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June 20, 2022June 20, 2022 Greg Nielsen 0 Comments Happenings on the Hill, PCN, PHN, Schools, SMU

It’s an age-old question: Are differences between what men and women like decided by nature or nurture?

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April 12, 2022April 11, 2022 Greg Nielsen 0 Comments American Association for the Advancement of Science, FP, GP, Happenings on the Hill, Mildred Hawn Gallery, Northwestern University, Park Cities, preston hollow, Schools, SMU, SMU Hamon Arts Library, Southern Methodist University

Researchers at SMU and Northwestern University are working on Synthetic Wavelength Holography, a technology that uses cameras to record high-resolution images and holograms of objects beyond standard lines of sight.

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March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 Greg Nielsen 0 Comments FP, Gary Webber, Gerald J. Ford Stadium, Happenings on the Hill, Nathan Hudson, Park Cities, preston hollow, schools, SMU, Southern Methodist University, Starship Technologies, Unity Circle

Are you a hungry SMU student, faculty member, or employee?

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January 31, 2022February 1, 2022 William Taylor 0 Comments CATCO, Children's Health Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, FP, Happenings on the Hill, National Science Foundation, NVIDIA, Park Cities, preston hollow, schools, SMU, Southern Methodist University, Youth Sports Impact Partnership

Supercomputing at SMU is getting, well, more super.

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December 7, 2021December 7, 2021 William Taylor 0 Comments business, Chrystyna Kouros, FP, GIVINGPEOPLE, Happenings on the Hill, Katy and Kyle Miller, Kim and Bill Shaddock, Pamela Metzger, Park Cities, preston hollow, SMU, SMU alumni, SMU Dedman School of Law, SMU Edwin L. Cox School of Business, SMU Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University, Ted Russell

A $5 million gift to SMU’s Edwin L. Cox School of Business will create the Katy and Kyle Miller Courtyard, a place for faculty, staff, students, and visitors to exchange ideas, form friendships, and build business associations.

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November 9, 2021November 13, 2021 William Taylor 0 Comments Bill and Liz Martin Armstrong, Bryson DeChambeau, Claire babineux-Fontenot, Custard Institute for Spanish Art, FP, GIVINGPEOPLE, Happenings on the Hill, Judge Barbara M. Golden Lynn, Linda P. and William A. Custard, Park Cities, preston hollow, schools, SMU, SMU alumni, Southern Methodist University, Yuankun Xu

Linda P. and William A. Custard committed $3 million, and the Meadows Foundation matched that to establish the Custard Institute for Spanish Art and Culture at the Meadows Museum.

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October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 William Taylor 0 Comments Central Expressway, Collin Yarbrough, deep ellum, FP, Happenings on the Hill, holiday happenings, infrastructure, Loch Ness monster, Louis Jacobs, Michael J. Polcyn, Shuler Museum of Paleontology, SMU, SMU Engineering, SMU Shuler Museum, Southern Methodist University

At a university known for its Mustangs (or Ponies), SMU researchers sure love their dinosaurs.
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September 27, 2021September 28, 2021 William Taylor 0 Comments Austin Hickle, College Health Alliance of Texas, FP, Gabrielle Gard, Happenings on the Hill, Hegi Family, Jan and Fred Hegi, Park Cities, r. gerald turner, Scholarships, schools, SMU, Southern Methodist University

Austin Hickle had something of an epiphany last summer: If college campuses were going to return successfully to on-campus learning in fall 2020, student engagement would be crucial to compliance with COVID-19 safety protocols.

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June 1, 2021June 2, 2021 William Taylor 0 Comments dinosaurs, Dominique Baker, FP, GIVINGPEOPLE, Happenings on the Hill, Lyle School of Engineering, Park Cities, schools, SMU, SMU Mustangs

Far from SMU’s hilltop, paleontologists with deep Mustang connections have identified another new species of duck-billed dinosaur.

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May 6, 2021May 7, 2021 William Taylor 0 Comments Bachelor of Business Administration, Bryan S. Sheffield, Bryan S. Sheffield Hall, Bumble Inc., education, Edwin L. Cox School of Business, GIVINGPEOPLE, Happenings on the Hill, Park Cities, preston hollow, Schools, Sheffield Hall gift, SMU, SMU Magazine, Whitney Wolfe Herd

Maybe this spring’s graduation speaker wouldn’t mind if audience members look at their phones and “swipe right” instead of listening closely to her commencement address on May 15.

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April 21, 2021April 20, 2021 Staff Report 0 Comments DeGolyer Library, FP, Happenings on the Hill, Human Rights Program, Ignasi Aballí, Love Letters, MAS: Meadows/ARCO Artist Spotlight, Rick Halperin, schools, SMU, Valentine’s Day

Don’t expect Texas to follow Virginia’s lead in abolishing capital punishment anytime soon.