Advancing the Field

Lauren Ammerman and James McCormick have more in common that being SMU alumni — both of their grandmothers had Alzheimer's disease and they both worked on a recent study at the SMU lab that has the potential to ...

Charles South graduated from SMU in May 2016 with his Ph.D. in Statistical Science. He worked at the Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care at UT Southwestern Medical School. Now, this fall he came back to SMU ...

This Saturday, SMU was thrilled to welcome 42 new Ph.D.s in 18 different fields into the world.

Are you interested in a PhD in Chemistry, but unsure what to expect? It can be difficult to tell what a program is like when you are first looking around, and a website description can only give you so much information. ...

Thanks to the hit movie Hidden Figures, the women of NASA have been in the news lately, receiving some well-deserved accolades for their amazing work. One SMU alumna, Alyssa Manis, is continuing the tradition now in her ...

Alicia Dewey is an alumna of several SMU programs. Having been a bankruptcy lawyer in Dallas (graduating from SMU’s Dedman School of Law) before deciding to become a historian and college professor. Returning to SMU, ...

Prof. Matthew Babcock is an Assistant Professor of History at UNT Dallas, where he has worked as a founding faculty member since it became a four-year institution in 2010. Prof. Babcock is also an SMU alumnus, ...