Orange Bowl Collection Finds a New Home at UM
After 62 years of colorful, themed floats and high-stepping marching bands, Miami’s Orange Bowl Parade marched into history in 2002. But its legacy lives on at the University of Miami’s Richter Library.
Jackie Nespral Gives Advice on Overcoming Obstacles, Persevering
Newly minted degrees in disciplines ranging from the arts and humanities to law, music, and the sciences proved to be the just rewards for more than 800 students who graduated at Fall commencement.
Reviving the Dream
Prior to his lecture, Benjamin Chavis talks with, from left, students Arlesa Hubbard, co-chair of UM’s 2012 MLK Celebration Committee, and Dara Collins, president of United Black Students, which helped bring Chavis to campus; Renee Dickens Callan, director of Multicultural Student Affairs; and student Yasmin Assar, MLK Committee co-chair. Much older today but still consumed with [...]
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Shining a Light on Abuse
As two rows of people in azure T-shirts faced each other in the growing darkness, a young woman arrived to begin coaxing flames from the unlit candles they held. The woman lighting the candles was Lauren Book, who came to The Rock last Wednesday on the Coral Gables campus to shine a light on the issue [...]
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Celebrated Geometer Explains How Math Helps Unify Physics
Shing-Tung Yau, William Caspar Graustein Professor of Mathematics at Harvard, addresses attendees of the 2012 McKnight Zame Distinguished Lecture. A standing-room-only crowd of students, faculty, and string-theory enthusiasts welcomed Fields medalist Shing-Tung Yau to the CAS Gallery on January 17 for the 2012 McKnight-Zame Distinguished Lecture. Yau, who currently serves as William Caspar Graustein Professor of Mathematics [...]
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Art Imitates Life
Art of all kinds was on display and up for sale during the annual Beaux Arts Festival, held January 7-8 on the grounds of the Lowe Art Museum. More than 25,000 people visited the festival, admiring and purchasing works in 11 media. Proceeds benefited the Lowe Art Museum, which this year celebrates its 60th anniversary. The [...]
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With faculty at the University of Miami receiving more than $350 million in sponsored grants and contracts in last year’s extremely competitive funding period, a ranking as the top school in the state in U.S.News & World Report, and an increasingly complex web of regulations and guidelines for researchers to navigate,
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Approximately 80,000 industrial chemicals are in use and about 700 new chemicals are introduced to commerce each year in the United States, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
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The University of Miami women’s tennis team will enter the season ranked No. 11 in the nation, as announced by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).
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