Student Life Championing meaningful research and preparing students in engineering and other fields for a data-driven world increasingly relies on a university’s strengths in data science, research computing and digital innovation. A new $30 million gift from the O’Donnell Foundation, founded by the late Peter O’Donnell, Jr. and the late Edith Jones O’Donnell, will support the future of technological innovation and education at SMU.
August 22, 2023
Research Dallas Love Field Airport partnered with JetWind Power Corporation to capture wind blasts from aircraft and convert them into environmentally friendly electricity. Students and researchers from SMU and Clarkson University assisted with the early modeling for this new method.
August 05, 2023
University News Jeffrey R. Schmid, president and chief executive officer of the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking Foundation (SWGSB) at SMU’s Cox School of Business, will assume the position of president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City beginning August 21, 2023.
August 02, 2023
University News A new partnership between SMU Dedman School of Law’s Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center and the Child Poverty Action Lab (CPAL) aims to improve outcomes for families across North Texas by helping Dallas County prosecutors, judges, and defense attorneys make informed decisions – faster – about whether to file criminal charges against individuals.
July 19, 2023
University News The SMU Police Department will undergo an accreditation assessment by a team of assessors from the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA).
July 11, 2023
University News Brad Cheves, SMU’s vice president for development and external affairs since 2004, has been selected University Park’s 2023 Citizen of the Year.
July 05, 2023
Research Microwave frequency data from lunar orbiter reveals deposit of cooled magma beneath a volcano that likely erupted 3.5 billion years ago
July 03, 2023
Research A team of paleontologists from the United States, the Netherlands and France found fossils of a 94-million-year-old mosasaur in Utah.
June 28, 2023
Research A team of scientists led by The University of Texas at Austin has filled a major gap in the state's fossil record -- describing the first known Jurassic vertebrate fossils in Texas.
June 27, 2023
Alumni The University is deeply saddened by the death of alumna, philanthropist and Dallas community leader Linda McElroy Gibbons ’58, who passed on June 15, 2023, at the age of 86.
June 22, 2023
University News SMU was honored with Project Unity’s Advocate Award for organizational unity at a special celebratory event, Together We Sing, on June 15.
June 16, 2023
Student Life Phillips Foundation has announced a $1.7 million multiyear grant to SMU (±¬×ߺÚÁÏ) to establish the SMU Impact Lab, a student-focused initiative to invest in commercial opportunities that produce substantial financial and social returns.
June 14, 2023
Research SMU researchers and global astronomers seeking to use DESI data and simulations to measure dark matter halos surrounding and permeating galaxies.
June 13, 2023
University News SMU’s Jeffrey Kahn authors brief joined by Lawrence Tribe, Charles Fried and other jurists skewering false defense of Russian anti-criticism law
June 08, 2023
Alumni The University mourns the loss of SMU alumnus, benefactor and friend William J. O’Neil ’55, who passed away on May 28, 2023, at the age of 90.
June 06, 2023
University News SMU mourns the loss of Norma Knobel Hunt, who passed away on June 4, 2023, at the age of 85.
June 06, 2023
Research SMU’s Deason Institute launches a Cyber Autonomy Range with IBM to strengthen autonomous systems against cyberattacks, backed by $850K in software and support.
June 06, 2023
University News Purpose and profit are truly great partners, organizers say
May 01, 2023
University News From bringing world leaders to Dallas, to boosting the regional economy through jobs, tourism and unique opportunities for SMU students, the partnership has delivered on the expectations of the University leaders who brought it to North Texas.
April 27, 2023
University News Philanthropist and Broadway producer G. Marlyne Sexton has made a $15 million gift to SMU Meadows School of the Arts to create a specialization in musical theatre that will prepare graduates for a lifetime of leading roles.
April 27, 2023
Student Life It's been 20 years since SMU announced it would add Equestrian to its roster of sports. The win against Auburn completed the best season in program history.
April 19, 2023
University News Brian Tyler, CEO of McKesson Corporation, a Top 10 Fortune 500 healthcare services company, will be the featured speaker at SMU’s May Commencement Convocation on Saturday, May 13.
April 03, 2023
University News A rare 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible will be exhibited to the public at SMU’s Bridwell Library April 18-20
March 29, 2023
Student Life Dallas Regional Science & Engineering Fair winners to receive $26k in cash prizes, awards at celebration dinner
March 28, 2023
University News Maria Dixon Hall, an SMU Altschuler Distinguished Teaching Professor and the University’s Chief Diversity Officer, has been named the 2023 Education Champion by the Congressional Award Program.
March 03, 2023
Student Life Dallas-Fort Worth business leader and entrepreneur Jack Knox ’60 ’63 has given $11 million to SMU Ignited: Boldly Shaping Tomorrow.
March 02, 2023
University News SMU is celebrating a landmark $20 million gift to the Lyle School of Engineering from Dallas philanthropy and technology leaders Mary and Richard Templeton.
February 24, 2023
University News SMU has named Amanda W. Dotseth Linda P. and William A. Custard Director of the Meadows Museum. Dotseth, who will be the first female director of the Meadows Museum, served as the director ad interim and curator of the Museum since the passing of its previous director, Mark A. Roglán, in 2021.
February 10, 2023
Alumni The indoor ceremony, scheduled for 9 a.m. at Moody Coliseum, will be streamed live.
November 23, 2022
University News Position is key to University’s commitment to achieving R1 research status
November 18, 2022
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Student Life Armstrongs commit $5 million to endow Dedman College dean position
October 20, 2022
Research Intelligent Systems and Bias Examination Lab ‘ISaBEL’ will pair industry and academic research to equalize impact in automated systems
September 26, 2022
Student Life SMU will break ground on Weber End Zone Complex at Ford Stadium following $15 million gift from Armstrongs
September 23, 2022
