2025: A Year Worth Celebrating
SMU’s website (smu.edu) had a standout year, delivering major improvements to both the user experience and backend performance. The Web Applications Team helped drive key achievements in 2025—including completing one of the final Cornerstone migrations, earning a Letter of Conformance for meeting Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Level AA criteria, and launching new Sitecore features that enhance how users engage with our site.
Looking ahead, we’re excited to be Continue reading Web Bytes: Updates from the Web Application Team
A major multi-year project for our Web Applications team has been moving SMU websites to the latest version of our Sitecore design templates, dubbed Cornerstone 2. 
SMU has launched an analysis project to review the University’s current Web Content Management (WCM) system, Sitecore. This collaborative effort between Development and External Affairs and the Office of Information Technology will explore whether Sitecore continues to meet the University’s needs or if another platform may better support how we connect with our audiences and share the SMU story. 
In August, we launched our new website, 