Star Telegram Originally posted- November 3, 2014 No do-overs: Winners take all in Tuesday’s election. Whoever gets the most votes wins — a majority is not required. That’s what voters need to remember about Tuesday’s general election in Texas. “It’s the first past the post,” said Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, an associate political science professor at the […]
Dallas Morning News Originally posted: Oct. 28, 2014 The Texas Railroad Commission ruled Tuesday that oil and gas companies must check local seismic data from the U.S. Geological Survey before opening a new waste disposal well. The new rule follows a series of small but unexpected earthquakes almost 12 months ago around the North Texas […]
Dallas Morning News Originally posted: Oct. 27, 2014 Fear on the brain: Why we’re afraid, and how to prevent fear from overwhelming us Everyone knows what it’s like to be afraid. A snake slithers unexpectedly across the path ahead, and your body automatically responds. You spring backward should it strike. Your heart pounds, muscles tense, […]
KERA public radio 90.1 hosted physicist Thomas E. Coan on Krys Boyd‘s “Think” program Oct. 29. Coan and Boyd discussed neutrinos, one of the most elusive particles in the Standard Model’s “particle zoo.” Listen to the Podcast
Event date: November 4, 2014 Event time: 5:00 p.m. Event location: Hughes Trigg Student Center, The Varsity Event Contact: Michelle Anderson Event Description: Are your electronic products fueling the deadliest war in the world? Find out about the issue of conflict minerals and the Conflict-Free Campus Initiative. Add your voice to the conversation! For more […]
KERA Posted Oct. 20, 2014 …..As the Republican nominee in a red state, Patrick is the front-runner in this race. Southern Methodist University Political Science Professor Matthew Wilson believes if Patrick wins he would take his tea party values to the lieutenant governor’s office. “He’ll want to give these proposals a hearing before the senate. […]
Dallas Morning News By TAYLOR DANSER Neighborsgo tdanser@neighborsgo.com Published: 23 October 2014 08:25 AM Religious historian Charles L. Cohen will lecture on Jews and Muslims in Christian America at 4 p.m. Thursday in Room 100 of Southern Methodist University’s Hyer Hall. Cohen is the E. Gordon Fox Professor of American Institutions and director of the Lubar […]
D Magazine, November 2014 How Technology Is Helping Investors New tools are helping to put their money where their mouse is. There was a time when William Steding was like many investors, his eyes glued to CNBC as he made day trades facilitated by newly developed software. Over the last decade, though, Steding gradually came […]
USA Today Originally Posted: Oct. 17, 2014 Psychology majors explore different personality types, how humans develop, how we respond to our environment and why we behave the way that we do. A degree in this field of study can lead to careers in social work, marketing, human resources and public health programs, with more opportunities […]