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Congratulations to SMU Anthropologist Caroline Brettell inducted to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on Oct. 7

SMU News Originally Posted: October 6, 2017 DALLAS (SMU) — Noted SMU anthropologist Caroline Brettell will be inducted as a fellow into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences during a ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 7, at the Academy’s headquarters in Cambridge, Mass. Brettell joins 228 new fellows and foreign honorary members — representing the sciences, the humanities and the arts, […]

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Event: Sept. 22, Women’s Rights in America from Early Stirrings to Third Wave Feminism

Event Date: September 22 Location: Dallas Hall 306 Time: 3 – 5 p.m. with a reception to follow The “Excavate, Energize, Equalize: Propelling American Women in Thought and Deed” series will launch with Women’s Rights in America from Early Stirrings to Third Wave Feminism. Rebecca Walker will lecture along with Helen LaKelly Hunt. Together they’ll explore […]

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Annual Allman Family Lecture: Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and our Fate on Earth

Event Date: October 17 Location: Dallas Hall 306 Time: 5:00 Reception and 5:30 p.m. Lecture Adam Frank asks the question of sustainability from the Astrobiological Perspective with a discussion of what we’ve learned about planets, climate, and life from explorations of the Earth, other solar system worlds, and the galaxy. He’ll explore why it is unlikely […]

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Inspired by grandfather, Arya McCarthy’s student research ranged from simulated brains to political polarization

SMU News Originally Posted: May 16, 2017 Graduating senior Arya McCarthy has been a frequent presence on SMU’s campus practically since the day he could walk. John and young Arya McCarthy As a child, he would stroll across verdant lawns, his tiny hand held firmly in his grandfather’s gentle one, as his grandpa, John McCarthy, […]

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Event: May 18, Ethan Zuckerman Talks about Technology and the Future of the University: Can Media Make Change?

Event details: Thursday, May 18 @ 1:00 p.m. Hughes-Trigg Student Center, The Forum RSVP: https://ezuckerman.eventbrite.com Does having more information help us to be more connected? Or does information overload get in the way of real life, abetting sloppy research, creating a media echo chamber, and weakening the institutions of democracy? As faculty, librarians, and citizens around […]

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True or false? Social media advances social justice activism.

True or false? Social media advances social justice activism. Come and hear a panel of attorneys, activists, and media executives present their perspectives on social media and justice in Dallas. Free! Today! (April 26, 2017) 6:00 pm in McCord Auditorium, 306 Dallas Hall. http://www.smu.edu/-/media/Site/Dedman/DCII/SocialMediaJusticeFlyerApril26th-(2).ashx

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Event: April 27, The Dinegentropy of Diagnostic and Detection Tests

Date: April 27 Event Location: Hughes-Trigg Student Center, Atriums CD Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM Join Nozer D. Singpurwalla, Chair Professor at The City University of Hong Kong with appointments in the Engineering and the Business Schools, as he discusses The Dinegentropy of Diagnostic and Detection Tests. Sponsored by the Operations Research and Statistics Towards […]

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Event: April 25, Scalable Integrated Analytics in Interconnected Retail

Date: April 25 Event Location: The Forum in Hughes-Trigg Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM Join Xingchu Liu, President at BlackLocus, a subsidiary company of Home Depot, as he discusses Scalable Integrated Analytics in Interconnected Retail. Sponsored by the Operations Research and Statistics Towards Integrated Analytics Research Cluster. Light lunch provided. Link for more information: http://www.smu.edu/Dedman/DCII/Events

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Event: April 20, Bayesian Modeling of Multivariate Time Series of Counts

Date: April 20 Event Location: Hughes-Trigg Student Center, Portico BCD Time:10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Join Refik Soyer of the Department of Decision Sciences at George Washington University as he discusses Bayesian Modeling of Multivariate Time Series of Counts. Sponsored by the DCII Operations Research and Statistics Towards Integrated Analytics Research Cluster. Light refreshments provided. […]

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Social Media. Social Justice. Social Activism. An SMU and Dallas Community Panel Event

Event Date: 04/26/2017 Location: Dallas Hall 306 Time: 6:00 p.m. Reception and 6:30 p.m. Panel True or False? Social media advances social justice activism. Come and hear attorneys, activists, and a media executive present their perspectives on the effects of social media on conversations about justice in Dallas. Presented by the Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute and […]