December 2018
Uncovering a hidden world of spectacular creatures
Myria Perez ’18 and more than 100 SMU undergraduate students painstakingly cleaned and preserved the fossils now on exhibit in Sea Monsters Unearthed: Life in Angola’s Ancient Seas at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History.
Robert H. Dedman, Jr. ’80, ’84 to deliver December Commencement address
The chair of the SMU Board of Trustees will speak during Commencement, which will be streamed live online at smu.edu/live, beginning at 9:30 a.m. on December 15.
Cox reveals the Dallas area’s fastest-growing entrepreneurial companies
Caruth Institute Director Jerry White calls the companies named in the Dallas 100™ “amazing growth machines” that generate thousands of jobs and pump billions into the area’s economy.
Studying public policy and medicine goes hand in hand
With medical school in her future, SMU senior Noelle Kendall ’19 says her experience as a Tower Scholar opened her eyes to the need for the scientific and public policy communities to work together for “safe, efficient progress.”
Marine vet marches toward a costume design career
M.F.A. student Yvonne Johnston’s cell phone includes the numbers of some costume design superstars, which she collected as a Television Academy intern in Los Angeles.
Double-double record holder Ira Terrell ’76 to be honored
The No. 32 jersey of the SMU basketball great – a self-proclaimed “Mustang for life” – will be honored during halftime at the SMU vs. Tulsa game in Moody Coliseum.
No. 2 Mustangs finish fall season undefeated
The Mustangs wrapped up fall competition with 13 conference honors and 15 Most Outstanding Player awards with three undefeated individual riders. The spring season starts on February 2 when SMU meets Texas A&M.
ICYMI: In Case You Missed It
Enjoy this roundup of interesting stories and videos highlighting some of the people and events making news on the Hilltop.