UNIVERSITY
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who received a standing ovation when he spoke at the University of Miami in 1966, has inspired a number of alumni and faculty. Read their recollections and watch a video clip of his UM speech.
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UHEALTH
Edward Abraham, who joined the Miller School of Medicine as dean and chief academic officer last July, has permanently assumed the position of executive vice president for health affairs and CEO of the University of Miami Health System.
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CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE
Hosted by the Center for Computational Science, the second annual Big Data Conference and Workshop encouraged business leaders, including UM alumni, to dive into big data.
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DEVELOPMENT AND ALUMNI RELATIONS
Joshua M. Friedman, the chief development officer at the Arizona State University Foundation who has extensive experience in education, media, health care, and science, is joining the University of Miami as senior vice president for Development and Alumni Relations.
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SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Senior Associate Dean Walter G. Secada, a professor of teaching and learning and an expert in STEM education, is serving as acting dean of the School of Education and Human Development until the national search for Dean Isaac Prilleltensky's successor concludes.
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LINDA RAY INTERVENTION CENTER
Members of President Julio Frenk’s team recently delivered socks collected during the Office of the President’s inaugural holiday sock drive—including a pair of ’Canes socks donated by the president—to the College of Arts and Sciences’ Linda Ray Intervention Center, which provides early intervention services to high-risk babies and toddlers, many of whom are in foster care and arrived at the center with bare feet during the cold snap. Visit FDLRS-UM MDC to learn how to help some of the smallest members of the UM family.
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UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS
Help University Communications rethink how UM news is shared with faculty and staff by joining one of four focus groups on the Coral Gables and Miller School campuses to explore new, better, more exciting and convenient vehicles to share the UM news you need and want to know.
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TEAMUM
Faculty and staff who pledged at least $25 to the TeamUM United Way campaign by the December 31 deadline have four opportunities beginning this week to pick up two tickets to the February 3 game between the Florida Panthers and Detroit Redwings.
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UM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Patch or update your operating system to protect your computers, mobile devices, and servers from two new internet security vulnerabilities, Meltdown and Spectre, which can collect stored information like passwords to steal your identity or even blackmail you.
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RISK MANAGEMENT
To help faculty, staff, and students prepare for and stay safe during University-related travel overseas, the Department of Risk Management is partnering with International SOS, the world’s leading medical and travel security assistance company, which replaced Red24 on January 1.
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BASEBALL
There will be player autographs, a face tattoo station, photos with the Miami Maniac, and more when the recently ranked No. 9 Hurricanes baseball team hosts the annual FanFest & Alumni Game on Saturday, February 10.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME
Defensive legend Ed Reed, who guided Hurricanes Football to its 2001 national championship, will become the eighth UM player enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame when members of the Class of 2018 are inducted this December.
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SEA SECRETS 2018
As the Rosenstiel School enters its 75th year of discovery, Professor Martin Grosell kicks off the first of six lectures in the 2018 Sea Secrets series at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, January 23, with his talk on the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, “In the Wake of an Environmental Disaster—Is There a Silver Lining?” Register for his lecture and view the stellar lineup.
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FROST MUSIC LIVE!
With Dean Shelly Berg on piano, Frost School professor of tuba and euphonium Aaron Tindall reimagines Claude Bolling's Suite for Cello and Jazz Piano Trio, originally written for cellist Yo-Yo Ma, at 8 p.m. on Monday, January 22.
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LOWE ART MUSEUM
DIGNITY: Tribes in Transition, an exhibition of artist Dana Gluckstein's intimate portraits of indigenous peoples over three decades, opens on Thursday, January 25, with a members’ reception at 6 p.m., followed by her public lecture and reception from 7 to 9 p.m.
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