A Texas-sized legacy Dallas plays a vital role in the United States’ high-tech industry today, but its connection to electronics innovation began nearly a century ago. In the 1930s, a small company that made seismographic tools for the oil industry set roots in the city. This early venture eventually grew into Texas Instruments, a company…Continue Reading Innovating in Dallas: The Texas Instruments story
This piece is featured in the latest edition of The Bridwell Quarterly. Exploring the future of sustainable printing, binding, and book making in Canada During the week of February 10th, 2025, Bridwell Director Anthony Elia traveled to Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada) to visit with book artists and printers and explore the city’s vibrant book arts culture…Continue Reading Book arts & printing in wintry Winnipeg
A transformational reimagining The scale of Jer’Lisa Devezin’s works in her exhibition, Texturized, is striking. Cowrie Shells 1-3, 2024, comprised of three bowl-sized, stoneware cowrie shells, has a seductive, soft gray glaze that pulls the viewer in and invites the viewer’s touch. The dark void of their wedged-shaped opening is reminiscent of Lee Bontecou’s canvas…Continue Reading Reviewing Hamon’s striking new exhibit
Students welcomed to campus with updated spaces Students returning to Fondren Library this fall found more than just their favorite study spots — they discovered newly updated spaces designed to better support the many ways they like to learn and work. In the Prothro Learning Commons, the pre-existing setup offered plenty of study tables, but…Continue Reading Revitalizing student spaces at Fondren Library
Guiding student learning At SMU, faculty members find a trusted partner in the Libraries — where resources, expertise, and support align to help them innovate in research and enhance their teaching. Dr. Constantin C. Icleanu, associate teaching professor of Spanish, partnered with SMU Libraries and librarian Rebecca Graff and applied to the Research Assignment Stipend…Continue Reading Teaching in the time of AI: New initiative for SMU faculty
Scholarly sources made simple SMU Libraries is currently trialing Consensus.app, an AI tool that searches across about 200 million academic papers. Consensus is a search engine not a chatbot, so it only gives you real, academic papers in the results unlike other AI tools you may be familiar with (ChatGPT, I’m looking at you). Here…Continue Reading Get the most out of Consensus, an AI academic search tool
A partnership to preserve history On October 5th, a rare Yiddish-language film from the G. William Jones Collection will return (on loan) to Parksville, NY – the very town where it was originally made. The screening is part of a special series of events sponsored by the Borscht Belt Historical Marker Project, an organization Hamon…Continue Reading Rare film returns home after 75 years, courtesy of the Jones Collection