New Hope for Paralysis Patients
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis gets the green light to begin Schwann cell human trial.
Rainforest Restoration: Students Help Rebuild a Rainforest in Puerto Rico
UM's student organization Earth Alert takes a more global approach to environmental conservation with a trip to Puerto Rico.
Miller School and Jackson Health System Approve Annual Operating Agreement
A day after Jackson Health System’s Financial Review Board unanimously approved its new Annual Operating Agreement with the Miller School of Medicine, Jackson CEO Carlos Migoya, left, and Miller School Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt, who is also senior vice president for medical affairs and CEO of UHealth, add their signatures to the 53-page document on [...]
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Stanford Psychiatrist Details Dangers of the Internet
Text messaging, Tweeting, and Facebooking are all day-to-day activities that take up a considerable amount of a person’s time. But the use of such elements of the Internet Age can have negative aspects on our day-to-day reality and behavior. That was the message delivered by Stanford University psychiatrist Elias Aboujaoude on August 17 when he [...]
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Experts Meet to Discuss Challenges Faced by an Aging Population
A panel of national and local experts, including University of Miami President Donna E. Shalala, convened on August 8 to discuss the challenges and opportunities of a rapidly growing senior population and how older adults and those who care for and about them can confront the challenges honestly and with purpose. The town hall-style event, [...]
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M.F.A. Exhibition to Feature Works in Varied Media
From ceramics and painting to printmaking and photography, the works of incoming Master of Fine Arts students will be on display from August 21 to September 14 at the College of Arts and Sciences Gallery. A reception in celebration of the exhibition’s opening will be held Friday, August 24 from 5 to 8 p.m. The [...]
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Seven UM students have been awarded 2012-2013 Fulbright scholarships to study, teach, and conduct research abroad. The recipients are among the approximately 1,700 U.S. citizens who will travel abroad for the 2012-2013 academic year through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program and represent the largest class to date of outbound UM Student Fulbright Scholars. Jethro Cessant ’12 [...]
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The Miami Hurricanes 2012 football season begins soon, and both full-time and part-time UM employees can save 20 percent off regular prices. To ensure that you get a great seat, you must act now in order to take advantage of your employee discount on season tickets and season parking. The team’s home schedule features: A great [...]
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Students from the University of Miami School of Communication have created VisualizingFlorida.org, a new multimedia website that puts a human face on statistical data in Florida. The site features facts such as the number of non-elderly people who are poor and uninsured in Florida (3.7 million), the number of homes in Miami-Dade County that are in [...]
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Jennifer Langer-Osuna, a professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at the University of Miami’s School of Education and Human Development, has been named a 2012-2013 National Academy of Education Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow. The prestigious fellowship is awarded annually to 20 early-career scholars working in critical areas of education research. Langer-Osuna will receive [...]
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The University of Miami Ethics Programs have awarded six grants for the 2012-13 Arsht Research on Ethics and Community program. The Arsht grants, now in their sixth year of funding, are made possible by the generosity of UM trustee and philanthropist Adrienne Arsht, whose gift of $3 million is the largest gift for ethics in [...]
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