SMU, UTSW receive coveted top research university status
In a bright engineering lab, SMU graduate student Zeyu Deng flexed his fingers above a small sensor. A white robotic arm, no ...
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Southern Methodist University Wants to Sever Ties to Its Church. Can the Church Stop It?
By Ruth Graham The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in a battle over whether Southern Methodist University can separate from the United Methodist Church. The university ...
Inside Higher Ed1mon
SMU Wants to Separate From the Church but Keep the ‘Methodist’
A contentious, six-year legal battle between the United Methodist Church and Southern Methodist University is coming before the Texas Supreme Court today. The controversy centers around who maintains ...
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Southern Methodist University urges Texas Supreme Court to let it split from church
Dallas Hall on the Southern Methodist University Campus in Dallas, Texas. (Jeffrey Beall/Wikimedia Commons) (CN) — Southern Methodist University urged the Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday to throw out ...