Good Morning Texas Originally Posted: February 26, 2018 Scientists have learned much about the flu since the 1918 flu pandemic that killed an estimated 50 to 100 million people worldwide, says SMU medical anthropologist Carolyn Smith-Morris: “We have a strong arsenal – medicinal, mechanical and social – against infectious disease and its ravages. But as […]
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Daily Campus Originally Posted: February 25, 2018 Members of the SMU community filled the Gene and Jerry Jones Great Hall in Meadows Museum on Feb. 22 to learn about the evolution of the flu virus since 1918. During a flu season that has seen abnormally large numbers of illnesses, hospitalizations and death, SMU’s Godbey Anniversary […]
KERA Originally Posted: February 21, 2018 This flu season is making regular headlines, especially in North Texas, where more than 100 people have died. It doesn’t compare to the flu crisis the world endured a century ago, but we can still learn from it. Some experts estimate about one-third of the world’s population came down […]
SMU Magazine Originally Posted: Spring 2018 Issue Growing up in Overland Park, Kansas, Samuel Gage Weber became fascinated with science by watching Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. The first 3-D animated feature film made outside Hollywood was directed by SMU alumnus John Davis ’84. Weber, whose mother is a nurse, imagined being Jimmy Neutron while he played […]
SMU News Originally Posted: Feb. 9, 2018 SMU Lecture: Lessons from the 1918 flu epidemic Feb. 22, at the Gene and Jerry Jones Great Hall in SMU’s Meadows Museum Scientists have learned much about the flu since the 1918 flu pandemic that killed an estimated 50 to 100 million people worldwide, says SMU medical anthropologist […]
Event Date: Thursday, February 22 Location: Dedman Life Science building 131 Time: 7:00 pm Standing stones! Sacrificed cattle! Deliberate destruction of temple sites! Martin Carruthers will discuss current excavations at the World Heritage Sites in the Orkney Islands. For more information contact Melissa Barden Dowling
New York Times Originally Posted: January 3, 2018 From SMU Department of Anthropology: David J. Meltzer’s latest collaborative research covered by the New York Times. The girl was just six weeks old when she died. Her body was buried on a bed of antler points and red ocher, and she lay undisturbed for 11,500 years. […]
MilTech Originally Posted: December 15, 2017 Science is the practice of informed looking. It requires an early embrace of observation, curiosity, and questioning. So it was with Allison McComiskey, a physical scientist with the Earth System Research Laboratory at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). She grew up in New Orleans, the daughter of a physician […]
PR News Channel Originally Posted: December 18, 2017 The International Nurses Association is pleased to welcome Jacqueline Jones to their prestigious organization with her upcoming publication in the Worldwide Leaders In Healthcare. Jacqueline Jones is a Student Nurse at the University of Texas at Arlington, where she is currently training to become a Registered Nurse. […]
SMU Forum Originally Posted: December 15, 2017 Twenty-five SMU faculty members have received 2018-19 Sam Taylor Fellowships from the Sam Taylor Fellowship Fund of the Division of Higher Education, United Methodist General Board of Higher Education and Ministry. The Fellowships, funded by income from a portion of Taylor’s estate, award up to $2,000 for full-time […]