Southern Methodist University News

A Special Town Meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10 at Memorial Town Hall.

A former condominium owner who accused Southern Methodist University of forcing him from his home to make way for George W. Bush's presidential library has reached a settlement with the school.Plaintiff Gary Vodicka and attorneys for SMU declined Tuesday to reveal the details of the deal.

Texas' schools of education generally are doing a poor job of training prospective teachers, according to a preliminary study already drawing scorn from many college deans.

All U.S. Presidents get a center named after them upon completion of their term in the White House, and George W. is no exception.

Part of the point of a presidential library is that it's a monument to a leader's legacy--his style, his enduring affect on the world, even his reading habits...or lack thereof.

By JOHN AUSTIN After years of pitches and negotiations, Southern Methodist University in Dallas will be home to the George W. Bush Presidential Library, a museum and a public policy institute.

Jeff Jacoby was pleased to learn of the recent appointment. When we heard that Southern Methodist University professor Al Armendariz had been appointed to head up Region 6 of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, we -- like others -- sensed something of a shakeup going on.

The George W. Bush Presidential Center will tip its hat to the former president's home state, from the pecan wood paneling inside to the wildflowers, bluebonnets and prairie outside.

The design of the George W. Bush Presidential Center at SMU, which will be formally unveiled today, is a showcase for exhibits, not a monument to the 43rd president, former first lady Laura Bush said this week.

By GENE TRAINOR FORT WORTH - Tuition at Texas Christian University will increase 6.2 percent for the 2010-11 school year to $30,000 for a full-time undergraduate, officials announced Monday.

The Issue: Students increasingly using laptops in class What we think: Students and teachers must use tech properly Lecture halls in the past few decades have been slowly moving away from the traditional method of blackboard and handwritten notes toward laptop note-taking and PowerPoint slides.

By the end of the month, the federal Environmental Protection Agency will probably declare that Texas' air permitting program lacks adequate public participation and transparency.

Starting at 3:03pmET, Fox News' "Studio B" broadcast President George W. Bush 's speech from Southern Methodist University live and in its entirety.

Video games are the fastest growing entertainment industry. In just the last year, the number of colleges and universities offering gaming degrees increased by 27-percent. One of the leaders in the movement is right here in North Texas.

John Allen Muhammad was executed Tuesday night for the D.C.-area sniper attacks that left 10 people dead and the region terrorized for three weeks in 2002.

In his first major domestic speech since exiting the White House, George Bush sounded many of the themes he campaigned on in 2000.

Nov 12 - Former President George W. Bush said the United States must resist the temptation to allow government to take control of the private sector as the global economy slowly emerges from a downturn.

A U.S. paleontology student says he has determined central Africa's tropical Congo Basin was arid and treeless during the Late Jurassic period.

University Park residents packed City Hall on Tuesday for their first chance to vent about plans to build the Bush presidential library at Southern Methodist University and redevelop the southern part of Snider Plaza.

Nearly 10 months after leaving office, former President George W. Bush plans to emerge from self-imposed political hibernation on Thursday as he starts a new public policy institute to promote some of the domestic and international priorities of his presidency.