Cox School Celebrates Largest Alumni Gift in SMU History
SMU on Friday morning celebrated the largest alumni gift in its history — $50 million from David and Carolyn Miller
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After College, What Will You Make?
Most college students are on a tight budget for four (or more) years, making minimum wage at the pizza place on campus, but when graduation comes, who’s earning the most dough?
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Upcoming Events at SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts & Meadows Museum
Art lovers, rejoice: there is a whole lot of it happening on the SMU campus this fall. The Meadows School
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Happenings on the Hill
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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Salesmanship Club of Dallas Elects Its 100th President
Salesmanship Club of Dallas’ starts off its 100th year anniversary with the election of a new president, Peter Lodwick.
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Dallas Opera Hires Chief Advancement and Strategy Officer
In the comprehensive role of chief advancement and strategy, the SMU grad will report directly to the board of directors and Ian Derrer, the Kern Wildenthal general director and CEO.
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Meadows Percussion Ensemble to Honor Founder, Retiring Professor
Doug Howard served as both adjunct professor of percussion at SMU and principal percussionist at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra from 1975 until his retirement in 2018.
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Happenings on the Hill
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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Nowitzki Tennis Event To Continue At SMU
Beloved Dirk Nowitzki will pay homage to his first love – tennis – as he hosts the fourth-annual Dirk Nowitzki Pro-Celebrity Tennis Classic on Sept. 15.
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Best-Selling Author, Podcaster Malcolm Gladwell to Visit SMU
Best selling author Malcolm Gladwell will discuss his new book “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About People We Don’t Know” as part of SMU’s cultural intelligence initiative.
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Enhanced Google Maps, Lime Integration Sets Sight On Improving City Commutes
Google Maps will show information about the nearest Lime, such as: if a Lime vehicle is available, how long it’ll take to walk to the vehicle, an estimate of how much the ride will cost, battery range, total journey time and ETA.
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