Texas Monthly Originally Published: October 2020 Andrew R. Graybill is a professor of history and the director of the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies at Southern Methodist University. The George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum opened seven years ago and anchors the southeastern corner of campus at Southern Methodist University, where I […]
SMU News Originally Posted: September 15, 2020 SMU has updated our COVID-19 case page with a dashboard and additional reporting details for greater transparency, including adding isolation capacity and quarantine numbers. Individual active and non-active cases continue to be listed as well. The page will continue to evolve as needed. COVID-19 testing is now available […]
USA Today Originally Posted: September 1, 2020 AUSTIN — As a junior at Southern Methodist University, Austin Hickle says the challenge of safely reopening classes amid the coronavirus pandemic and affording young Texans the rewards of the college experience falls directly on the shoulders of students. “This COVID pandemic is one of our generation’s defining moments. […]
Sapiens Originally Posted: September 9, 2020 As I type, the American West is ablaze with more than 100 devastating wildfires. Many of these are record-setting in both size and intensity. Several, including one in my home state of Colorado, have been so intense they’ve created their own thunderstorms. Science shows that wildfires have been getting more destructive […]
Event Date: 09/15/2020 Event Time: 6:00 p.m. CST Event Location: Virtual Lecture held via Zoom The 2020 Allman Family Lecture Series celebrates the anniversaries of the 15th and 19th Amendments with a trio of lectures on Suffrage in America: The Power of the Vote. Susan Ware, a pioneer in the field of women’s history and […]
SMU News SMU has a new COVID-19 dashboard. Please use this to stay informed about quarantine numbers and isolation capacity levels. https://blog.smu.edu/coronavirus-covid-19/cases/
Event Dates: September 7 – 9 Location: Dallas Hall Lawn Student Foundation welcomes everyone to campus to help celebrate Peruna’s birthday. Check out the website for the activities. READ MORE
CNN Originally Posted: August 19, 2020 Some dinosaurs were so big the ground would have shaken while they walked. But how did they carry such massive loads? Dinosaurs likely had a different bone structure to mammals and birds that was uniquely capable of supporting huge weights, a new study has found. A team of paleontologists, […]
Aug. 7, 1933 – Dec. 12, 2019 Dr. Dovalee Dorsett passed away December 12, 2019. After marriage and kids, she returned to school and obtained a PhD from SMU Statistics Department in 1982. She was Director of the Statistical Consulting Center in the Department until 1986 and in 1987 moved on to teach at Baylor from […]
Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: August 30, 2020 Jeffrey A. Engel directs the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University. He wrote this column for The Dallas Morning News. (OPINION) The Dallas Morning News is publishing a multi-part series on important issues for voters to consider as they choose a president this year. This […]