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��«����Ƶ defeated Fresno State 43-10 to win the Sheraton Hawai‘i Bowl.

In spring 2013, the Meadows Museum will present 'Impressions of Europe: 19th-Century Vistas by Martín Rico,' the first museum retrospective devoted to Martín Rico, a pioneer in the development of landscape painting in Europe.

Amy and Les Ware have given $1 million to create a Law School professorship at ��«����Ƶ.

��«����Ƶ wishes you and yours happiness and peace in this holiday season.

Meadows Museum acquires five important Spanish paintings with gift from former Cox Dean Alan Coleman.

��«����Ƶ will play the Fresno State Bulldogs in the 2012 Sheraton Hawai‘I Bowl on Christmas Eve.

Santosh Adhikari's journey to an ��«����Ƶ diploma began with reading by candlelight.

Sherrill English, assistant clinical professor at ��«����Ƶ's Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development, talks about fun learning activities for toddlers.

Karen Thomas, professor of journalism at ��«����Ƶ's Meadows School of the Arts, reviews "The Twelve Tribes of Hattie", a new novel by Ayana Mathis.

The ��«����Ƶ community celebrated the graduation of more than 700 students on December 15, 2012, in Moody Coliseum. Civic and philanthropic leader Caren H. Prothro, chair of the ��«����Ƶ Board of Trustees, delivered the commencement address.

Perkins School of Theology at ��«����Ƶ Methodist University will host Ministers Week February 4-6, 2013. The theme for the 2013 Ministers Week is “Hope for a Restless Church: Ancient Wisdom for Contemporary Leaders.”

Books by ��«����Ƶ faculty, students and staff to please those on your list.

J. Suzanne Frank, novelist and director of The Writer's Path creative writing program at ��«����Ƶ's Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Educationa and Human Development, talks about writing and how successful writers get started.

Rick Worland, film and media professor at ��«����Ƶ's Meadows School of the Arts, talks about CIA torture as portrayed in the movie "Zero Dark Thirty".

Two ��«����Ƶ students become the first west of Ohio to earn degrees in human rights.

Don't expect the world to end on 12-21-12, says Archaeologist Brigitte Kovacevich.

Text of the December 2012 Commencement Address by ��«����Ƶ Board of Trustees Chair Caren Prothro

Engaged Learning Week, scheduled for Jan. 23-25, will promote learning outside the classroom.

��«����Ƶ experts offer tips for enjoying the holidays while avoiding the stress and tribulations.

Tips for helping make the holidays fun – not stressful – for the youngest members of these re-arranged households.

A now-classic study by ��«����Ƶ marketing professor Daniel Howard holds that giving a gift that has been lovingly wrapped does influence the recipient to value it more.

Five tips from ��«����Ƶ’s Hegi Family Career Development ��«����Ƶ to make the holiday season successful and ring in the new year with a new job.

��«����Ƶ Music Professor Martin Sweidel shares his list of holiday favorites.

10 tips for dealing with children's relentless “must-have” gifts this holiday season.

Hal Barkley, Director of Counseling in ��«����Ƶ's Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development, offers 10 tips for coping with holiday stress.

Civic leader Caren H. Prothro will deliver the commencement address at ��«����Ƶ on Saturday.

Dream Week at ��«����Ƶ celebrates the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and recalls his speaking at the University in 1966. The 2013 observance will be January 21-25.

��«����Ƶ faculty, fossils and artifacts enhanced the newly opened Perot Museum.

Roza, a Hunt Scholar, blogs from Copenhagen about meeting people caught in the flow of history.

The Guildhall at ��«����Ƶ will host its bi-annual graduate Exhibition showcasing video games developed by graduating students on Friday, December 14, 2012.

��«����Ƶ Political Science Professor Cal Jillson talks about politics, the presidential election, and the state of Carl Rove's career.

Review and photos of "Major Barbara" performance by students at ��«����Ƶ's Meadows School of the Arts.

See a slide show and videos from 2012 TEDx��«����Ƶ events.

A $1.5 million gift from the Kleinheinz Family Endowment will establish an endowed chair in Art History.

Michael K. McLendon of ��«����Ƶ produced a study for the Texas Coalition for Excellence in Higher Education that concludes undergraduate education at the University of Texas and Texas A&M University generally compares favorably with that at other public research universities.

��«����Ƶ senior running back Zach Line has been named the Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year as selected by the league's 12 head football coaches.

Ericsson North America recently challenged Texas university students to a 24-hour, round-the-clock app development competition - known as a hackathon.

Graduate Research Day is scheduled for February 27, 2013, in Hughes-Trigg Student ��«����Ƶ on the ��«����Ƶ campus.

With finals upon us, some tips for taking care of yourself and doing well on your exams.

��«����Ƶ's Celebration of Lights on December 2 kicked off the holiday season with singing, reading of the Christmas Story and lighting the Main Quad with 100,000 lights.

Feature stories on ��«����Ƶ Men's Basketball Coach Larry Brown.

��«����Ƶ will play the Fresno State Bulldogs in the 2012 Sheraton Hawai‘I Bowl on Christmas Eve.

��«����Ƶ Cox School of Business Professors Robert Lawson and Richard Alm write about why Texas has been growing faster and creating more jobs than other states.

David Chard, dean of ��«����Ƶ's Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education & Human Development, writes about recruiting, supporting and rewarding good teachers.

Dallas, AT&T and ��«����Ƶ plan a championship golf complex in southern Dallas.

Pulitzer Prize-nominated historian H.W. Brands spoke on “Don’t Dare to Be Great: The Paradoxes of Presidential History” at the inaugural public forum of ��«����Ƶ’s ��«����Ƶ for Presidential History.

Albert W. Niemi Jr., dean of ��«����Ƶ's Cox School of Business, shares is economic outlook for Georgia.

Matthew Wilson, political science professor at ��«����Ƶ's Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, talks about Jon Huntsman's GOP standing after affiliating with bipartisan organization.

An ��«����Ƶ graduate student makes the case for passage of the STEM Jobs Act, HR 6429.

Student talks about his experience in the Caruth's Institute for Entrepreneurship Starting a Business Certificate program in ��«����Ƶ's Cox School of Business.

David Chard, dean of ��«����Ƶ's Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development, calls for strengthening the teacher pipeline.

Prasanna Rangarajan, a native of India and a Ph.D. student in electrical engineering at ��«����Ƶ, writes in support of the passage of the STEM Jobs Act, HR 6429, which he says "would provide students like me an opportunity to create jobs here in the United States, as opposed to other foreign countries."

John Lowe, law professor and oil and gas law expert at ��«����Ƶ's Dedman School of Law, talks about the lack of gas drilling discussions at Dallas City Hall.

Dallas, AT&T and ��«����Ƶ plan a championship golf complex in southern Dallas.

William Lawrence, dean of ��«����Ƶ's Perkins School of Theology, and Matthew Wilson, political science professor at ��«����Ƶ's Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, share why we say grace before a meal.

Deborah Diffily, education professor at ��«����Ƶ's Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development, talks about why pre-K education matters.

Sarah Feuerbacher, clinic director of ��«����Ƶ’s ��«����Ƶ for Family Counseling, talks about the sense of loss when your side doesn't win.

Matthew Wilson, political science professor at ��«����Ƶ's Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, talks about the coming demographic chages to his political district.

The Daily Campus Managing Editor Rahfin Faruk writes about the problems businesses in West Dallas have getting financing.

Vintage photo of ��«����Ƶ's Dallas Hall, circa 1914.

Jeffrey Engel, fellow at ��«����Ƶ's John Goodwin Tower ��«����Ƶ for Political Studies, talks about North Texans' reaction to recent cease fire in Middle East.

Michael Davis, economist at ��«����Ƶ's Cox School of Business, talks about why recent information from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics does not fully explain why women earn less than men.

Pulitzer Prize-nominated historian H.W. Brands will speak on “Don’t Dare to Be Great: The Paradoxes of Presidential History” at the inaugural public forum of ��«����Ƶ’s ��«����Ƶ for Presidential History.

A student of ��«����Ƶ's Cox School of Business' Master of Science in accounting program talks about his competitive edge.

Robin Pinkley, managment professor at ��«����Ƶ's Cox School of Business, touts the b-school to Bloomberg Business.

100 years ago this week, the cornerstone for ��«����Ƶ's iconic Dallas Hall was laid.

The Cox School of Business and ��«����Ƶ Methodist University’s Community Engagement Council are collaborating with AT&T’s Aspire Mentoring Academy to mentor students at risk of dropping out of high school.

TEDx��«����Ƶ and TEDxKids@��«����Ƶ return Nov. 30 - Dec. 1 with live streaming of ideas outside the box.

Christian Genco of Colleyville, Texas, a computer science major at ��«����Ƶ, performs the Star Spangled Banner by sampling various foods.

TEDx��«����Ƶ Executive Director Sharon Lyle and Sharon Blumberg, founder of Chooze and a TEDx��«����Ƶ presenter, talk about the upcoming event.

��«����Ƶ defensive end Margus Hunt has blocked more kicks than anyone in NCAA history. However, he plays more than just football. He is becoming an accomplished pianist as well.

Scott A. Norris, an assistant professor in ��«����Ƶ’s Department of Mathematics, talks to ABC Nightline about the very slim odds of winning the $500 million in Wednesday night’s Powerball lottery.

Evan Taylor, a senior at ��«����Ƶ, talks about being a fan of U.S. Presidents, including decorating his room with presidential memorabilia.

Joe Gargiulo, ��«����Ƶ’s Chief Information Officer for Information Technology, talks about the never-ending demand for more Internet bandwidth at ��«����Ƶ Methodist University and other college campuses.

��«����Ƶ Professor Joerg Rieger of Perkins School of Theology talks about Walmart workers and their supporters who staged Black Friday demonstrations at five North Texas stores on November 23, 2012.

HEC Montréal, Bocconi University Graduate School of Management and ��«����Ƶ announce the appointment of an international advisory committee in conjunction with the launch of their new 12-month International Arts Management Master of Management degree (M.M.).

��«����Ƶ has accepted an invitation to play in the 2012 Sheraton Hawai`i Bowl on Dec. 24.

Perkins School of Theology at ��«����Ƶ Methodist University will present this year’s Advent/Christmas worship services Thursday, December 6, 2012, at 4:00 and 8:00 p.m. in Perkins Chapel.

��«����Ƶ's Celebration of Lights on December 2 kicks off the holiday season with singing, reading of the Christmas Story and lighting the Main Quad with 100,000 lights.

Prof. Julie Bore's insightful Voices describes teaching teens with disabilities.

��«����Ƶ, Bush Presidential Library and Sixth Floor Museum team up to commemorate JFK 50th anniversary.

Make the most of your winter break by signing up for a course by Wednesday.

Alumnus Bob Jackson's iconic photo of Ruby shooting Oswald has been donated to ��«����Ƶ.

Adjunct Artist in Residence Bernie Diaz guides cultural enrichment programs in West Dallas.

��«����Ƶ student cellist Xavier Wilson won the honor of accompanying one of the Moscow Ballet ballerinas in The Dying Swan.

��«����Ƶ will begin taking applications in December 2012 for North Texas’ first interdisciplinary graduate program in sport management.

��«����Ƶ Meadows School of the Arts launches new public relations/strategic communications degree.

Join Maya archaeologists Brigitte Kovacevich and Michael Callaghan of ��«����Ƶ’s Anthropology Department on November 26 for a panel discussion on the significance of the Mayan calendar date of December 21, 2012.

TEDxKids @��«����Ƶ returns Nov. 30 with its half-day, high-energy TED-style conference designed just for middle school students.

Student teams who have won "Big iDea" grants to help implement their ideas for addressing problems in the Dallas area will report on their progress and findings Friday, November 16, at ��«����Ƶ's Big iDeas Fall Symposium.

The announcement came at the Annual Dallas 100™ Awards Ceremony and Banquet Wednesday night at the Morton Meyerson Symphony ��«����Ƶ in Dallas.

TEDx��«����Ƶ announces the 2012 speakers for its Dec. 1 idea fest, including playwright Will Power, PBS KIDS marketing guru Lesli Rotenberg, and “Pay It Forward” leader Charley Johnson.

��«����Ƶ Cox experts predict the federal government will retain most of the Bush-era tax cuts.

The Willis M. Tate Distinguished Lecture Series presents Sanjay Gupta on November 27, 2012, in ��«����Ƶ's McFarlin Auditorium.

��«����Ƶ campus wins award for beauty from the Professional Grounds Management Society.

BIG EAST Conference Commissioner Mike Aresco, emphasizing his conference's national scope, announced that East and West divisions of six teams each in football will begin play in the 2013 season, culminating in a new BIG EAST Championship Game.

Cox School survey of business leaders picks Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers.

Men's and Women's Basketball teams open their seasons with victories as Coach Larry Brown debuts.

The PwC ��«����Ƶ Athletic Forum has named Jim Brown, former Syracuse University and Cleveland Browns star running back, as the recipient of the 2012 PwC Doak Walker Legends Award.

The Maguire Energy Institute at ��«����Ƶ Cox School of Business has honored Mark G. Papa, chairman and chief executive officer of EOG Resources Inc., and Edwin Lochridge Cox, namesake of the Edwin L. Cox School of Business.