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Children of Henry L. “Buddy” Gray and Rebecca A. Gray announce planned gift in honor of their parents

SMU News Originally Posted: January 27, 2016 DALLAS (SMU) – A lifelong passion for family, teaching and research was celebrated Jan. 15 when the children of retired SMU faculty member Henry L. “Buddy” Gray and his wife, Rebecca, surprised their parents with a $1.5 million planned gift in their honor. The gift, made by the […]

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A conversation with author Fiston Mwanza Mujila. 2 p.m. today

The Department of World Languages and Literatures, Dedman College Dean Thomas DiPiero and the Cultural Service at the French Embassy host: A conversation with author Fiston Mwanza Mujila. 2 p.m. today (Friday, Oct. 2) in room 100 of Hyer Hall, 6424 Robert S. Hyer Lane, on the SMU campus. READ MORE

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Dean Dipiero discusses new Harper Lee novel

SMU Daily Campus Originally Posted: September 10, 2015 On Wednesday, Sept. 2, dean Thomas DiPiero of SMU’s Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences hosted a lecture discussing Harper Lee’s newest novel “To Go Set A Watchmen.” To celebrate the 55th anniversary of her Pulitzer Prize winning novel “To Kill A Mockingbird,” Lee released the story’s […]

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EVENT: Sept. 2. Dedman College Dean Discusses Harper Lee’s newly published novel, Go Set A Watchman

Join Dedman College Dean Thomas DiPiero in a discussion of what became of Scout and Atticus Finch and how we now interpret this literary work. RSVP by Friday, August 28th to mfevans@smu.edu.

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Dean DiPiero on KERA’s “Think” with Krys Boyd

KERA Originally Posted: July 29, 2015 The Return Of Harper Lee Earlier this month, HarperCollins published Go Set a Watchman, the novel Harper Lee called the “parent” of To Kill a Mockingbird. This hour, we’ll talk about how the book has us reconsidering Atticus Finch and the rest of the Mockingbird universe with Thomas DiPiero, […]

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Harper Lee’s ‘Go Set a Watchman’ analyzed by Dean DiPiero

WGNtv.com Originally Posted: July 14, 2015 Dr. Tom DiPiero, Dean of Dedman College at Southern Methodist University answered some of the WGN Morning News Crew’s questions about the sequel to the American classic “To Kill a Mockingbird.” WATCH

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Thomas DiPiero, Dedman College Dean, reviews author Harper Lee’s new book Go Set a Watchman ahead of its release this week

New York Post Originally Posted: July 12, 2015 Forget the controversies – ‘Go Set a Watchman’ is worth reading By Thomas DiPiero It’s strange to think of Scout, eternally a 10-year-old desperado, as an adult. Strange to think that Jem is dead. Strange to think that “Go Set a Watchman,” the original draft of the […]

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Uber’s Leandre Johns to Discuss His Drive to Succeed April 28

Originally Posted: April 27, 2015 Dallas Morning News- Park Cities Blog DALLAS — Learn why SMU alumnus Leandre Johns is driven to succeed as general manager for the ride-sharing service Uber, one of the world’s fastest-growing technology companies, when he joins SMU Dedman College Dean Thomas DiPiero in conversation Tuesday, April 28, at 5:30 p.m. […]

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Driven to Succeed: Uber Leader Leandre Johns to Talk at SMU April 28

Learn why SMU alumnus Leandre Johns is driven to succeed as general manager for the ride-sharing service Uber, one of the world’s fastest-growing technology companies, when he joins SMU Dedman College Dean Thomas DiPiero in conversation Tuesday, April 28, at 5:30 p.m. in McCord Auditorium, 306 Dallas Hall. “From SMU to Uber: A Conversation With […]

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Deep Vellum Publishing founder gets people to think about literature in a new way

Culture Map Originally Posted: March 17, 2015 New York may be the center of the publishing universe, but not if Deep Vellum founder Will Evans has anything to do with it. Evans has ambitious plans for our city’s role in the literary landscape, even if he ended up here more or less accidentally. “To be […]