Happenings on the Hill

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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Happenings on the Hill

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.

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Happenings On the Hill

March 30, 2021March 26, 2021 William Taylor 0 Comments Driving Lessons: Thirteen Stories, education, Happenings on the Hill, Park Cities, Schools, SMU

SMU faculty will likely eventually write new textbook entries about the transition from President Donald Trump to President Joe Biden.

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February 15, 2021February 11, 2021 Staff Report 0 Comments Anametric, China, Happenings on the Hill, Institute of High Energy Physics, Jared Burleson, Meadows Museum, Mitch Thornton, Orígenes Secretos (Secret Origins), Schools, Schwarzman Scholar, Secundino Hernández, SMU, Wil Oxford

Monthly conversations between an entrepreneur and SMU engineering researcher Mitch Thornton created new opportunities for both of them.

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Happenings on the Hill

December 21, 2020December 16, 2020 William Taylor 0 Comments All American, Black Lives Matter, BLM, Doak Walker, education, Engaged Learning program, Happenings on the Hill, Santos Rodriguez Scholarship, Schools, SMU, Tyne Dickso

Still need a gift for the die-hard SMU football fan with expensive tastes?

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December 16, 2020December 11, 2020 William Taylor 0 Comments education, Happenings on the Hill, Healing Pieces, Park Cities, Simmons School of Education and Human Development, SMU Meadows School of the Arts, Tattoos

Three artworks debuted this fall in Dallas as the first iteration of “Healing Pieces: Offerings of Art, Expression, and Nature.”

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November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 Staff Report 0 Comments 19th Amendment, Dallas Academy, Dallas Academy Internships, education, Happenings on the Hill, Schools, SMU

Dallas Academy and SMU enjoy what academy leaders call as “win-win” arrangement.

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October 15, 2020October 9, 2020 William Taylor 0 Comments Brian Stump, COVID 19, Happenings on the Hill, Maria Dixon Hall, Meadows School of the Arts, No Child Left Behind, Schools, SMU, The Catalyst: A Journal of Ideas, the meadows museum

The Meadows Museum at SMU has acquired six new works for its collection.

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September 16, 2020September 10, 2020 Staff Report 0 Comments Alexander Sitkovetsky, America at Its Best, Chad Hoopes, DART, Fulbright Scholars, George W. Bush Institute, Happenings on the Hill, Schools, Silas Farley, SMU Meadows School of the Arts, The Catalyst: A Journal of Ideas

Dancer and choreographer Silas Farley, who retired from New York City Ballet (NYCB) in May after eight years with the company, will be the Armstrong Visiting Artist-in-Residence in Ballet at Meadows School of the Arts for the 2020-21 school year.