By Robert C. Jones Jr.
UM News

Prior to his New Student Convocation address, Thomas Friedman answered questions posed by student media.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (August 21, 2014) – Most of them won’t graduate and start their careers for another four years, but the more than 400 University of Miami freshmen who packed the BankUnited Center Wednesday got some sage advice on what it will take to advance in the workforce that awaits: an ability to find their “unique value contribution.” Read the full story

Stanford University psychiatrist Elias Aboujaoude delivered UM's New Student Convocation address.

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 spoke at the University of Miami’s New Student Convocation. Read the full story

Wearing an orange UM polo shirt, Carl Schramm answers questions from students during the Q&A portion of the New Student Convocation.

With the nation still mired in an economic downturn, entrepreneur expert Carl J. Schramm told hundreds of University of Miami students last Friday that they could play an important role in reshaping the U.S. economy, encouraging them to think creatively and start ventures that spur job growth, generate wealth, and create innovation.

“It’s our job to make the American economy robust and strong,” said Schramm, delivering the New Student Convocation address at UM’s BankUnited Center. Read the full story