MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
The NIH has enlisted the University of Miami in its nationwide "All of Us" study, which is collecting health data from one million people to better understand how lifestyle, genes, and other factors impact health, and to develop unique treatments targeted to diverse individuals.
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LGBTQ INCLUSION
The University of Miami's Campus Pride Index rating has increased from 2 stars to 4 stars over the past year, reflecting the University's efforts to create a culture of belonging and inclusion for all students, including the LGBTQ community.
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UNIVERSITY
A UM assistant professor and student in the University's Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) received the top honors—for best instructor and best cadet—at this year's national AFROTC summer training exercises.
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COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Mathematics Professor Ludmil Katzarkov was awarded the Simons Investigator Award, one of the most prestigious in mathematics, for his novel ideas and techniques in geometry.
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SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION
Using a crew of University of Miami film students, international professionals, and South Florida's colorful locations, director Tom Musca, associate professor of clinical practice, just finished filming Chateau Vato, his comedy about a poor Latino family that squats in a lavish Miami mansion.
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WORKDAY FINANCE
Get hands-on experience with the new Workday Finance, which went live on Friday, by visiting a drop-in lab on the Coral Gables, Miller School, and Rosenstiel School campuses through Friday, September 8.
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TUITION REMISSION
Three generations of the Candelaria family have learned the value of a degree from the University of Miami and of the tuition remission benefit that helped them become 'Canes for life.
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MEET A 'CANE
Meet this 'Cane who's jazzed by helping the U grow through its people—and a few other 'Canes you may have missed.
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FACULTY AND STAFF ASSISTANCE
The fall edition of the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program’s quarterly newsletter offers helpful suggestions for managing crucial conversations.
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COMPLIANCE CORNER
UM staff and boosters are prohibited from providing any prospective student-athlete, which the NCAA defines as any high school student, with any “pre-college expense,” so don't give your tickets to any high school-aged individual without permission.
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FOOTBALL
Miami Athletics has established a unique crowdfunding campaign, Give2IPF.com, to outfit the interior of the Carol Soffer Football Indoor Practice Facility now under construction.
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FROST MUSIC LIVE!
Renowned musicologist Frank Cooper kicks off the Frost School of Music's new signature Frost Music Live! series at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 5, with a lecture examing how dreams, ideas, and imagery allow us to deal with forces we can't see or control.
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CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES
Tulane University's Elizabeth Hill Boone will discuss how the painted books and pictographic writings of the Aztecs and their neighbors convey information during the first Henry King Stanford Distinguished Professor Lecture of 2017-18 at 7 p.m. on Thursday, September 14.
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