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Austin Hickle had something of an epiphany last summer: If college campuses were going to return successfully to on-campus learning in fall 2020, student engagement would be crucial to compliance with COVID-19 safety protocols.
Student Documentary Explores What It Is To Be #BlackAtSMU
Students in SMU’s Meadows School of The Arts turned five tweets shared by students using the #BlackAtSMU hashtag into a documentary.
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Far from SMU’s hilltop, paleontologists with deep Mustang connections have identified another new species of duck-billed dinosaur.
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Maybe this spring’s graduation speaker wouldn’t mind if audience members look at their phones and “swipe right” instead of listening closely to her commencement address on May 15.
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Don’t expect Texas to follow Virginia’s lead in abolishing capital punishment anytime soon.
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SMU faculty will likely eventually write new textbook entries about the transition from President Donald Trump to President Joe Biden.
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Monthly conversations between an entrepreneur and SMU engineering researcher Mitch Thornton created new opportunities for both of them.
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Still need a gift for the die-hard SMU football fan with expensive tastes?
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Three artworks debuted this fall in Dallas as the first iteration of “Healing Pieces: Offerings of Art, Expression, and Nature.”
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Dallas Academy and SMU enjoy what academy leaders call as “win-win” arrangement.
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The Meadows Museum at SMU has acquired six new works for its collection.
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Dancer and choreographer Silas Farley, who retired from New York City Ballet (NYCB) in May after eight years with the company, will be the Armstrong Visiting Artist-in-Residence in Ballet at Meadows School of the Arts for the 2020-21 school year.
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Largest Alumni Gift Ever
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Teams Study Bird Migration, SMU graduate wins first prize in organ competition, and Project Support program expands to Sweden.
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Call it SMU/Mockingbird Station
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) has renamed Mockingbird Station after reaching an agreement with SMU.
Calling it SMU/Mockingbird station will make it easy for visitors to find the campus and make DART a significant gateway to the university, DART and university officials said.
“Taking DART to SMU/Mockingbird Station is an easy way to get to a wide variety of SMU events – from Division I sporting events, to lectures and artistic performances, as well as to the George W. Bush Presidential Center,” SMU president R. Gerald Turner said.
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Researchers from SMU and elsewhere are using video game technology to tackle the problem of cervical cancer in sub-Saharan Africa.
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A treasure-hunting smartphone app developed by SMU and Literacy Instruction for Texas (LIFT) to help low-literate adults learn to read tied for the grand prize in a competition hosted by the Barbara Bush Foundation Adult Literacy XPRIZE.
Lecture Series Brings Diverse Artists
Nyugen E. Smith, a Caribbean-American interdisciplinary artist and educator who lives and works in Jersey City, New Jersey, will speak at 7 p.m. Oct. 17 at
Templeton Gift Boosts Research
Rich and Mary Templeton, longtime supporters of SMU, have committed $5 million for research at the Lyle School of Engineering.
