2014

Six SMU students to talk about their projects at the 2015 Clinton Global Initiative University meeting.

SMU wishes you and yours happiness and peace this holiday season and in the coming year.

Bilingual Educator Karla del Rosal writes about educating and training our nation's growing immigrant population.

SMU Seismologist Brian Stump talks about monitoring fan reactions at Texas Motor Speedway with scientific equipment.

Coaching for Literacy (CFL) is excited to add the SMU Mustangs to its list of supporting teams for the 2014-15 men's basketball season.

Economists in SMU's Cox School of Business talk about the state of the U.S. economy and what to expect in 2015.

Business leader and SMU Trustee Gerald J. Ford offered graduates tenets to live by in Commencement address.

Energy economist Bernard Weinstein of 91����'s Cox Business School said millions of jobs benefit from the oil and gas industry boom, but layoffs could be around the corner because of falling gasoline prices.

In the past few months, Cathryn “CC” Copeland Wood has experienced three shining moments: Getting married, earning a law degree and landing a position with a prestigious Dallas legal firm. But one accomplishment is even more special to her: Pulling off a wedding two weeks ahead of schedule in the unlikeliest of settings: MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. CC’s mission? Ensuring that her mother, who was fighting breast cancer, could be at her side for the wedding.

SMU's observance of the life and achievements of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., will include participation in the Dallas parade, a campus Unity Walk, MLK Day of Service and panel discussion on diversity.

Chris Jenks, director of the Criminal Justice Clinic and an assistant law professor in SMU's Dedman School of Law, talks about possible efforts to extradite Assata Shakur from Cuba.

SMU health officials remind students, faculty and staff to take precautions against the flu and help prevent its spread by getting a flu shot.

Spark your knowledge and imagination with books by SMU faculty, alumni, libraries and museums.

Perkins School of Theology, 91���� has announced the winners of a contest for original hymns on labor and faith.

Wes K. Waggoner, Dean of Undergraduate Admission and Executive Director of Enrollment Services at SMU, talks about whether your comments in social media can affect your chances for getting accepted into a college or university.

SMU Political Science Professor Cal Jillson talks about how Jeb Bush running for president might affect Rick Perry's bid.

Professor William B. Lawrence, dean of SMU's Perkins School of Theology, and Associate Political Science Professor Matthew Wilson, who specializes in the intersection of religion and politics, provided responses for this week's Texas Faith question about religion and the use of torture.

Tsai Law Center to create partnerships with scholars and students in SMU’s business and engineering schools.

Dallas prosecutor and SMU alumna Sarah Saldaña won confirmation Dec. 16 as head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the second largest federal law enforcement agency after the FBI.

SMU's Meadows Museum is forging connections with dementia patients and their caregivers.

Blogs by students and faculty about interesting people and places the world over.

Jeffrey Engel, director of SMU’s Center for Presidential History, says decades-old US policy re: Cuba demonstrates a fundamental flaw in American strategy. Engel is available for interview.

If you have a Mustang on your holiday gift list, look no further than the SMU Gift Guide.

Therapy dogs visit SMU to help ease finals-time stress.

The all-University Commencement ceremony will take place in Moody Coliseum on Dec. 20.

SMU's Fred Chang receives the “Security 7” Award for being at the top of his profession.

SMU experts offer tips for enjoying the holidays while avoiding the stress and tribulations.

Hal Barkley, Director of Counseling in SMU's Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development, offers 10 tips for coping with holiday stress.

Five tips from SMU’s Hegi Family Career Development Center to make the holiday season successful and ring in the new year with a new job.

10 tips for dealing with children's relentless “must-have” gifts this holiday season.

Tips for helping make the holidays fun – not stressful – for the youngest members of these re-arranged households.

A now-classic study by SMU marketing professor Daniel Howard holds that giving a gift that has been lovingly wrapped does influence the recipient to value it more.

SMU's Audrey Self, recovering from a severe injury, finished a marathon on Sunday.

James F. Hollifield and Miryam Hazan of SMU's John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies talk about Mexican professionals bringing ambition and startups to North Texas.

Maguire Energy Institute bestows Pitts Energy Leadership Award on alumnus David Miller.

Recovering from a severe head injury, SMU's Audrey Self will be in a marathon on Sunday.

Albert W. Niemi, the dean of SMU's Cox School of Business, said during a radio interview Dec. 10 that the economic outlook for 2015 is good.

SMU and the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) have reached a voluntary resolution agreement, concluding OCR’s investigation of complaints filed against the University in 2011 and 2013 under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.

At TEDxSMU, Kelly Stoetzel ’91 talked about TEDYouth, designed for middle- and high-school students.

Twitter Tag gives a sampling of holiday spirit and community support in the SMU Residential Commons.

SMU health officials remind students, faculty and staff to take precautions against the flu and help prevent its spread by getting a flu shot.

SMU sophomore Deion Sanders, Jr., was named to the first team of the All-American Athletic Conference as a return specialist in a poll of the league's 11 head coaches, the AAC announced today.

SMU Cox Dean Al Niemi and the Bush Institute team up to take on thorny economic issues.

Highlights of SMU making news in 2014.

Jaime Sisson, a senior, launches ESL class for custodial workers.

Bryson Dechambeau combines championship golf with his love of physics.

SMU's Canstruction raises more than 7,000 pounds of food for the hungry.

Thomas DiPiero, the new dean of SMU's Dedman College, will lecture on “Liberal Arts in the 21st Century” on December 10 at 6 p.m. in SMU's Dallas Hall.

For the second year in a row, SMU has received national recognition for exemplary efforts in crime, drug and violence prevention through its participation in National Night Out.

SMU welcomes new Head Football Coach Chad Morris.

A Message from the SMU President.

The founders of the Maguire Energy Institute at SMU Cox School of Business marked the Institute’s 40th anniversary in late November in a private celebration at the Cox School.

SMU broke ground Friday on the Dr. Bob Smith Health Center, which will provide care to students.

SMU Physicist Thomas E. Coan talks about neutrinos with Fox 4 News.

An SMU study funded by NIH is decoding blue light’s mysterious ability to alter the body’s natural clock.

The Methodist Health System Foundation has honored Bobby Lyle as the 2014 Robert S. Folsom Leadership Award recipient on the 10th anniversary of its signature fundraiser.

Actor Brian Baumgartner '95 of Office fame returns to join Homecoming festivities.

‘Freestyle’ By SMU Alumnus Michael Waters ’02, ’06, ’12 wins two Best Book Awards

SMU debaters Basma Raza and Mattie Lippe will compete against the Rwandan national team on Wednesday.

Chad Morris, a high school coaching legend, is the new head Football coach at SMU.

Blogs by students and faculty about interesting people and places the world over.

Brian Stump, the Albritton Professor of Earth Sciences at SMU, talked with news media about a series of minor earthquakes that hit the North Texas area near Irving in late November, again raising questions about whether the tremors are related to fracking in the region.

As part of the Year of the Faculty, students voted for SMU's most inspiring professors.

The Rev. Anna Kaydor Labala '05 is working on the front lines of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.

Delta Gamma and the Meadows Museum have partnered on a docent program to help the visually impaired.

SMU's Brian Stump has been named an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow.

Prof. Doris Baker is working with Al Día and The Dallas Morning News to implement a child literacy program.

The annual Advent/Christmas worship services in Perkins Chapel are a popular and much-anticipated feature of the season on the SMU campus and in the larger community.

SMU kicks off the 2014 holiday season with one of the University’s most beloved annual traditions — the Celebration of Lights 2014 — at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1, on the Main Quad.

SMU political experts were called upon this week for analysis and commentary on President Obama's immigration plan.

SMU student Connor Burrell, who had been reported missing Nov. 19, was found unharmed by Dallas Police, working with SMU Police, at about 1:15 p.m. today, Nov. 20, near Mockingbird Station in Dallas. SMU is grateful to members of the SMU and Dallas communities who provided assistance in locating our student.

Take a behind-the-scenes look at the newly renovated McFarlin Auditorium.

SMU Veterans are honored with a special luncheon and pinning.

The Caswell Leadership Fellows program is seeking SMU student applicants for financial support and guidance in developing a leadership initiative that serves the Dallas community.

Calling SMU Dedman School of Law’s longstanding legal assistance to the poor “truly extraordinary,” the Texas Access to Justice Commission (TAJC) honored the law school with the 2014 ATJ Law School Commitment to Service Award on Nov. 17 in Austin.

Congress and the White House are wrestling over the humanitarian crisis evolving along the nation's border, where more than 50,000 unaccompanied immigrant children have been caught since October 2013. Reporters have turned to SMU for expert commentary on the humanitarian, legal and moral issues in now play.

Peter Raad, professor of mechanical engineering in SMU’s Lyle School of Engineering, received the Allan Kraus Thermal Management Medal on Nov. 18 at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition in Montreal.

SMU Police are seeking help in locating SMU student Connor Burrell, who was last seen about 2:30 p.m. Nov. 18 on a sidewalk on the north side of North Park Mall in Dallas.

Lisa Tran, director of Career Management Centers in SMU’s Cox School of Business, talks about women using their bargaining power to get equal pay for equal work.

Ed Fox, an associate professor and the W. R. and Judy Howell Director of the JCPenney Center for Retail Excellence in SMU’s Cox School of Business, talks about the importance of timing in bargain-hunting during the holiday season.

A review and a television report on the Fall 2014 Dance Concert, held November 5-9, 2014.

The Meadows Museum at 91���� will present the first exhibition in the United States of paintings from the collection of Juan Abelló, who is considered one of the world’s top collectors.

On Nov. 3, 2014, KERA's Think talked with Neil Foley, the Robert H. and Nancy Dedman Chair in History at SMU, about his new book, Mexicans in the Making of America.

Bruce Bullock, director of the Maguire Energy Institute at SMU, talks about voters approving bans on fracking in their cities.

Bernard Weinstein, an economist and associate director of SMU's Maguire Energy Institute, says heating fuel expenditures will decrease this winter from less demand and prices.

SMU Political Science Professor Cal Jillson talks about what it will take for Democrats to win a statewide office in Texas.

KERA Public Radio interviewed SMU Computer Science Professor Tyler Moore about bitcoin. Moore explained that "Bitcoin is a currency just like dollars or euros or pounds, but it’s completely digital so there’s no paper equivalent. . . It’s like any other digital commodity in that it finds its value in the people who use it."

Opinion: Students in Texas public schools soon could be learning that democracy and our nation’s government are based on the ideas of biblical figures like Moses and King Solomon. That’s because the State Board of Education is set this month to adopt new textbooks that teach this peculiar distortion of American history.

Basketball Hall of Fame Head Coach Larry Brown presented the Delta Gamma Lecture in Values and Ethics.

Philanthropic, civic and business leaders receive SMU’s Distinguished Alumni Award.

SMU supports the national “It’s On Us” campaign to raise awareness of sexual assault.

Two new gifts for endowed faculty positions at SMU announced at an event honoring donors.

It is the goal of SMU to remain open and hold classes as scheduled. However, if conditions warrant closing, the President in consultation with the SMU Police and the Provost will make that decision. Individual schools, colleges and departments are not authorized to make their own decisions on closings, delayed openings or cancellation of classes.

On Sunday, Nov. 16, at Moody Coliseum, SMU students will be raising awareness of sexual assault and violence in support of the national “It’s On Us” campaign.

Actress Wrenn Schmidt '05 talks with theatre students about how Meadows influenced her career.

Blogs by students and faculty about interesting people and places the world over.

SMU celebrates a decades-old tradition that brings students' family and friends to campus.

Works by Depression-era Texas artist H. O. Robertson go on exhibit at Meadows Museum.

A certified minority- and female-owned company took top honors at this year’s SMU Cox Dallas 100™ Awards Ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014.

A gift of $1 million from two SMU alumni will establish the Janet and Craig Duchossois Endowed Professorship in Management and Organizations in SMU’s Cox School of Business.