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Three out of every four undergraduate students receive scholarships and/or financial aid. With plenty of financial aid options available, 72% of students graduate without any student debt at all.
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Janarthanan Jayawickramarajah joins SMU from Tulane University, where he is senior associate dean of academic affairs and professor of chemistry at its School of Science and Engineering.
The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, a forum for important civic conversations that have shaped its namesake city for more than 40 years, has joined the SMU Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences.
Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded SMU a $2.5 million grant to enhance exhibitions, accessibility and academic offerings related to religion and culture at Bridwell Library.
Ware, a longtime SMU trustee and celebrated West Texas banker, is known as the students' friend.
Can a cat and a dog get along, despite their polarizing differences? SMU student’s book is timely during tough political season.
A $1 million gift from Gayle Stoffel ’66 expands the student scholarship fund she and her late husband, Paul Stoffel, III, established to assist SMU Meadows Scholars.