Bryan Stevenson visits campus, sparks conversations on social justice
By Reese Bobo On Thursday, students seemed a bit more awake, and teachers a bit more excited than usual. With good reason, too. Bryan Stevenson was set to make his … Read More
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Inside the Tate Lecture Series 2016-17 season
Entering its 35th season, the Tate Lecture Series brings a new cast of personalities to McFarlin Auditorium.
Final Tate Lecture of year features Karl Rove, James Carville
Overall, the two had a fiery debate foreshadowing of the battle lines that will be drawn in the general election.
SMU Tate Lecture talks cybersecurity
On March 29 SMU’s Tate Lecture turned its attention to cybersecurity and cyberwarfare. Guests for the lecture were Keith Alexander and Kevin Mandia, with the lecture moderated by SMU’s own Dr. Fredrick Chang.
Rob Lowe talks advocacy, acting at the SMU Tate Lecture Series
Most people know him because of the 1983 hit “The Outsiders” as Sodapop Curtis, while others know him as Chris Traeger on the ever-popular show “Parks and Recreation.” Yet Rob … Read More
Each Tate Lecture requires months of planning
A intellectual tradition that SMU has upheld for many years, the Tate Lecture Series requires a collaboration among many groups to put together.
Spoken-word poet, author Sarah Kay speaks at Tate Lecture Series
The SMU Tate Lecture Series welcomed spoken-word poet and author Sarah Kay to campus to begin the second half of the of the lecture’s 34th season.
Statistician Nate Silver discusses big data at Tate Lecture
Nate Silver discussed big data at the Jones Day Lecture of the Tate Lecture Series in McFarlin Auditorium Tuesday night. Silver is a pioneer in the new field of data … Read More
Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin shares the stories of America’s leaders
Quoting Abraham Lincoln, world renown historian and writer Doris Kearns Goodwin says,”A good story for me is better than a drop of whiskey.” With philosophy like this, Goodwin never failed … Read More
A picture is worth 1,000 words: Photographer Platon gives his take on humanity at Tate Lecture
Famed photographer Platon gave the audience a glimpse into the private realms of celebrities, politicians and the average man to shed extraordinary insight into the human condition.