Renowned geologist James Quick named inaugural dean of SMU Moody School of Graduate and Advanced Studies

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Renowned geologist James Quick named inaugural dean of SMU Moody School of Graduate and Advanced Studies

Distinguished geoscientist James Quick will open the doors to a new era of research and interdisciplinary collaboration. DALLAS (SMU) – Distinguished geoscientist James Quick will open the doors to a new era of research and interdisciplinary collaboration as the inaugural dean of SMU’s newly created Moody School of Graduate and Advanced Studies. SMU announced the [...]

2020-02-21T16:39:51-06:00 February 14, 2020|Categories: Feature|

Smithsonian has extended Sea Monsters Unearthed exhibit one more year to 2021

DALLAS (SMU) – "Sea Monsters Unearthed: Life in Angola's Ancient Seas" was given an additional year at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. It will now be on display until 2021. The exhibit has been viewed by 6 million visitors since it opened last year, leading to Smithsonian granting a longer stay for the [...]

2020-02-18T11:44:51-06:00 December 19, 2019|Categories: Feature, Fossils & Ruins, Researcher news, SMU In The News, Student researchers, Subfeature|

Researchers unveil new volcanic eruption forecasting technique

Volcanic eruptions and their ash clouds pose a significant hazard to population centers and air travel, especially those that show few to no signs of unrest beforehand. Geologists are now using a technique traditionally used in weather and climate forecasting to develop new eruption forecasting models. By testing if the models are able to capture [...]

2020-02-18T11:44:54-06:00 September 12, 2019|Categories: Earth & Climate, Feature, Researcher news, SMU In The News, Subfeature|

New map outlines seismic faults across DFW region

Study by SMU, UT Austin and Stanford scientists rates faults for potential earthquakes; Faults under DFW urban area viewed as lower quake hazard   DALLAS (SMU) – Scientists from SMU, The University of Texas at Austin and Stanford University found that the majority of faults underlying the Fort Worth Basin are as sensitive to forces [...]

2020-02-18T11:44:56-06:00 July 23, 2019|Categories: Earth & Climate, Energy & Matter, Feature, Researcher news, SMU In The News, Subfeature|

DNA from 31,000-year-old human teeth reveals new ethnic group living in Siberia during last Ice Age

An international team of researchers, including SMU anthropologist David Meltzer, discovered a new group of ancient Siberians. The research was published June 5, 2019 as a story in Nature Two children’s milk teeth buried deep in a remote archaeological site in north eastern Siberia have revealed a previously unknown group of people lived there during [...]

2020-02-18T11:44:58-06:00 June 6, 2019|Categories: Feature, Fossils & Ruins, Researcher news, SMU In The News|

NPR asks Peter Weyand “how do pro sprinters run so fast?”

DALLAS (SMU) – If you've ever watched any races with the Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt, you may have wondered just how he was able to run so fast. Southern Methodist University professor Peter Weyand, who leads the SMU Locomotor Performance Laboratory, explained the science behind high-speed running for professional sprinters in an interview with NPR's WNPR/Connecticut Public [...]

2020-02-18T11:45:00-06:00 April 26, 2019|Categories: Feature, SMU In The News|

SMU physicist Jodi Cooley receives the 2019 Klopsteg Memorial Lecture Award

DALLAS (SMU) – SMU physicist Jodi Cooley has been named the 2019 Klopsteg Memorial Lecture Award recipient. The award, given by the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), recognizes educators who have made notable and creative contributions to the teaching of physics. Cooley was honored in July during the AAPT Summer Meeting in Provo, Utah. Past [...]

2020-02-18T11:45:01-06:00 April 15, 2019|Categories: Feature, Researcher news, Subfeature|

New Texas dinosaur identified by SMU scientists

Discovery suggests a nesting site for dinosaurs in early Cretaceous Convolosaurus photo courtesy of the Perot Museum of Nature & Science. DALLAS (SMU) – There’s a new Texas dinosaur on the books. SMU postdoctoral fellow Kate Andrzejewski, with University paleontologists Dale Winkler and Louis Jacobs, have identified Convolosaurus marri from fossils collected at [...]

2020-02-18T11:45:01-06:00 April 8, 2019|Categories: Feature, Fossils & Ruins, Plants & Animals, Researcher news|

Research: Migration restrictions limit long-term economic growth

SMU economist and colleagues use model to predict East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa will become global productivity leaders  DALLAS (SMU) – Relaxing migration restrictions globally could deliver a threefold increase in global GDP, according to prize-winning research by SMU economist Klaus Desmet. In contrast, areas like the United States and Europe that restrict migration will [...]

2020-02-18T11:45:02-06:00 March 20, 2019|Categories: Economics & Statistics, Feature, Researcher news|
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