A Texas Supreme Court hearing marked the climax of a significant six-year legal battle. SMU has declared its independence ...

Editor of United Methodist Insight says the lawsuit involving SMU and the United Methodist Church is the latest in a ...

A six-year legal battle between the United Methodist Church and Southern Methodist University is reaching the Texas Supreme Court today. The crux of the issue is who controls the university—its ...

University of Texas at Austin President Jay Hartzell is leaving his position to become the next president of Southern Methodist University. The Southern Methodist University Board of Trustees ...

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 ...

By Ruth Graham The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in a battle over whether Southern Methodist University can separate from the United Methodist Church. The university ...

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 ...

AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) — A multi-year fight over whether Southern Methodist University can separate itself from the United Methodist Church is heading to Texas’ highest court this month.

Jay Hartzell will lead a vastly different campus environment at Southern Methodist University after leaving the University of Texas presidency for the top job at the Dallas campus.(Eric Gay ...

University of Texas President Jay Hartzell is leaving UT to become the next president of Southern Methodist University, the private school announced Tuesday. The announcement is the latest in a ...