Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: December 10, 2017 Ruth Altshuler, whose legendary organizing and fundraising prowess earned her the respect and ready cooperation of North Texas’ most powerful people, died Friday night. She was 93. A philanthropic dynamo and trusted overseer of many a civic project, Altshuler was known for her elegance, quiet confidence and […]
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SMU News Originally Posted: December 10, 2017 DALLAS (SMU) – Renowned civic and philanthropic leader Ruth Collins Sharp Altshuler died Dec. 8, 2017, leaving a legacy of leadership, friendship and generosity focused on institutions dedicated to improving lives. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 14 at Highland Park United Methodist […]
Elle Originally Posted: November 27, 2017 Whitney Wolfe is perched on a chaise longue in a suite at Austin’s South Congress Hotel, a sleek, boutique-y outfit that epitomizes the city’s hipster renaissance, straining to remember the slang used in China to refer to single women over 30. “A girl in China just told us about […]
My Sweet Charity Originally PostedL November 10, 2017 A crowd of 970 gathered at the Fairmont Hotel on Tuesday, October 24, for the Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center For Education and Tolerance‘s 2017 Hope For Humanity dinner. The guests, including Lynn and Allan McBee, Bobby Lyle, Thear Suzuki, Frank Risch, and Carol and Don Glendenning, were there […]
WATCH Thousands of students, faculty and townspeople showed up on campus Monday, Aug. 21, to view the Great American Solar Eclipse at a viewing hosted by Dedman College and the Physics Department.
Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: August 20, 2017 Can’t find solar eclipse glasses? Here are some Dallas-area events where you can get them Southern Methodist University Can’t make any events to get free eclipse glasses? The SMU physics department will make viewing the solar eclipse without glasses a little easier. The department will use mirrors to safely […]
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Washington Post Originally Posted: August 16, 2017 Hope Hicks, President Trump’s trusted confidant and adviser, is taking on expanded communications responsibilities while the White House searches for a new communications director to replace Anthony Scaramucci, who was fired from the job after just 10 days, according to a White House official. Hicks will work with […]
SMU READS Originally Posted: August 4, 2017 Book lovers throughout the Dallas community are invited to participate in an annual SMU tradition, SMU Reads, during summer 2017. This year’s compelling selection is Evicted by Matthew Desmond. The community is invited to a presentation by the author at 6 p.m. Thursday, August 24, in McFarlin Auditorium on the […]
Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: July 13, 2017 The Family Place will present the Texas Trailblazer Award to civic leader Lynn McBee at a luncheon benefit on Oct. 6. As chair of the Family Place Foundation, McBee has led the campaign to finance the agency’s new, expanded headquarters and shelter for battered women and children. […]