As part of an ongoing commitment to postdoctoral scholars (recipients of fellowships and T32 training grants), the University of Miami offers a benefits package to postdoctoral scholars and their families, which became effective on June 1. Benefits include vacation and sick leave, medical, dental, life, and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, plus access to UM employee discounts.

Please click here to view the postdoctoral scholars’ benefits summary. If you have any questions related to the UM postdoctoral scholar benefits, please contact the Benefits team directly at 305-284-3004 or complete the online inquiry form at www.miami.edu/benefits/ask.

The University of Miami Ethics Programs, in conjunction with the Department of Philosophy, will host a lecture by Antonio Correa, of Havana’s Universidad de las Artes, on Tuesday, June 5 at 7 p.m. at the Learning Center, Room 180. Correa’s lecture will open a dialogue for the exchange of philosophical thought in Cuba and what has been called “Cuban philosophy.” The presentation will be in Spanish. For additional information, please call 305-243-5723 or email [email protected].

Drew Middle School students listen to a presentation at UM's Toppel Career Center.

When it came time for a group of middle school students to visit the University of Miami’s College of Engineering for a presentation on the many tasks performed by engineers, seventh grader Jermaine Anderson made sure he had a front-row seat for the slide show.

The 13-year-old listened intently as director of admission David Poole talked about the many wonders made possible by biomedical engineers—from better prosthetic arms and legs for soldiers who have lost limbs to a pill-sized camera that allows physicians to peer inside the human body. Read the full story

Marjorie Montague, a professor in the School of Education and Human Development who created a program that helps students with learning disabilities to understand, analyze, and solve mathematical equations, passed away on Sunday, May 13.

“Marjorie made great contributions to the University and the scholarly community,” said Dean Isaac Prilleltensky. “She was a distinguished researcher and great mentor to junior colleagues and doctoral students. We mourn her passing and send our condolences to her family and friends.” Read the full story

Martin Casuso’s Master of Fine Arts exhibition “of-things-being-what-they-are-not” is on view through June 22 at the University of Miami Gallery at the Wynwood Building, 2750 NW Third Avenue, Suite 4. An opening reception will be held Saturday, June 9 from 2 to 9 p.m.

Casuso’s work has its origins in mainstream handiwork and hobby, with a deliberate shift from a traditional application of these crafts. His work involves an ongoing exploration of how gender, sexual preference, materials, and processes relate to themes of domesticity. The materials of craft, sometimes made by unseen hands of the past or by the artist himself, are combined with a more industrial palette of hardware supplies or thrift store housewares to make new “old” objects that are not gender specific. They in turn reflect Casuso’s own relationship with domesticity, shifting from being objects of use to objects of contemplation.

For more information, contact Milly Cardoso at 305-284-3161 or [email protected].