Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: March 1, 2017 The word is out: Willard Spiegelman, Southern Methodist University’s distinguished Hughes Professor of English, is selling his Dallas condo and moving full time to New York and Connecticut. Spiegelman — author, editor, educator, raconteur — has also long been a contributor to The Wall Street Journal and […]
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Take Two Originally Posted: February 15, 2017 According to estimates out by Pew Research, L.A. and Orange Counties are home to over 1 million people living here illegally. Nationwide, the number is around 11 million. But digging into the data yields some interesting facts, says James Hollifield. He directs the Tower Center at Southern Methodist University in […]
KERA Think Originally Posted: February 22, 2017 One hundred years ago this month, the Russian Empire collapsed with the abdication of Emperor Nicholas II. Daniel Orlovsky, George Bouhe Research Fellow in Russian Studies at SMU, and Boris Kolonitsky, Russian Revolution History Chair at the European University in St Petersburg, Russia, join us to talk about how the […]
SMU News Originally Posted: February 15, 2017 DALLAS (SMU) – SMU Associate Professor of Political Science Dennis Simon died Sunday, February 12, in Dallas after a long illness. An SMU faculty member since 1986, he was a recognized expert on the American presidency, national elections, women and the political glass ceiling, and the politics of […]
Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: February 7, 2017 This is an excerpt from a larger Dallas Morning News article. Pavel Nadolsky Pavel Nadolsky speaking at the Designing Integrated Systems conference last year in Hamburg. Pavel Nadolsky looks at Trump’s executive order from a mathematical perspective. Nadolsky, 47, of Dallas, is a professor of theoretical physics […]
It is with great sadness that we write to inform you that Dennis Simon, Associate Professor of Political Science and founding member of the John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies, passed away on February 12, 2017. Arrangements are pending at this time. We send our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Dennis […]
US News and World Report Originally Posted: February 2, 2017 President Donald Trump’s orderly unveiling of his Supreme Court justice selection was tip-top, combining a dash of suspense with the calm decorum such a momentous occasion merits. It was also a drastic departure from his administration’s chaotic implementation of a hastily ordered travel ban applied to seven […]
Baylor News Release Originally Posted: January 27, 2017 WACO, Texas (Jan. 27, 2017) – The Mayborn Museum Complex is hosting experts who will deliver lectures during a Director’s Forum on “The Art and Science of Texas Dinosaurs” Thursday, Feb. 2, and Friday, Feb. 3. The Director’s Forum is an annual lecture series at the museum […]
Washington Examiner Originally Posted: January 12, 2017 There’s a Russian cloud over President-elect Trump’s head that could follow him all the way to the White House. Even as titillation over a dossier purporting to show his ties to Russia hardened into skepticism, Trump’s relationship with President Vladimir Putin and the role Moscow may have played […]
SMU News Originally Posted: January 9, 2017 SMU Dedman College experts are available for interview on all things related to the presidential inauguration expectations for President-Elect Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office. READ THE FULL RELEASE TRUMP INHERITS STRONGEST AMERICA IN YEARS; FIRST HUNDRED DAYS TO FEATURE REPEALS, RESCTRICTIONS & WALKBACKS JEFFREY ENGEL jaengel@mail.smu.eduOn what […]