Two major programs made big moves at the University at Buffalo. As The N ews’ Jon Harris reports, the school has officially welcomed the Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute under its ...

The dispute, which some critics say tests the church’s autonomy, reached the Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday for arguments.

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 ...

DALLAS – Southern Methodist University has named a new president. Jay Hartzell, currently president of the University of Texas at Austin, will assume the title effective June 1 after a unanimous ...

Southern Methodist University and United Methodist Church have been in a legal battle over the university's authority since 2019. In a bid to sever ties with the United Methodist Church, Southern ...

Tim Casper, executive vice president for student affairs at Madison College, has been named interim president after Jack E. Daniels III retired. David Wain Coon, former president of College of ...

The crux of the issue is who controls the university—its Board of Trustees or the church—following the university’s 2019 attempt to distance itself. This move occurred as the church adopted stricter ...

In a photo from August of 2024 UT President Jay Hartzell talks with reporters at a press conference on Guadalupe street. Hartzell announced Tuesday he is leaving to become Southern Methodist ...

The Texas Supreme Court is hearing a case over church control of Southern Methodist University (SMU) regarding a dispute with ...

Despite the UMC's efforts to defuse tensions, it had already lost more than 7,000 churches, about a quarter of its total congregation nationwide since the initial vote. Bering Church in Houston is ...

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