SMU News Originally Posted: December 10, 2020 Science in the City is a free, family-friendly public event series that connects the Dallas-Fort Worth community with local researchers working at the frontiers of their field. SMU partners with The Dallas Morning News and other research and educational institutions every year to share the great science and technology […]
Medical Xpress Originally Posted: December 10, 2020 People who have a drug-related felony conviction are more likely to face food insecurity than people who have never been arrested. That’s what researchers from SMU (Southern Methodist University) and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, found after interviewing more than 1,000 people at North Texas Food Bank food pantries. […]
Daily Campus Originally Posted: December 5, 2020 The Historical Society became an officially chartered SMU organization during the Fall 2020 semester. Wardah Alvi, who currently serves as its president, accentuated the group effort put forth by other members to create the organization as it now stands. “This isn’t a one-person thing,” said Alvi. “Everybody brings something to […]
December 4, 2020 Contact: Vladimir Ajaev, Principal Investigator, ajaev@smu.edu Dallas, TX – SMU Department of Mathematics professor Vladimir Ajaev has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to develop mathematical models describing the spread of diseases through tiny droplets formed in the respiratory airways. The project focus is on the transmission of tuberculosis however its broader societal impacts include potential applications […]
SMU News Originally Posted: November 17, 2020 DALLAS (SMU) – Understanding the psychology of vaccine acceptance is key to convincing the majority of Americans to take the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available, says SMU health behavior researcher Austin Baldwin. Pfizer and BioNTech’s Nov. 9 announcement of a promising COVID vaccine candidate, followed by Moderna’s Nov. […]
SMU golfer and physics grad Bryson DeChambeau didn’t win the Master’s, but his scientific approach to the game and recollections of his problem-solving abilities from SMU physics professor Jodi Cooley received great coverage in the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune and in the November Sports Illustrated cover story.
Religious studies professor Jill DeTemple told CBS-11 the United States is as divided now as it was during the Civil War. Time for students to learn to respect each other’s votes, she says.
The Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute is pleased to announce a call for applications for the inaugural semester of the DCII Graduate Student in Residence (GSiR) Program. The purpose of the DCII GSiR Program is to support advanced Dedman College graduate students as they pursue research on topics of interdisciplinary interest and impact. The program is […]