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Professor Ravi Batra highlights economic trends and reforms for 2016 in new book

Yahoo Finance Originally Posted: January 6, 2016 DALLAS, TX–(Marketwired – Jan 6, 2016) – Ravi Batra, author of End Unemployment Now: How to Eliminate Joblessness, Debt and Poverty Despite Congress, has made a career out of making accurate forecasts. He claims an over 90 percent success rate in his predictions that seem to be borne […]

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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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Daniel Millimet, Economics, 2015’s Best & Worst Texas Cities for Finding a Job

WalletHub Originally Posted: November 2015 The following is an excerpt from WalletHub’s article 2015’s Best & Worst Texas Cities for Finding a Job, where Professor Daniel Milliment from the Department of Economics was interviewed as an expert. READ MORE  

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Dedman College alum and Dallas’ newest billionaire, early failure set stage for success

Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: September 13, 2015 Not that long ago, just out of SMU, Tom Dundon just wanted to run a good burger joint. In a 1994 review of his Fort Worth restaurant, Izzy’s, a food critic raved about the cheddar fries. “The fresh potato fries peeking out from beneath the cheese blanket […]

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Dedman College Alumni Celebrated at Homecoming

Congratulations to Dedman College alumni Bess Enloe ’60, finance educator and the Rev. Dr. Michael W. Waters ’02, ’06, ’12. Mrs. Enloe will receive a Distinguished Alumni award while Rev. Waters will receive the University’s Emerging Leader Award, which recognizes the outstanding achievements of an alumnus or alumna who has graduated in the past 15 years. READ […]

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Ravi Batra, Economics, Four steps that can help end unemployment and poverty now

Business NH Magazine Originally Posted: July 17, 2015 More than seven years after the Great Recession began in 2007, many Americans are still struggling to put their economic lives back together. Factors such as low wages, high interest rates on credit cards and a mediocre job market continue to make a lot of families feel […]

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NFL player and SMU alum, Kelvin Beachum visits campus over Father’s Day weekend

Kelvin Beachum shared his secrets for success as a college student with a group of SMU alumni, staff, faculty and community members last Friday evening at a reception hosted by Lori and Jon Altschuler. The new father returned to campus to kick off Father’s Day weekend and share his journey from Dedman College student to […]

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Ravi Batra, Economics, 4 Steps That Can Help End Unemployment And Poverty Now

Daily Exchange Economist Says Monopoly Capitalism Is The Main Cause Of Economic Doldrums More than seven years after the Great Recession began in 2007, many Americans are still struggling to put their economic lives back together. Factors such as low wages, high interest rates on credit cards and a mediocre job market continue to make […]

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Dedman College students receive prestigious national fellowships and awards

Congratulations to the Dedman College students awarded prestigious national fellowships and awards during the 2014-15 academic year, including Fulbright Grants and a fellowship to the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress. These students include: Fulbright Scholar: Whitney Goodwin Michaela Wallerstedt Kandi Doming Institute for Responsible Citizenship Scholar: Garrett Fisher Center for the […]

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Brian Stump, Earth Sciences, key speaker at the 18th Honors Convocation

Outstanding achievement honored at SMU’s 2014-15 Awards Extravaganza, Honors Convocation. Dedman College faculty, staff and students were recognized with teaching awards, service honors and the University’s highest commendation, the “M” Award, at the 2015 Awards Extravaganza Monday, April 13. > Read the list of award winners from Honors Convocation 2015 On the same day, the University […]