For the sixth year in a row, students at Southwestern University have ranked above students at peer institutions – and significantly above the national average – when it comes to being engaged in their academic endeavors.

Pianist Kiyoshi Tamagawa, professor and chair of the Department of Music at Southwestern University, will perform in a chamber music concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City Dec. 8.

This new center will help companies that have commercially viable biotechnology products take them to the next step.

The fund provides monetary awards for the continuing education and development of full-time faculty members of United Methodist colleges and universities in Texas.

The medals recognize outstanding contributions to the university for either service or philanthropy.

Southwestern University seniors Lauren Arrowood, Ben Hoffman and Eric Sterner are getting a unique opportunity this year – the chance to conduct a real study for NASA

Is it possible to write and produce a play in 24 hours? Can solar heat be used to operate a refrigerator?

As a graduate student working on her doctorate in chinese literature, Patricia Schiaffini made several trips to the Tibetan-populated areas of China to learn more about Tibetan authors.

Southwestern University has received a three-year, $150,000 grant from The Mellon Foundation to develop collaborative programs among faculty members.

If you like the gentle flow and surprising insights of American poets such as Walt Whitman and Robert Frost, you may well enjoy “Return to Calm,” a new volume of work by French writer Jacques Réda.

Southwestern University has been named an Alliance Partner with the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT).

Southwestern has joined more than 600 colleges and universities nationwide that are participating in a new initiative designed to aid students and their families in their college search.

Southwestern University will host its inaugural Pirate Golf Classic at the Wildcat Golf Club in Houston on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007. The tournament begins with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. on the Highlands course.

Music enthusiasts will soon have the opportunity to hear Mendelssohn’s “St. Paul Oratorio” performed as the composer originally intended.

Frank Guziec, holder of the Dishman Chair in Science, and his wife, Lynn, an assistant professor of an assistant professor of chemistry, are collaborating with Brian Hasinoff, a professor of pharmacy at the University of Manitoba, on new drugs that would have the effectiveness of Doxorubicin without the toxicity.

Author Amy Tan will speak at Southwestern University on Tuesday, Oct. 23, as part of the annual Writer’s Voice series sponsored by the A. Frank Smith, Jr. Library Center. “An Evening with Amy Tan” will begin at 8 p.m. in the Lois Perkins Chapel.

Elizabeth Green Musselman, associate professor of history, recently launched a podcast on the history of science, medicine and technology.

A Southwestern University professor and student have received a $2,500 grant from the Associated Colleges of the South (ACS) that will be used to develop a theatre project focusing on disability issues.

The 2008 edition of The Best 366 Colleges, published by the Princeton Review, ranked Southwestern # #7 in the country for Best Career/Job Placement Services.

The French Program at Southwestern University has received an $1,800 grant that will enable it to host a communitywide French Film Festival.

Southwestern University this week is welcoming members of the Class of 2011 – a class that may be the largest in the university’s history.

September 2007 marks the one-year anniversary of the publication of To Survive and Excel: The Story of Southwestern University 1840-2000. University Historian William B. Jones discusses some of the response he has received since the book was published.

More than 200 of the country’s top high school juniors and seniors will be at Southwestern University July 15-22 to participate in the Texas Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative Session (LDZ) sponsored by the National Hispanic Institute.

A Southwestern University theatre professor and six students will travel to Bulgaria this summer to participate in a unique theater-training program called the Rhodopi International Theater Collective (R.I.T.C.).

Both Lady Bird Johnson, who died today (July 11), and Lyndon Baines Johnson had extensive connections to Southwestern University.

Now in its 35th year, Conductors’ Institute gives choral conductors professional instruction in the great choral/orchestral works of classical music.

Southwestern University has received a four-year, $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to continue its Upward Bound program.

William Carrington Finch, who served as the 11th president of Southwestern University, died June 13 in Nashville, Tenn. He was 98.

Anna Frankel, a junior biology student at Southwestern University, interns with Sea Turtle Inc. on South Padre Island.

The Southwestern lacrosse team won its third straight conference championship last month. The victory earned the team a spot in the National Championship Tournament that will be held in Frisco, Texas, beginning May 15. Southwestern is going into the tournament ranked 12th in the nation in the B division.

What’s the most “viewed” page on the Southwestern University Web site? It’s a set of teaching resources developed by Aaron Prevots, an assistant professor of French.

Gwen Sherman, who serves as director of finance and administration for the Seattle-based Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will give the 2007 commencement address at Southwestern University.

Southwestern will formally commit to a more sustainable, or “green” way of doing things on April 19 when University President Jake B. Schrum adds Southwestern to a growing list of colleges and universities around the world that have signed a treaty known as the Talloires (“Tal-wahr”) Declaration.

The most recognizable landmark on the Southwestern University campus – and one of the most historic historic buildings in Georgetown and Williamson County – will get a much-needed renovation thanks to a $6 million gift pledge from the Cullen Trust for Higher Education.

Agreement will make it easier for honors students from ACC to transfer to the university

Can the secret recipe for Coca-Cola be cracked? Is it possible to design a low-cost solar water heater? These are just some of the topics that students at Southwestern University have been researching the past year. Their research will be on display April 18 as the university sponsors its 8th Annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Works Symposium.

The research of a Southwestern University professor will be featured on the national PBS program “NOVA” April 3.

Southwestern University has signed a partnership agreement with College Forward that will enable the organization to expand its services to Williamson County.

James Baker III, the former secretary of state who most recently served as co-chair of the Iraq Study Group, will give the 2007 Shilling Lecture at Southwestern University.

Encouraging more women to enter the field of computer science is among the goals of a project being led by Barbara Boucher Owens, an associate professor of computer science at Southwestern.

Animals. Sometimes we consider them our best friends and other times we experiment on them, mass produce them for food, use them for entertainment, and encroach on their habitats.
This “dualism” will be the topic of the 29th Brown Symposium to be held at Southwestern University March 5-6. The symposium is titled “Who Do We Think We Are?!”

A $2 million anonymous pledge received this month will enable Southwestern University to claim $3 million in challenge grants and move forward with construction of an $11 million Center for Lifelong Learning.

Southwestern University has signed a partnership agreement with Dillard University that will enable the two to pursue collaborative initiatives in several areas, including institutional management, diversity education and other academic efforts.

Edward L. Kain, professor of sociology and University Scholar at Southwestern University, has been selected to receive the 2007 Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award from the American Sociological Association.

A community dinner and a screening of a Spike Lee film about Hurricane Katrina are among the events Southwestern University will host in conjunction with Martin Luther King Day this year.

Results from a recent national survey show that students at Southwestern University rank above students at peer institutions - and significantly above the national average - when it
comes to being engaged in their academic endeavors.