Categories
Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences Tower Center

Making a Difference in the Lives of Teens Experiencing Homelessness

Dedman College News Originally Posted: Jan. 1, 2019 Jorge Baldor, ’93, has a long history of working to improve the lives of others through his support of programs like the Innocence Project, After8toEducate, and through the co-founding of Latino Center for Leadership Development. His latest effort, the Fannie C. Harris Youth Center, is the result of a […]

Categories
Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences

Mustangs Making an Impact

Dedman College News Originally Posted: January 2, 2019 Have you read the latest Dedman College newsletter? A Message from Thomas DiPiero, Dean of Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences  What do Nobel Prize winners Saul Bellow, Naguib Mahfouz, Nadine Gordimer, and Orhan Pamuk have in common with D. H. Lawrence, Arthur Miller, and Tennessee Williams? […]

Categories
Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences

Happy New Year!

Happy 2019! Wishing you the very best in the New Year.  

Categories
Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences Events

Happy Holidays. University offices are closed December 24 – January 1

Warmest Thoughts and Best Wishes for a Wonderful Holiday Season and a Happy New Year!  

Categories
Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences Dedman College Research Faculty News Political Science

SMU professor talks about a shutdown showdown

FOX4 Originally Posted: December 21, 2018 Even without a shutdown, this week is being called the most chaotic week in Donald Trump’s two years in office. SMU political science professor Cal Jillson talked to Good Day about the border wall funding, government shutdown, Russian investigation, Syria and more. WATCH

Categories
Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences Dedman College Research Events Faculty News History

Listen: Historian Remembers George H.W. Bush’s Legacy

NPR Originally Posted: December 6, 2018 Rachel Martin talks to presidential historian Jeffrey Engel, who remembers former President George H.W. Bush as a globalist, and as a president who felt entitled to power. LISTEN

Categories
Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences Events

Save the Date: Feb 12, 2019 All Majors Career and Internship Fair

Categories
Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences Dedman College Research Economics Faculty News

Two-Minute Take: Interest Rates and the Housing Market

GEORGE W. BUSH INSTITUTE Cullum Clark is Director of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative and an SMU Adjunct Professor of Economics The Federal Reserve is considering slowing down interest rate hikes in 2019. What does this mean for home buyers? Twitter Facebook Should the Fed decide to slow down its path of interest rate increases […]

Categories
Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences Dedman College Research Faculty News Political Science

Tower Center Spotlight: How 19th Century Liberalism Informs Ideas of Citizenship Today 

Tower Center Blog Originally Posted: November 20, 2018 How does a person qualify for citizenship? How do we determine those qualifications? We talked with the SMU Political Science Department’s newest professor, Gianna Englert, about her research and how it applies to questions being asked about citizenship today. TELL US ABOUT YOUR RESEARCH. WHAT ARE YOU […]

Categories
Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences Dedman College Research Faculty News World Languages and Literatures

How France’s Yellow Vest protests could influence the U.S.

Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: December 17, 2018 Dayna Oscherwitz is an associate professor of French and Francophone studies at Southern Methodist University. She wrote this column for The Dallas Morning News. There is something eerily familiar about the strikes and demonstrations paralyzing France over the past several weeks. Precipitated by rising income inequality and […]