Southern Methodist University is a private research university in Dallas, University Park, and Highland Park. Founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SMU operates satellite campuses ...

Last week I reflected on what it was once like in rural south Georgia where Methodists and Baptists largely controlled the religious playing field between them. The dynamics between these two ...

Students play football on the lawn in front of Dallas Hall on Monday, March 6, 2023, at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. A multi-year fight over whether Southern Methodist University can ...

The Texas Supreme Court ruled June 27, 2025, that the United Methodist Church can sue Southern Methodist University to enforce more control over the school, which the church founded in 1911. The ...

The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that the United Methodist Church can keep fighting for control of Southern Methodist University. In 2019, the Dallas-based school changed its governing documents, ...

Dallas Hall on the Southern Methodist University Campus in Dallas, Texas. (Jeffrey Beall/Wikimedia Commons) (CN) — Southern Methodist University urged the Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday to throw out ...

Despite working on $1.4B worth of projects over the last five-plus years, Southern Methodist University’s chief architect said the school is still looking at growth opportunities. While the bulk of ...

R. Gerald Turner, SMU’s longest-serving president, will step down from his role at the end of this school year after 30 years. Turner joined Southern Methodist University in 1995 and is credited with ...

The pandemic also forced the United Methodist Church to cancel a potentially momentous national meeting last May that’s now rescheduled for late August. The same topic will dominate the agenda: ...