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Avery Acker named the Academic All-American of the Year

SMUMUSTANGS.com Congratulations to senior setter Avery Acker. She was named the Academic All-American of the Year, College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced Thursday. Acker earned the academic equivalent of a National Player of the Year award with a 3.95 GPA in accounting with minors in chemistry and biology, and has been accepted into medical […]

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Congratulations Harold Stanley, a distinguished member of the Political Science faculty, recently named Vice President for Executive Affairs

SMU NEWS Originally Posted: December 8, 2015 Academic leader and political science scholar Harold W. Stanley has been named SMU’s vice president for executive affairs, effective Feb. 1, 2016. Stanley has been serving as vice president for academic affairs and provost ad interim since June. He previously served as an SMU associate provost. In his […]

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SMU teams win second place and honorable mention in SAS Analytics Shootout Competition

SMU NEWS Originally Posted: December 4, 2015 National data mining competition features analytical and problem-solving skills   A team of eight SMU students has been awarded second place and another team of five students received honorable mention in the annual SAS Analytics Shootout competition. The data mining competition winners were announced at the annual SAS […]

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Embrey Human Rights Program Director honored for human rights work

SMU Daily Campus Originally Posted: December 2, 2015 Rick Halperin, director of SMU’s Embrey Human Rights program, is being recognized by the Dallas Peace and Justice Center on Thursday, Dec. 3 at the Annual Peace and Justice Maker Awards Dinner. He will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award for his work defending people’s rights to dignity […]

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Whitney Wolfe, Dedman College alumna, one of Esquire’s 2015 breakouts

Esquire Magazine Originally Posted: November 28, 2015 Whitney Wolfe Will Get You a Date The brains behind Bumble is one of Esquire’s 2015 breakouts We threw a dinner party for the men and women behind the biggest blockbusters, breakthroughs, and debuts of the year. Read the rest of the interviews here. ​ Before Tinder was […]

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Rick Halperin, Embrey Human Rights Program, receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Originally Posted: December 1, 2015 Congratulations to Rick Halperin, Director of SMU’s Embrey Human Rights Program Dr. Halperin will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award for his Human Rights work at the Annual Peace & Justice Maker Awards Dinner on Thursday, December 3. Dr. Rick Halperin has spent his entire life defending and advocating the idea that there […]

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Watch: Congratulations Dedman College student Eddie Allegra, winner of the first annual Global Student Entrepreneur Award!

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Historian David McCullough receives Medal of Freedom from SMU’s Tower Center

SMU News Originally Posted: November 19, 2015 David McCullough, the prolific writer frequently referred to as “America’s greatest historian,” received the Medal of Freedom from SMU’s John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies on Wednesday, Nov. 18. Historian David McCullough (center) with President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush at the Medal of […]

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Dedman College student named EO Dallas winner in the Global Student Entrepreneur awards

Edward Allegra of BioLum Sciences to Represent Dallas in U.S. Finals DALLAS – November 16, 2015 – Edward Allegra, a Southern Methodist University (SMU) student, became the proud winner of the Dallas qualifying competition for the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA), a program of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization. Edward Allegra, 22 years old, bested his competitors […]

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Historian David McCullough will receive the Medal of Freedom from the John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies on Wednesday, Nov. 18.

SMU News Originally Posted: November 16, 2015 David McCullough, the prolific writer frequently referred to as “America’s greatest historian,” will receive the Medal of Freedom from SMU’s John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies on Wednesday, Nov. 18. McCullough will speak at a 4:30 p.m. Q&A-style forum moderated by SMU Tower Scholar Sara Jendrusch in […]