Amid the grim era of U.S. slavery, January 1st loomed as ‘Hiring Day’ or ‘Heartbreak Day’ a harrowing time when enslavers would settle debts by trading Black lives.
From studying a gene that is mutated in many human cancers to learning more about an age-old volcano on the Moon, SMU professors and students kept making international headlines in 2023. Here are some of the highlights.