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The Disruptor Using Big Data to Transform the Department Store

Bloomberg Originally Posted: January 25th, 2019 SMU Dedman College alumnus and Neighborhood Goods Inc. Chief Executive Officer Matt Alexander discusses the department store’s business model with Bloomberg’s Emma Chandra on “Bloomberg Technology.” WATCH  

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Advocating for a SAFE Dallas: Courtney Underwood

Dedman College News Originally Posted: Jan 1, 2019 Courtney Underwood, ’05, ’08, became a leader in North Texas in promoting programs to assist survivors of sexual assault. She co-founded the Dallas Rape Crisis Center and since 2013 has been the Executive Director of the SANE Initiative in Dallas. Her latest program, Courtney’s SAFE Place, is North Texas’s first community […]

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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 […]

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SMU alumnus Kelvin Beachum, doing his part to end world hunger

Sporting News Originally Posted: December 5, 2018 Jets left tackle Kelvin Beachum knows what it’s like to grow up as a child with parents who need help putting food on the table. Now the 29-year-old wants to do his part to ensure fewer families have to worry about their next meal. “I used to be one of them,” Beachum recently told […]

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Ever Wonder how Exhibits are Made? Here’s Your Answer

Smithsonian.com Originally Posted: December 7, 2018 On a slow November afternoon at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, exhibit writer Juliana Olsson and intern Myria Perez slipped behind a temporary barrier to sneak a peek at “Sea Monsters Unearthed,” the museum’s newest exhibit scheduled to open the next morning. With the quiet, dramatically-lit space all […]

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Coffee Del Rey Serves Coffee With a Conscious

D Magazine Originally Posted: December 2018 Issue Coffee del Rey owner Kimberly Marcaccini graduated from Southern Methodist University in 2013 with a sociology degree. Coffee del Rey owner Kimberly Marcaccini was 8 years old when she had her first taste of coffee. In her Brazilian family, coffee time meant talking and togetherness, and she was eager to […]

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Inside Neighborhood Goods, a Modern Take on the Department Store

D Magazine Originally Posted: December 4, 2018 Matt Alexander and real estate investor Mark Masinter are SMU alumni. During a time when most traditional retailers are struggling to compete, entrepreneur Matt Alexander and real estate investor Mark Masinter decided to go for something a little different with Neighborhood Goods, which opened in Plano’s Legacy West development […]

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The Rev. Dr. Michael Waters is Leading Dallas’ Clerical Resistance

D Magazine Originally Posted: December 2018 issue The Rev. Dr. Michael W. Waters earned a B.A. in political science and religious studies from SMU in 2002, followed by two degrees from Perkins School of Theology: the M. Div. cum laude and Doctor of Ministry with honors. On September 12, six days after 26-year-old Botham Jean was […]

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Watch: In the Elevator With Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd

WSJ Originally Posted: November 16, 2018 How Much Swiping is Too Much? WSJ’s Joanna Stern “bumps into” Bumble’s CEO in the WSJ elevator and finds out what profile images work best, when to swipe right and how be a successful woman in tech. Photo: Andria Chamberlin for the Wall Street Journal. WATCH

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SMU alumna wins ‘Nobel Prize for anthropologists’

American Anthropological Association  Originally Posted: November 13, 2018 Katherine E. Browne earned her master’s and Ph.D. from SMU Katherine E. Browne’s academic research and engaged anthropology have energized the fields of economic anthropology, disaster studies, and visual ethnography. She is currently a professor in the Department of Anthropology at Colorado State University. In her first book, Creole […]