Southern Methodist University
Southern Methodist University (SMU) was established in 1911 in the Dallas, Texas area. The current enrollment is around 11,000 students. The Lyle School of Engineering is noteworthy and other schools and research labs have a good standing. SMU is in the top 100 of similar institutions of higher learning. It is a private institution owned by the United Methodist Church.
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6425 Boaz Lane, Dallas TX 75205
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gshultz [at] smu [dot] edu
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214-768-7650
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"Southern Methodist University" in the news:
Oscar Pistorius' artificial limbs give him clear, major advantage for sprint running
Nov 17, 2009 |
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The artificial lower limbs of double-amputee Olympic hopeful Oscar Pistorius give him a clear and major advantage over his competition, taking 10 seconds or more off what his 400-meter race time would be if ...
Central Africa's tropical Congo Basin was arid, treeless in Late Jurassic
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Nov 10, 2009 |
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The Congo Basin -- with its massive, lush tropical rain forest -- was far different 150 million to 200 million years ago. At that time Africa and South America were part of the single continent Gondwana. The Congo Basin was ...
Portable 3-D laser technology preserves Texas dinosaur's rare footprint
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Nov 04, 2009 |
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Using portable 3D laser technology, scientists have electronically preserved a rare 110 million-year-old fossilized dinosaur footprint that was previously excavated and built into the wall of a bandstand at a Texas courthouse ...
Snail fossils suggest semiarid eastern Canary Islands were wetter 50,000 years ago
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Fossil land snail shells found in ancient soils on the subtropical eastern Canary Islands show that the Spanish archipelago off the northwest coast of Africa has become progressively drier over the past 50,000 years.
Ethiopia's climate 27 million years ago had higher rainfall, warmer soil
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Thirty million years ago, before Ethiopia's mountainous highlands split and the Great Rift Valley formed, the tropical zone had warmer soil temperatures, higher rainfall and different atmospheric circulation patterns than ...
Apology for human rights abuses has precedent in US
Sep 28, 2009 |
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A growing global movement to apologize and make restitution to victims of human rights abuses is now gathering steam in the United States, but it won't be a first for the country, says the president of The Western History ...
'Rosetta Stone' of supervolcanoes discovered in Italian Alps
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Scientists have found the "Rosetta Stone" of supervolcanoes, those giant pockmarks in the Earth's surface produced by rare and massive explosive eruptions that rank among nature's most violent events. The eruptions produce ...
Breathing technique can reduce frequency, severity of asthma attacks
Sep 21, 2009 |
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As the health care reform debate turns to cutting costs and improving treatment outcomes, two professors at Southern Methodist University in Dallas are expanding a study that shows promise for reducing both the expense and ...
New research analyzes the corporate attorney-client privilege
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Due to the evolutionary legal landscape, corporate lawyers now find themselves relying on information and guidance from non-legal advisors like accountants, investment bankers, and public relations professionals. This aids ...
Oscar Pistorius: Previously confidential study results released on amputee sprinter
Jun 29, 2009 |
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A team of experts in biomechanics and physiology that conducted experiments on Oscar Pistorius, the South African bilateral amputee track athlete, have just published their findings in the Journal of Applied Ph ...
Before God particle, scientists must learn soul of new machine
May 26, 2009 |
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After a huge success in first testing, followed by a very public meltdown last September, the Large Hadron Collider may be ready for action again as early as June.
What the heck is it? Consumers can be primed to understand hybrid products
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Hybrid products are ubiquitous in today's marketplace: phones with cameras, watch/cameras, MP3 players with GPS systems. How can consumers understand the functions and features of these new products? A new study in the Journal ...
Oil and gas production a major source of Dallas-Fort Worth smog
Feb 10, 2009 |
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The first comprehensive analysis of air emissions associated with natural gas and oil production in the Barnett Shale area finds that emissions can be a significant contributor to Dallas-Fort Worth smog formation, comparable ...
A case of mistaken dino-identity
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 13, 2009 |
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The official State Dinosaur of Texas is up for a new name, based on Southern Methodist University research that proved the titleholder has been misidentified.
Deep brain mapping to isolate evidence of Gulf War syndrome
Nov 19, 2008 |
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Researchers at Southern Methodist University in Dallas are pioneering the use of spatial statistical modeling to analyze brain scan data from Persian Gulf War veterans, aiming to pinpoint specific areas of the their brains ...
