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Bryson DeChambeau discusses turning professional

Golf Channel Originally Posted: March 22, 2016 Bryson DeChambeau explains the timing for turning pro after the 2016 Masters. Watch Morning Drive on Golf Channel. WATCH

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Congratulations Dedman College Dean’s Research Council Award Recipients

March 18, 2016 Congratulations to the the recipients of this year’s Dean’s Research Council grants. The Dean’s Research Council provides competitively awarded seed funding for faculty research and allows them to compete for larger grants and fellowships outside SMU. Sciences Peng Tao Department of Chemistry Extending the Protein Evolution Paradigm to Combat Antibiotic Drug Resistance Karen Lupo Department of […]

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Not-So-Mad Man: Bryson DeChambeau Fuses Art and Science

Golf Originally Posted: February 29, 2016 It’s been easy to turn Bryson DeChambeau into a caricature. Last summer, as he was on his way to becoming just the fifth person to win the NCAA Championship and U.S. Amateur in the same year, the SMU physics major with the funny clubs and the quirky swing was […]

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EVENT: Can Quantum Probability Theory Provide a New Foundation for Understanding Human Judgment and Decision Making?

Event Date: February 29, 2016 Time: 4-5:30 p.m. Location: Dedman Life Science Building room 131 Join Jerome R. Busemeyer, Provost Professor of Psychology from Indiana University, as he discusses his work and findings from applying mathematical principles abstracted from quantum theory to cognitive and decision sciences. Sponsored by the DCII’s “Cognitive Science” Research Cluster and […]

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App created by SMU physics grad aims to simplify person-to-person buying, selling

Daily Campus Originally Posted: February 8, 2016 Have you ever wanted to sell your old items online with people nearby? Well now, there’s an app for that. 5miles, a hyper-local marketplace app using GPS location, offers an easy way for consumers to buy and sell items on their phone. The app was launched in January […]

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The Tail of the Lion: 100 Years of General Relativity, the Scientific Theory of Space and Time

[youtube]https://youtu.be/brcutT4k5e4[/youtube] Listen to Associate Professor of Physics, Stephen Sekula, as he commemorates one of the greatest scientific discoveries of modern times: Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity. This lecture is part of the SMU Godbey Lecture Series sponsored by the Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute. For information on future events, visit: http://www.smu.edu/Dedman/DCII/Events

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TechCrunch: Physics grad Liang Lu ’05 developed a competitor for Craigslist called 5miles, which has over 5 million downloads and sold $1 billion worth of goods in 2015

TechCrunch Originally Posted: January 26, 2016 Can a mobile classified app topple the behemoth that is Craigslist? We’ve asked the question before (more than once, in fact), and it looks like it may be in order again: 5miles, an app developed in China but being rolled out in the U.S. first as a quick way […]

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Scientific literacy series returns with lecture on 100th anniversary of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity

SMU NEWS DALLAS (SMU) – The Scientific Literacy Series at SMU kicked off last fall with discussions on why learning about science is important and how scientists can better communicate their findings to the public. This spring, the series returns with a lecture commemorating one of the greatest scientific discoveries of modern times: Einstein’s Theory […]

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The Tail of the Lion: 100 Years of General Relativity, the Scientific Theory of Space and Time

Event date: Thursday, February 4, 2016 Time: 5:15 p.m. Reception, 5:45 p.m. Lecture Location: Meadows Museum, Jones Hall SMU Associate Professor of Physics, Stephen Sekula, as he kicks off the 2016 Spring Godbey Lecture Series. Please RSVP at https://godbey2016.eventbrite.com or 214-768-3527 For more information visit http://www.smu.edu/Dedman/DCII/Events

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Former Alibaba officer, SMU grad raises $30 million for 5miles mobile marketplace app

Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: January 26, 2016 A garage sale on your smartphone is a growing business that was made for mobile apps. 5miles, a Dallas and Beijing-based company, is working to become a major player in the local classified advertising business that’s been dominated online for 20 years by Craigslist. The 1-year-old mobile […]