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SMU Exhibit Explores Life of Icon Carrie Marcus Neiman

January 11, 2022January 16, 2022 Staff Report 0 Comments Bonnie Wheeler, Carrie Marcus Neiman, Eugene McDermott Foundation, FP, Friends of the SMU Libraries, Happenings on the Hill, Neiman Marcus, Park Cities, preston hollow, schools, SMU, SMU DeGolyer Library, SMU Exhibit, SMU Women's Studies, Southern Methodist University

Many people know of Stanley Marcus and his genius for retailing, but many of the women who helped establish the Neiman Marcus reputation for excellence are much less familiar.

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Dallas Woman Meets with Pope

January 10, 2022January 11, 2022 Daniel Lalley 0 Comments climate change, Community, Dr. Maria Reis Habito, faith, GIVINGPEOPLE, Master Hsin Tao, Museum of World Religions, Perkins School of Theology, pope, Pope Francis, preston hollow, SMU

Scholar, Pontiff seek global harmony through climate action.

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SMU Moves a Little Earth, Begins Graduate School Construction

December 30, 2021December 29, 2021 Staff Report 0 Comments Frances Anne Moody Hall, Moody School, Park Cities, preston hollow, Schools, SMU, SMU development, SMU Moody School, souther methodist university

SMU’s eighth degree-granting school, which began operations in 2020, doesn’t have its fancy new home yet, but December dirt piles signal one is coming.

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Former SMU Rower Details College Struggles in Directorial Debut

December 28, 2021December 27, 2021 Todd Jorgenson 0 Comments arts, film, FP, Lauren Hadaway, Life, Park Cities, preston hollow, SMU, SMU alumni, Southern Methodist University, The Novice

Introspective drama examines the physical and psychological toll of athletics.

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Happenings on the Hill

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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SMU Alum Turns Entrepreneur

November 22, 2021November 22, 2021 Rachel Snyder 0 Comments app, business, Entrepeneur, Entrepeneurs, FP, Hunter Rice, Park Cities, preston hollow, sendit, SMU, SMU alumni, Snapchat, Southern Methodist University

Hunter Rice founded sendit, a SnapChat add-on for playing augmented reality games.
(Read time: 4.8 minutes)

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Happenings on the Hill

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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By Opening His Heart, an SMU Grad Hopes to Open Your Mind

November 8, 2021November 9, 2021 Todd Jorgenson 1 Comment arts, Caged Birds, Christian Menace, film, filmmaking, Fred Leach, Kamil McFadden, Life, Park Cities, preston hollow, SMU, SMU alumni

Growing up Black in the Texas suburbs, Fred Leach felt the effects of magnified stereotypes, social isolation, marginalization, and unconscious biases.
(Read time: 3.9 minutes)

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SMU Looks to Future With $1.5B Campaign

October 21, 2021October 21, 2021 Staff Report 0 Comments fundraiser, fundraising, GIVINGPEOPLE, Park Cities, preston hollow, Schools, SMU, SMU Mustangs, Southern Methodist University

To re-imagine the role of education and SMU itself in an era of rapid change, the university has launched a $1.5 billion fundraising campaign focused on opportunities created through scholarships, meaningful research and teaching, and its North Texas community.
(Read time: 3.9 minutes)

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‘I Love Expressing Myself This Way’

October 19, 2021October 19, 2021 Maddie Spera 0 Comments art, arthur anguiano, arts, Arts of Oppression, dallas nonprofit, FP, human rights, Life, Miles of Freedom, Park Cities, preston hollow, Richard Miles, SMU, SMU Pollock Gallery, Southern Methodist University

Jerzy Kosinski once said, “The principle of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.”
(Read time: 4.5 minutes)

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Kevin Lee’s Forbidden Phrases: ‘I can’t’ and ‘I don’t know’

October 18, 2021October 19, 2021 Rachel Snyder 0 Comments inspiration, Kevin Lee, Law, Park Cities, Paul Quinn College, preston hollow, Schools, SMU, SMU Dedman School of Law, SMU school of law, Southern Methodist University, Tamara Williams

Kevin Lee’s journey has taken him from homelessness after a snowstorm while a teenager in Pittsburgh to studying at SMU’s Dedman School of Law.
(Read time: 4.8 minutes)

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