Five ways to spend fall break in Dallas

2017/10/06 at 12:46 PM - Hannah Ellisen

Fall break is the mid-semester recharge for SMU students to let go of their school work for a few days and relax. Here are some ways to enjoy a Dallas staycation. More »

Cultural initiative works to address the elephant on campus

2017/05/16 at 8:56 PM - Hannah Ellisen

The racist pamphlets found in SMU dorms in fall 2016 made Meron Metaferia, an SMU junior majoring in human rights, realize not only the prejudice on campus, but also people’s unwillingness to talk about it. During a discussion on current news in her political ... More »

Art displays human right issues

2017/04/25 at 3:04 PM - Hannah Ellisen

A picture is worth 1,000 words, and the photographs and painted canvases in the Doolin Gallery represent the stories of human injustice in the world. More than 25 people came to the Meadows Doolin Gallery for the Annual Art for Human Rights event April 22. The... More »

Things to do in Dallas Easter Weekend

2017/04/11 at 5:23 PM - Hannah Ellisen

Easter is only one week away, which means SMU students are given a nice three day weekend to relax and explore Dallas. Spring is here, so the weather should not be far from perfect. Whether you are wanting to have a low key weekend or hit up the Dallas nightli... More »

Dedman Law School names director of new center

2017/03/30 at 12:39 PM - Hannah Ellisen

Nationally respected criminal justice scholar Pamela R. Metzger has been named director of SMU Dedman School of Law’s new Deason Family Criminal Justice Reform Center. Beginning July 1st, Metzer will oversee the new center’s independent research and its develo... More »

SMU professors discuss college experience during the 60s

2017/03/28 at 8:53 PM - Hannah Ellisen

Dr. Tom Tunks, a Southern Methodist University professor of music, was a student of Michigan State University during the late 1960s and recalled the different fashion trends that students wore on campus. Tunks was one of six Southern Methodist University profe... More »

Spring playwriting festival begins Wednesday, March 29

2017/03/27 at 2:16 PM - Hannah Ellisen

SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts will showcase six original plays at its 23rd annual playwriting festival New Visions, New Voices beginning Wednesday, March 29. New Visions, New Voices features six original plays by graduating seniors of SMU’s Theatre BFA. Eac... More »

Tower Center lecture compares immigration in the U.S. to Europe

2017/03/01 at 4:34 PM - Hannah Ellisen

*Editor’s Note: 3:55 p.m. April 24 – This story has been edited throughout. Labor economist Pia Orrenius emphasized how the strength of America’s workforce is dependent on immigration in a lecture hosted by the Tower Center Tuesday evening. Orrenius emphasized... More »

SMU business plan competition offers more than money

2017/02/15 at 5:16 PM - Hannah Ellisen

SMU graduate and co-founder of The Cookery returns for SMU's 16th Annual Business Plan Competition Feb. 17. More »

Tower Center lecture focuses on immigration and politics

2017/01/31 at 12:08 PM - Hannah Ellisen

Immigration is in the news and SMU’s Tower Center will be hosting a lecture on politics and immigration. The SMU Tower Center is hosting immigration policy expert Dr. Wayne A. Cornelius. Cornelius is the recent author of The New Face of Mexican Immigration. Co... More »