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FROST MUSEUM OF SCIENCE

Wonder Women of Science

The new Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science kicked off its LIVE@Frost Science lecture series with a discussion featuring three of the University of Miami's wonder women of science—oceanographer Lisa Beal, biomedical researcher Kilan Ashad-Bishop and cultural neuroscientist Elizabeth Losin.

 

 
ROADMAP TO OUR NEW CENTURY

STEM@UM

This update on the Roadmap initiatives, which are designed to fulfill the University’s aspirations by its 2025 centennial, looks at the strategic investments UM is making in the STEM disciplines to enhance its potential to be a world leader in research.

 
SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION

The Orange Umbrella

Managed by lecturer Melissa Jane Barnes and employing students from numerous disciplines, the new Orange Umbrella Student Consultancy offers public relations, advertising, film production, web design and other services under, yes, one umbrella.

 
DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS

A NASPA Surprise

In just her second year as a full-time employee, Heather Stevens is the Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education's outstanding new professional for Region III, which encompasses 11 states and six countries.

 
CASE AWARDS

Recognition for the Inauguration

The University of Miami received two Circle of Excellence awards for its celebration of President Julio Frenk’s inauguration and outreach to alumni during the weeklong extravaganza.

 

LOWE ART MUSEUM

The Fine Art of Healing

Medical, nursing and physical therapy graduate students gathered at the Lowe Art Museum last week to fine tune the essential patient-safety skills of observation and communication—by looking at art.

 

'Incurable' Cancer Meets Its Match


Miami Declares Dr. Kathleen Schrank Day


Refining the Details of Ocean Circulation


Men Get Breast Cancer, Too


 

INSIDEUM

FACULTY AND STAFF ENGAGEMENT

Taking Action

Approachable, receptive and genuine—those are some of the words staff used to describe Julio Frenk after their Conversations with President Frenk session, the “One Action” he launched in response to the faculty and staff engagement survey.

 

 
UNIVERSITY FUN FACTS

Orange You Smart?

You are if you knew that the U's colors—orange, green and white—were selected in 1926 to represent the fruit, the leaves and the blossoms of the Florida orange tree.

 
MEET A 'CANE

Spotlight on Gilad

Get to know this ’Cane who likes to express his creative side and find out how you can be the next ’Cane in the spotlight by visiting InsideUM on Facebook.

 

ATHLETICS

EXPLORING UNIQUE TIES

Only in Miami

That often-heard phrase is taking on new life in an Athletics Department campaign featuring stories, videos and fan submissions highlighting the unique ties between the Hurricanes and the city they call home

 

 
WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING

Making the Grade

Tying for the highest GPA of any Florida school, members of the women's swimming and diving program were recognized by the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America for excellence in the classroom.

 
BASEBALL HALL OF FAME

Burrell Gets the Call

Hurricanes standout Pat Burrell will be inducted into the Omaha College Baseball Hall of Fame on July 1, joining another legendary Hurricane, former head coach Ron Fraser, as a member.

 

UM PRESENTS

 
RICHTER LIBRARY

The Legacy of Denman Fink

Denman Fink's portrait of UM President Bowman Ashe is the centerpiece of a new exhibit at Richter Library—a taste of a larger one at the Coral Gables Museum—on the legacy of the acclaimed artist, illustrator and uncle of George Merrick.

 
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI ART GALLERY

Sweet Summertime

Opening with a reception on Saturday, July 8, alumna Jacqueline Gopie's exhibition of paintings depicting children enjoying Sweet Summertime infuses "more black and brown bodies into that homogenized arena called fine art'' to show we are all the same, we all want to play in the sun.

 

TAKENOTE

Be Counted! Log Your Community Service Hours by July 15


Send Your Child to Camp at the STEM+L Summer Academy


Inactive? Volunteer for UM's Worksite Wellness Study


 

FEATURED EVENTS

Jun
29

12:00 pm

Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Behavioral Health Care