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Led by dedicated faculty, top-notch career services, and a vibrant campus community, Southwestern University has again earned recognition as one of the top institutions in the country.
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Professor of Communication Studies Bob Bednar led five students deep into the Houston Methodist Hospital system to analyze organizational communication at one of the nation’s leading healthcare systems.
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As perspectives surrounding higher education shift, Southwestern University is doubling down on the impact and value of a liberal arts education.
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Since the launch of the Thrive campaign in 2018, the Southwestern community has donated over $160 million to elevate student success, enhance academic excellence, and transform the campus.
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In the true spirit of Paideia, physics and computer science students put their heads together to complete two different research objectives.
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Learn more about the legacy of Southwestern University’s first female registrar through a series of letters between Pearl Alma Neas, Lyndon Baines Johnson, and Lady Bird Johnson.
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Nationwide education services company honors Southwestern University as a 2025 “Best Value College.”
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SU recognized as one of the top student-centered undergraduate universities in the nation, anchored by strong career development, business, and education programs.
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Incoming students and families had their first chance to experience life at Southwestern during Sprog orientation sessions this summer.
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A pair of first-year biochemistry majors designed their own experiment aimed at increasing certain chemical compounds produced by spinach plants using different types of fertilizers.
more informationLed by dedicated faculty, top-notch career services, and a vibrant campus community, Southwestern University has again earned recognition as one of the top institutions in the country.
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Professor of Communication Studies Bob Bednar led five students deep into the Houston Methodist Hospital system to analyze organizational communication at one of the nation’s leading healthcare systems.
more information
As perspectives surrounding higher education shift, Southwestern University is doubling down on the impact and value of a liberal arts education.
more information
Since the launch of the Thrive campaign in 2018, the Southwestern community has donated over $160 million to elevate student success, enhance academic excellence, and transform the campus.
more information
In the true spirit of Paideia, physics and computer science students put their heads together to complete two different research objectives.
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Learn more about the legacy of Southwestern University’s first female registrar through a series of letters between Pearl Alma Neas, Lyndon Baines Johnson, and Lady Bird Johnson.
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Nationwide education services company honors Southwestern University as a 2025 “Best Value College.”
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SU recognized as one of the top student-centered undergraduate universities in the nation, anchored by strong career development, business, and education programs.
more information
Incoming students and families had their first chance to experience life at Southwestern during Sprog orientation sessions this summer.
more information
A pair of first-year biochemistry majors designed their own experiment aimed at increasing certain chemical compounds produced by spinach plants using different types of fertilizers.
more informationLed by dedicated faculty, top-notch career services, and a vibrant campus community, Southwestern University has again earned recognition as one of the top institutions in the country.
more information
Professor of Communication Studies Bob Bednar led five students deep into the Houston Methodist Hospital system to analyze organizational communication at one of the nation’s leading healthcare systems.
more information
As perspectives surrounding higher education shift, Southwestern University is doubling down on the impact and value of a liberal arts education.
more information
Since the launch of the Thrive campaign in 2018, the Southwestern community has donated over $160 million to elevate student success, enhance academic excellence, and transform the campus.
more information
In the true spirit of Paideia, physics and computer science students put their heads together to complete two different research objectives.
more information
Nationwide education services company honors Southwestern University as a 2025 “Best Value College.”
more information
SU recognized as one of the top student-centered undergraduate universities in the nation, anchored by strong career development, business, and education programs.
more information
Incoming students and families had their first chance to experience life at Southwestern during Sprog orientation sessions this summer.
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A pair of first-year biochemistry majors designed their own experiment aimed at increasing certain chemical compounds produced by spinach plants using different types of fertilizers.
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Trustee Brent Austin has encouraged the Southwestern community to match his $500,000 gift and push the University closer to reaching its fundraising goal for the new facility.
more informationLed by dedicated faculty, top-notch career services, and a vibrant campus community, Southwestern University has again earned recognition as one of the top institutions in the country.
more information
Professor of Communication Studies Bob Bednar led five students deep into the Houston Methodist Hospital system to analyze organizational communication at one of the nation’s leading healthcare systems.
more information
As perspectives surrounding higher education shift, Southwestern University is doubling down on the impact and value of a liberal arts education.
more information
Since the launch of the Thrive campaign in 2018, the Southwestern community has donated over $160 million to elevate student success, enhance academic excellence, and transform the campus.
more information
In the true spirit of Paideia, physics and computer science students put their heads together to complete two different research objectives.
more information
Learn more about the legacy of Southwestern University’s first female registrar through a series of letters between Pearl Alma Neas, Lyndon Baines Johnson, and Lady Bird Johnson.
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Nationwide education services company honors Southwestern University as a 2025 “Best Value College.”
more information
SU recognized as one of the top student-centered undergraduate universities in the nation, anchored by strong career development, business, and education programs.
more information
Incoming students and families had their first chance to experience life at Southwestern during Sprog orientation sessions this summer.
more information
A pair of first-year biochemistry majors designed their own experiment aimed at increasing certain chemical compounds produced by spinach plants using different types of fertilizers.
more informationLed by dedicated faculty, top-notch career services, and a vibrant campus community, Southwestern University has again earned recognition as one of the top institutions in the country.
more information
Professor of Communication Studies Bob Bednar led five students deep into the Houston Methodist Hospital system to analyze organizational communication at one of the nation’s leading healthcare systems.
more information
As perspectives surrounding higher education shift, Southwestern University is doubling down on the impact and value of a liberal arts education.
more information
Since the launch of the Thrive campaign in 2018, the Southwestern community has donated over $160 million to elevate student success, enhance academic excellence, and transform the campus.
more information
In the true spirit of Paideia, physics and computer science students put their heads together to complete two different research objectives.
more information
Learn more about the legacy of Southwestern University’s first female registrar through a series of letters between Pearl Alma Neas, Lyndon Baines Johnson, and Lady Bird Johnson.
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Nationwide education services company honors Southwestern University as a 2025 “Best Value College.”
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SU recognized as one of the top student-centered undergraduate universities in the nation, anchored by strong career development, business, and education programs.
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Trustee Brent Austin has encouraged the Southwestern community to match his $500,000 gift and push the University closer to reaching its fundraising goal for the new facility.
more informationBy embracing the support system on campus and the resources available through Southwestern’s liberal arts education, first-generation student Fernando Cruz-Rivera ’26 has put himself on track to a successful career in government.
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Professor of Political Science Bob Snyder had his paper “The Myth of Trump’s Transactional Foreign Policy” accepted for publication in the International Journal. It shows that Trump’s foreign policy has been more tributary than, as often characterized, transactional.
—August 2025Professor of Political Science Bob Snyder presented his paper “The US and Iran: Understanding the Breakdown in Relations” at the International Studies Association’s conference at the University of Rijeka in Rijeka, Croatia in June.
Professor of Political Science Bob Snyder had his paper titled “Realist or Just Anti-Liberal? Trump’s Foreign Policy in Retrospect” accepted for publication in the journal International Journal. It demonstrates that the Trump administration’s foreign policy of retrenchment was motivated less by the purported goal of reducing costs than by the desire to weaken liberal international practices, which had similar domestic ramifications.
—November 2023Professor of Political Science Bob Snyder presented “The Fall of Afghanistan: An American Tragedy” at the International Studies Association’s conference at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco, in June.
—July 2023Professor of Political Science Bob Snyder had his paper titled “An American Tragedy: The Fall of Afghanistan” accepted for publication in the journal Small Wars & Insurgencies.
—December 2022