SMU in the News

Following are highlights of stories about SMU or stories that relied on the expertise of SMU faculty and others. The links are not maintained by SMU but were working when they posted here. 

News

AFP

• Jeffrey Engel, Dedman, Trump and the dismantling of Obama’s legacy

CBS DFW

• Matthew Wilson, Dedman, Gov. Abbott accuses House Republicans of not fighting hard enough for Harvey relief

CNBC

• James Coleman, Cox, under both Trump and Obama, power plant owners get little certainty on greenhouse gas rules

D Magazine

• Bernard Weinstein, Cox, economist/Cox professor loves jazz
• Michael Cox and Richard Alm, Cox, commentary, Dallas housing prices – a closer look

Dallas Business Journal

• SMU Cox Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship recognizes the 100 fastest-growing private companies in North Texas in the 27th year of the Dallas 100
• and here

Dallas Morning News

• Tower Center and the Latino Center for Leadership Development hosted the Status of Latino Health in a Shifting Political Landscape forum last week on campus
• SMU participated last week in a forum on separating fact and fiction in news
• William Lawrence, Perkins, what if a Jehovah’s Witness joins the NFL roster?
• Bernard Weinstein, Cox, can North Texas airports help woo Amazon?
• A look back at SMU alumnus/Nobel prize winner James Cronin

Houston Chronicle

• Cal Jillson, Dedman, GOP not at risk in 2018
• Cal Jillson, Dedman, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz forced to straddle GOP fault lines

KJZZ radio

• Cal Jillson, Dedman, are DACA recipients political footballs?

MetroMBA.com

• Cox listed as one of top two MBA programs for post-graduation starting salaries

NBC DFW

• Cal Jillson, Dedman, former Dallas County Schools superintendent’s New Orleans apartment raises questions about relationship with vendor

Newsweek

• Joanna Grossman, Dedman Law, commentary, Trump’s war on women moves against birth control

North Texas Conference News

• Perkins Fall Convocation in November to focus on the power of story

North Texas e-News

• SMU exhibit highlights baseball's golden years: 1947-57

Texas Tribune

• Michael Harris, Simmons, commentary, clean up college basketball

Students

• SMU student/Army veteran Jason Waller training other vets as entrepreneurs

Alumni

• SMU alums Rahfin Faruk and Daisuke Takeda write about DFW’s weak link in bid to woo Amazon
• SMU alumnus Bishop Michael McKee to be honored in November as a Perkins Distinguished Alumnus
• SMU alumnus John Engle participates in the Daily Herald’s Cook of the Week challenge
• SMU alumnus Bob Phillips (aka Texas Country Reporter) receives the Tall in Texas award from the Texas Travel Industry Association
• SMU alumnus James Hart to present at the West Texas Film Festival Educational Day in November
• SMU alumnus Brandon Warman creates 3D-printed skyline replicas
• SMU alumna Claire Carson talks about House Party Theatre’s Shadow Woman
• SMU alumna Deve Sandford nicely profiled as a Dallas stylemaker

Compiled by Cherri Gann ’15
Cordinator, SMU News & Communications
Office of Public Affairs
214-768-7657
cgann@smu.edu

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