Events @ Bridwell

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Public Programs:

All events are free and open to the SMU community and the general public.

Fall 2024

  • Texas Economic Forum

    Topic: What's Up in the Air?
    Featuring: 
    Gary Leff, View from the Wing blogger
    Scott McCartney, former Wall Street Journal "Middle Seat" columnist
    Description: Two of the sharpest writers on airlines and airports discuss competition and other hot topics in one of Texas biggest industries.
    When: September 17
    6:00 pm Reception, 7:00 pm Panel
    (Crum Auditorium, Collins Executive Education Center, SMU)

  • Flourishing and a Free Society

    Topic: Freedom and the Arts
    Featuring: Terry and Matt Kibbe, Free the People
    Description: When economic freedom is lacking people often turn to the arts to express themselves. Join Terry & Matt Kibbe to discuss Free the People’s new documentary film, The Free Life, about Cuban-born artist Carlos Luna, whose teacher and grandmother warned him of the risks of practicing his art in Fidel Castro’s Cuba. Terry and Matt will discuss this project plus Free the People’s efforts to turn on the next generation to the values of personal liberty and peaceful cooperation by making these ideas entertaining, accessible, and human.
    When: October 17
    6:00 pm Reception7:00 pm Panel
    (Crum Auditorium, Collins Executive Education Center, SMU)

  • Other events (by invitation only):

    Reading Group Summit
    October 12