu, a geophysics professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, is part of a scientific team that has used satellite imagery to study what it regards as alarming land subsidence throughout […]
Cosmopolitan Originally Posted: May 29, 2018 On Friday, May 18, Tyler Cruz was running 15 minutes late. With exactly two weeks left until his graduation, the Santa Fe High School student was suffering from severe senioritis. He slid into his first-period class, video technology, at 7:25 a.m. His classmates made their first calls to 911 […]
SMU News Originally Posted: May 23, 2018 Congratulations to Adrienn Sánta ‘18 who left SMU with two bachelor’s degrees – one in mechanical engineering from the Lyle School of Engineering and another in math from Dedman College of Humanities and Science. Championship swimming skills and a certain fearlessness brought Adrienn Sánta from a small town in […]
SMU News Originally Posted: May 21, 2018 The Class of 2018 has experienced incredible moments and outstanding opportunities during their four years on the Hilltop. See what made their time at SMU special and memorable.
WFAA Originally Posted: May 24, 2018 About 200 of Dallas ISD’s Rusk Middle School eighth-graders took over SMU’s campus on Thursday for an end of the year field trip rewarding their academic success. DALLAS — About 200 of Dallas ISD’s Rusk Middle School eighth-graders took over SMU’s campus on Thursday for an end of the […]