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

Austin American-Statesman

• Bernard Weinstein, Cox, how the House tax plan could affect Texans

CBS DFW

• Cal Jillson, Dedman, Rep. Jeb Hensarling will not run for re-election
• Jeffrey Engel, Dedman, President George H.W. Bush prevented world chaos at Cold War end
• and here

Chronicle of Higher Ed

• U.S. House Republicans would like to tax SMU’s (and others’) endowments
• and here

CNBC

• Robert Jordan, Tower Center, Saudi Arabia arrested 11 princes last weekend

CNN

• Omar Suleiman, Simmons, commentary, What “Allahu Akbar” really means

CW33

• Jodi Cooley, Dedman, Halloween was Dark Matter day on campus

Dallas Innovates

• Susan Kress, staff, Big iDeas competition winners announced

Dallas Morning News

• Tim Jankovich evaluates MBB preseason scrimmage
• SMU among schools participating in the Dallas County Promise
• and here
• and here
• Wayne Shaw, Cox, was Exxon’s tax rate last year really -5.1 percent?
• William Bridge, Dedman Law, and SMU student Kylie Madry to participate this week in a panel discussion of freedom of speech and expression on college campuses (last item)
• Flashback: Vintage images from SMU homecomings past

The Economist

• Cox ranks No. 53 on this pub’s list of top 100 business schools.

FOX DFW

• Preview of new Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center

Heartland.org

• Bernard Weinstein, Cox, the future of energy

KERA

• Milan Sevak, Simmons, teaching is a vocation for recent Milken Award Winners

KRLD

• Mike Davis, Cox, new House tax proposal is surprisingly radical

MSN

• Mark McCoy, Dedman, ancient city discovered in the middle of the ocean

Over the Mountain Journal

• SMU nicely mentioned in a campus visit roundup

Park Cities People

• Gary Brubaker, SMU Guildhall, commentary, guidance for using video games and apps as learning aids

The Street

• David Lei, Cox, renegotiating NAFTA could cost U.S. consumers more money

United Methodist Now

• Mark Stamm, Perkins, what it means to witness as United Methodists

Washington Post

• Omar Suleiman, Simmons, responds to the question “What needs reform in American religion today?”

WBAP

• Matthew Wilson, Dedman, political fallout from Mueller probe

Students

• SMU student body president David Shirzad answers the Study Break questionnaire

Alumni

• SMU alumnus Robert Haley, M.D., rallied colleagues to take a stand on air quality
• SMU alumnus Joseph D. Brown nominated by POTUS to serve as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas
• SMU alumnus U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith retiring from Congress
• SMU alumnus Matthew Lopez a major player in the North Texas title business
• SMU alumna Rev. Brandy Stevens finds calling as Methodist pastor
• SMU alumnus Travis Tygart keeps athletes “winning the right way”

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

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