OFFICE OF THE PROVOST
The University's new executive vice president and provost brought the can-do spirit he honed as a boy—and employed as a biomedical engineer to revolutionize the use of magnetic resonance imaging—to the U, where he's excited about the opportunity to "explore complex questions and solve different types of problems."
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UNIVERSITY
World-renowned economist María de Lourdes Dieck-Assad, who has served as Mexico’s ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg and as chief of the Mexican Mission to the European Union, is the University's new vice president for hemispheric and global affairs.
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MOVING THE U FORWARD
Sign up now to meet and chat with new University and student leaders from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on either Wednesday, September 6 at the Miller School of Medicine or Thursday, September 7 on the Coral Gables campus.
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OFFICE OF UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSION
As an immigrant and spokesperson for the U Dreamers program, Iris Florez is eagerly helping exceptional high school students whose immigration status makes them ineligible for federal financial aid realize their dreams of a college education.
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ROADMAP TO OUR NEW CENTURY
This update on the Roadmap Initiatives, which are designed to fulfill the University’s aspirations by its 2025 centennial, looks at how UM will expand the number of endowed faculty chairs to attract, retain, and recognize excellence in research, scholarship, and practice.
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STUDENT AFFAIRS
In collaboration with units across campus, the Department of Housing and Residential Life welcomed the Class of 2021 last week with "Cruise Ship Move-In"—provided by members of the USS Student Move-In Team, who unloaded and delivered the belongings of more than 2,000 freshmen as they began settling into their residential colleges.
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UM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Use Box's new desktop application, now available to all faculty, staff, and students, to search your entire Box account without opening a browser, view your Box folder tree on your desktop, and much more.
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MEET A 'CANE
Meet this ’Cane who helps the community join the University family and find out how you can be the next ’Cane in the spotlight by visiting InsideUM on Facebook.
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FACULTY AND STAFF ASSISTANCE
Attend this monthly seminar, offered on all three campuses this week, to awaken your innate capacity for mindful living and nurture a practice to positively inspire every facet of your life.
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LEADERSHIP MIAMI
The University is looking for enthusiastic individuals interested in joining the next class of Leadership Miami and making our community a better place to live, work, and play.
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TRACK AND FIELD
University of Miami alumna and Fort Lauderdale native Shakima Wimbley, third from left, added “world champion” to her long list of accolades, helping the United States win the gold medal in the women’s 4x400m final in a world-leading time of 3:19.02 at the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London.
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PHYSICS DEPARTMENT
Bring your eclipse glasses, or pick up a pair in the courtyard of the Knight Physics Buidling, adjacent to Wilder Auditorium, to safely watch nearly 80 percent of the sun disappear behind the moon over Miami between 2 and 3:30 p.m. on Monday, August 21, when the Physics Department hosts an eclipse watch.
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JERRY HERMAN RING THEATRE
Faculty and Theatre Arts students will kick off the Ring Theatre’s new season at 7 p.m. on Sunday, August 27 with a free performance of songs and scenes from five upcoming plays—Pippin, Romance Romance, Romeo and Juliet, The Mountaintop, and The Pirates of Penzance.
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