SMU Dedman School of Law's First Amendment Clinic opened in Fall 2020, thanks to a generous gift of $900,000 from the Stanton Foundation. The Clinic focuses on First Amendment issues including free ...

Applications completed by the regular decision deadline will automatically be considered for academic scholarships. Scholarships for full-time students are typically awarded on the basis of an ...

DALLAS (SMU) – A new study from SMU psychologist Sarah Kucker and colleagues reveals that passive video use among toddlers can negatively affect language development, but their caregiver’s motivations ...

DALLAS (SMU) – Damon Evans has been named SMU’s new director of Athletics, University officials announced today. Evans has served as the top athletics administrator at two nationally recognized ...

Following an extensive national search, the SMU Board of Trustees named Jay Hartzell the 11th SMU president, effective June 1, 2025. DALLAS (SMU) – The SMU Board of Trustees unanimously voted Tuesday ...

DALLAS (SMU) – SMU has achieved Carnegie Research One (R1) classification, joining the ranks of the nation’s top public and private research institutions. The designation, awarded by the Carnegie ...

SMU cultural historian Alexis McCrossen’s forthcoming book, Time’s Touchstone: The New Year in American Life, reveals what New Year’s has meant to Americans since George Washington was president. Here ...

An SMU graduate student has developed a miniature pH sensor that can tell when food has spoiled in real time. DALLAS (SMU) – Forget that expiration date on your salmon or yogurt. A graduate student at ...

DALLAS (SMU) – Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, Texas no longer requires its high school students to take Algebra II to graduate, leaving just 21 states that require the course. Leanne ...

As the landscape of college athletics evolves, donors to the Student-Athlete Benefit Fund – the SMU revenue-sharing program – power SMU Athletics efforts to support our student-athletes and compete ...

SMU Dedman School of Law alumni achieved a first-time bar passage rate of 98.52% on the July 2025 Texas Bar Exam, ranking the school first in the state among all law schools and marking the fourth ...

At Perkins School of Theology, the Black/Africana Church Studies (BACS) Program continues to deepen the academic and spiritual formation of students by offering transformative conversations at the ...