Southern Methodist University, or SMU, was brought to court over its plan to drop its affiliation with the Methodist Church.

Southern Methodist University in Dallas tried to declare its independence after the church voted to ban gay weddings and clergy in 2019.

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 ...

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

The Texas Supreme Court heard arguments on if SMU can split from the United Methodist Church after the board of trustees voted to leave the church in 2019 following the church's refusal to recognize ...

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 ...

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 is one of more than 800 institutions with graduate schools surveyed by U.S. News on an annual basis. Southern Methodist University confers degrees through various ...

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 ...

Syra Castillo is an intern with The Dallas Morning News' Arts & Entertainment team and is a student at Southern Methodist ...

The case stems from a lawsuit the United Methodist Church’s South Central Jurisdictional Conference, which runs the church’s congregations in eight states including Texas, filed against SMU 2019 over ...