Studio Sessions with Austin Modoff

2017/11/14 at 9:47 PM - Alexis Kopp

The Daily Campus' Kelly Kolff met with first-year Austin Modoff and talked about his band and music. Performance follows interview. More »

Power outage doesn’t stop TFA teacher appreciation

2017/10/15 at 8:09 PM - Alexis Kopp

Harold Clark Simmons Hall was filled with first-year Teach For America (TFA) teachers enjoying a hot meal in the dark. The power outage, which began at 4 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, affected only part of the event hosted by Young Leaders in Education (YLE). The YL... More »

Campus-wide power outage, second this semester

2017/10/03 at 4:57 PM - Alexis Kopp

Second campus-wide power outage this semester. More »

Gender disparity among SMU faculty

2017/05/10 at 11:00 AM - Alexis Kopp

Nationally, 35 percent of professors at all academic ranks are women. SMU is just under the national average; 34.5 percent of lecturers, instructors, assistant, associate and full professors are women. More »

POINT Ensemble allows music students to explore using improvisation

2017/04/25 at 3:15 PM - Alexis Kopp

*Editor’s Note: 6:50 p.m. May 3 – This story has been edited throughout. The POINT Ensemble left their classical training behind and accepted the endless possibilities of a free improvisational performance Monday evening in the Caruth Auditorium in the Owen’s ... More »

How to celebrate Earth Day in Dallas

2017/04/20 at 4:37 PM - Alexis Kopp

More than 193 countries celebrate and support the protection of the environment every Earth Day on April 22. This weekend there are four opportunities in Dallas to help you celebrate our planet. 1. Earth Day Texas Earth Day Texas is the world’s largest annual ... More »

SMU Guildhall ranked No. 1 in the world

2017/04/11 at 11:43 AM - Alexis Kopp

Video game designers will flock to SMU-in-Plano now that the Princeton Review has ranked the SMU Guildhall the best game-design graduate school in the world. More »

Meadows student wins art contest honoring Lakota people

2017/03/30 at 12:17 PM - Alexis Kopp

David G. Smith’s worlds collided when he received an email last fall about an art contest. Airbus Helicopters Inc. wanted a piece that honored the people for whom the UH-72A Lakota was named. Smith, an SMU art student and former Airbus helicopter pilot, took a... More »

Therapy dogs relieve students’ stress during midterms

2017/03/08 at 2:45 PM - Alexis Kopp

Nothing is more calming than petting a puppy and Daisy, Samson, and Jackson were the dogs for the job. The Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanity partnered with volunteers from the Heart of Texas Therapy Dogs to help relieve students’ stress during their ... More »

SMU students show out for 24 Hour Musical auditions

2017/03/06 at 10:07 AM - Alexis Kopp

*Editor’s Note: 7:45 p.m. March 7 – This story has been edited throughout. Students from all majors and areas of study belted high notes and busted out their dance moves in 24 Hour Musical auditions Sunday night. SMU Student Theatre (SMUST), Program Council, a... More »

Meadows Museum lecture on murder mystery book series

2017/02/23 at 11:20 PM - Alexis Kopp

*Editor’s Note: 10:30 p.m. Feb. 27 – This story has been edited throughout. SMU professor emireta of Art History Alessandra Comini presented on the history that inspired her Megan Crespi mystery series Thursday evening in the Bob and Jean Smith Auditorium. Com... More »

Meadows student’s composition featured by Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra

2017/02/23 at 9:23 AM - Alexis Kopp

Editor’s note: This story was edited on Feb. 23 at 10:40 p.m. The Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra featured SMU Meadows Junior, Mikayla C. Dobson’s, composition “Cruelty Ironic Waves Washing” at their Feb. 19 concert. Her piece was commissioned by the GDYO last ... More »