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Student Experience | Karl Rove V. David Axelrod
Two Highland Capital Management Tower Scholars, Evan Snyder ’19 and Zach Miller…
Open Forum | The Economic Impact of a Cure for Cancer
Written by: Andrew Confusione Since the signing of the National Cancer Act…
Open Forum | America and China’s Technology Race
Written by: Visakh Madathil As a trade war between the world’s two…
Scholar Spotlight | My SMU-in-Normandy Experience
For this month’s Scholar Spotlight we talked to senior Highland Capital Management…
For this month’s Scholar Spotlight we talked to senior Highland Capital Management Tower Scholar Tim Smith ’19, recipient of the Marian Tower Scholarship, about his experience on the inaugural SMU-in-Normandy: History of D-Day & Europe’s Liberation study abroad program. Smith is majoring in political science and history with minors in philosophy, international studies, and public policy and international affairs.
Scholar Spotlight | Using Technology for Social Development
Highland Capital Management Tower Scholar Visakh Madathil ’21 spent his summer in…
Highland Capital Management Tower Scholar Visakh Madathil ’21 spent his summer in Washington, D.C. as a data-science/ software engineering intern with the Chief of Technology Officer and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. We asked him about his experience.
Student Experience | Navigating a Summer Internship in Finance
Highland Capital Management Tower Scholar Zubair Benyacoub writes about his experience completing…
Highland Capital Management Tower Scholar Zubair Benyacoub writes about his experience completing a summer internship at Clavis Capital Partners as a Summer Private Equity Analyst.
Expectation vs. Reality?
Hard numbers and negotiations vs. extensive research and evidence finding.
Student Experience | The Lazarus Effect 15 Years Later
Five Highland Capital Management Tower Scholars attended the Bush Institute’s Engage event…
Five Highland Capital Management Tower Scholars attended the Bush Institute’s Engage event May 9, “The Lazarus Effect, 15 Years Later.” At the panel, Highland Capital Management Tower Scholar Allison Schultz learned about the connections between medicine and public policy, and what the U.S. can do about disease on a global scale.
Student Perspective | President Trump, NAFTA and the Future of US Trade Policy
The SMU Tower Center Sun & Star Program hosted the conversation “President…
The SMU Tower Center Sun & Star Program hosted the conversation “President Trump, NAFTA and the Future of US Trade Policy” featuring Edward Alden, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, April 27. HCM Tower Scholar Visakh Madathil wrote about what he learned at the lecture in his essay below, “A Failure to Adjust.”
SMU Tower Center Awards Next Class of Undergraduate Fellows
The SMU Tower Center is excited to announce its newest class of…