April 6, 2018
The Friday Five
Welcome to The Friday Five.
Much of their work is conducted behind the scenes, done quietly and effectively without much fanfare. Under the leadership of Vice President and General Counsel Aileen Ugalde, the Office of the General Counsel handles the University of Miami’s most sensitive and confidential issues. The Daily Business Review has recognized the exemplary work of Aileen and her team, naming the Office of the General Counsel an honoree of its 2018 Professional Excellence Awards as a top in-house legal department led by general counsel in Florida. The award for Legal Department of the Year acknowledges “innovative programs, problem-solving ingenuity and high-quality client service."
This week’s roundup:
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The Daily Business Review reports that the University of Miami is recognized as a top in-house legal department led by general counsel in Florida. UM's Office of the General Counsel will be celebrated as the top Legal Department of the Year at a May 30 event.
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CrossFit may or may not be an end goal for lower-limb amputees. Regardless, they'll have to spend time just working on getting their walk correct again. CNET reports that the University of Miami's Frost School of Music, Miller School of Medicine and College of Engineering are working on a mobile app called ReLoad to help people do that.
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Brian McNoldy, a professor who works on cyclone research at the University of Miami’s world-renowned Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, discusses the upcoming 2018 Hurricane Season—which begins on June 1—with The Washington Post.
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Americans are consuming more news than ever—and it’s driving us further and further apart. That’s according to a new paper from Neil Johnson, a physicist who runs the University of Miami’s Complexity interdisciplinary group, which is examining collective behavior in a number of fields, reports the Miami Herald.
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Whether or not conspiracy theories are more pervasive today is unclear. Joseph Uscinski, associate professor at the University of Miami and the author of American Conspiracy Theories, tells Maclean's (Canada) that social scientists have been keeping track of polling regarding the issue for only a decade.
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Jacqueline R. Menendez
Vice President, University Communications
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