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A group of Southwestern students took their devised theater play, The G.H.O.S.T. Unit: The Live Event,to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
more informationSept. 13, the entire SU community came together to build community during SUnity Day.
more informationSouthwestern University rose 13 places in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 Best Colleges rankings—the biggest single-year jump in school history—and SU was also recognized as a top school in the Social Mobility category, which measures how well schools graduated students who received federal Pell Grants.
more informationThe Trans and Gender Non-Conforming Support Group offers a safe space for students to share and explore their gender identity.
more informationFifty years ago, Title IX was signed into law. The landmark legislation transformed women’s athletics. We look back at our history and pioneers as we continue to strive for equity in all we do.
more informationCatherine Hiebel ’22 and Melina Boutris ’22 will teach English in Spain and Austria, respectively.
more informationWhat happens when you start a devised theater project with three Southwestern University students and the Anton Checkov play, The Cherry Orchard? You end up with a nationally recognized production called G.H.O.S.T. Unit: The Live Event.
more informationA group of Southwestern students took their devised theater play, The G.H.O.S.T. Unit: The Live Event,to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
more informationThrough the Southwestern Racial History Project, faculty and students are sharing their knowledge and expertise with colleagues through the Universities Studying Slavery consortium.
more informationSept. 13, the entire SU community came together to build community during SUnity Day.
more informationSouthwestern University rose 13 places in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 Best Colleges rankings—the biggest single-year jump in school history—and SU was also recognized as a top school in the Social Mobility category, which measures how well schools graduated students who received federal Pell Grants.
more informationThe Trans and Gender Non-Conforming Support Group offers a safe space for students to share and explore their gender identity.
more informationFifty years ago, Title IX was signed into law. The landmark legislation transformed women’s athletics. We look back at our history and pioneers as we continue to strive for equity in all we do.
more informationCatherine Hiebel ’22 and Melina Boutris ’22 will teach English in Spain and Austria, respectively.
more informationWhat happens when you start a devised theater project with three Southwestern University students and the Anton Checkov play, The Cherry Orchard? You end up with a nationally recognized production called G.H.O.S.T. Unit: The Live Event.
more informationSouthwestern University rose 13 places in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 Best Colleges rankings—the biggest single-year jump in school history—and SU was also recognized as a top school in the Social Mobility category, which measures how well schools graduated students who received federal Pell Grants.
more informationA recognized leader in building successful athletics programs, Ken Ralph will join Southwestern University as athletic director effective Sept. 15.
more informationThe applied mathematician and Southwestern alumna will address the graduating class.
more informationSouthwestern University shows a dedication to including green spaces on campus as they have proven to benefit students.
more informationFeb. 23, the entire SU community came together to build community during the inaugural SUnity Day.
more informationThis initiative was announced in October 2021 as part of a $1 million commitment from an anonymous donor in honor of their mother, a lifelong educator, in order to allow more Southwestern students to benefit from high impact experiences as outlined in the Tactical Plan.
more informationThrough the Southwestern Racial History Project, faculty and students are sharing their knowledge and expertise with colleagues through the Universities Studying Slavery consortium.
more informationSept. 13, the entire SU community came together to build community during SUnity Day.
more informationSouthwestern University rose 13 places in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 Best Colleges rankings—the biggest single-year jump in school history—and SU was also recognized as a top school in the Social Mobility category, which measures how well schools graduated students who received federal Pell Grants.
more informationA recognized leader in building successful athletics programs, Ken Ralph will join Southwestern University as athletic director effective Sept. 15.
more informationCatherine Hiebel ’22 and Melina Boutris ’22 will teach English in Spain and Austria, respectively.
more informationWhat happens when you start a devised theater project with three Southwestern University students and the Anton Checkov play, The Cherry Orchard? You end up with a nationally recognized production called G.H.O.S.T. Unit: The Live Event.
more informationThe applied mathematician and Southwestern alumna will address the graduating class.
more informationFor more than two decades David Ochsner has advanced the role and reputation of colleges and universities, most recently with the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin.
more informationSTARS, the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System measures and encourages sustainability in all aspects of higher education.
more informationSouthwestern University shows a dedication to including green spaces on campus as they have proven to benefit students.
more informationSU honors nine outstanding members of the campus community with the 2021 and 2022 Mundy Awards and recognizes those who have achieved milestone anniversaries with the University.
more informationSouthwestern University rose 13 places in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 Best Colleges rankings—the biggest single-year jump in school history—and SU was also recognized as a top school in the Social Mobility category, which measures how well schools graduated students who received federal Pell Grants.
more informationFifty years ago, Title IX was signed into law. The landmark legislation transformed women’s athletics. We look back at our history and pioneers as we continue to strive for equity in all we do.
more informationCatherine Hiebel ’22 and Melina Boutris ’22 will teach English in Spain and Austria, respectively.
more informationWhat happens when you start a devised theater project with three Southwestern University students and the Anton Checkov play, The Cherry Orchard? You end up with a nationally recognized production called G.H.O.S.T. Unit: The Live Event.
more informationSTARS, the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System measures and encourages sustainability in all aspects of higher education.
more informationJahmaal and Jermaine Dumes ’17 give us an inside look into their time at SU and their new business, Down South Cajjun Eats!
more informationProfessor of Mathematics Fumiko Futamura gave a talk titled “Curious Invariants in Projective Geometry, and Where to Find them in Art and Music” at the Rice University Undergraduate Colloquium in Houston, Texas, on April 5.
—April 2022Professor of Mathematics Fumiko Futamura cotaught a virtual minicourse for instructors along with her colleagues Annalisa Crannell (Franklin & Marshall College) and Marc Frantz (Indiana University). The minicourse, titled Gaining Perspective on Geometry: IBL Activities That Use Art in Projective Geometry, ran June 8, 15, 22, and 29 through the Mathematical Association of America virtual programming and covered perspective drawing, Desargues’s Theorem, the cross ratio, and perspective collineations.
—July 2021The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science was active at the Joint Mathematics Meetings, with national meetings of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), the American Mathematical Society (AMS), the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM), and more. It is the largest meeting of mathematicians in the world. The meetings were held in Denver, CO, January 15–18, 2020.
Professor of Mathematics Fumiko Futamura coauthored an IBL-style textbook titled Perspective and Projective Geometry (Princeton University Press, 2019), with her colleagues Annalisa Crannell, of Franklin & Marshall College, and Marc Frantz, of Indiana University. The textbook introduces students to geometry through perspective drawing, leading students to discover ideas through hands-on activities, including drawing, analyzing Renaissance paintings and photographs, and GeoGebra constructions. The textbook also guides students to develop rigorous proofs for their conjectures and can be used as an introduction to proofs course for undergraduate math majors.
—January 2020Professor of Mathematics Fumiko Futamura was the inaugural speaker at the newly formed Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Club at Anderson High School in Austin, TX. She shared her experiences and reflections on getting her Ph.D. in mathematics as a Japanese woman and spoke about her research in math and art.
—October 2019