UNIVERSITY
Committee members on UM’s First Black Graduates Project visited the Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African American History and Culture last week with artist Xavier Cortada to find inspiration for the mural he’ll create on the Coral Gables campus to honor the trailblazers who helped shape the U of today.
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ROSENSTIEL SCHOOL OF MARINE AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE
Shedding new light on the effects of losing the ocean’s top predators, a UM-led team of scientists found significant body changes in fish living in a reef where sharks have all but disappeared due to overfishing.
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COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
In a simulation of how climate change affects production of key crops, UM's Kenneth Feeley found that rural farmers who grow the Andean staples of corn and potatoes face tough times ahead.
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SCHOOL OF LAW
With the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office certifying Miami Law's Startup Practicum, its students are the first in the state who can directly represent clients in trademark and patent applications before the USPTO.
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BUSINESS SCHOOL
As artificial intelligence takes hold, tech visionary David Kenny, the senior vice president of IBM Watson and Cloud Platform who spoke on campus last week, stresses keeping human values in the mix of data and innovation.
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SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Thirty high school English teachers from Brazil are spending six weeks at UM in a new, residential professional skill-building program hosted by the Department of Teaching and Learning.
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OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Participants who attend the Office of Emergency Management's new safety training class, All-Hazards Response Training: Safety in 60 Minutes, from 3 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, January 31, will learn how to rapidly respond to any emergency and, if they're enrolled in Well 'Canes, receive 100 Well 'Canes points.
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UM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Learn how to protect your online identity from a Secret Service security expert from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, February 7, by signing up now for limited seating at UM's Data Privacy Day at the Newman Alumni Center.
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UM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Get your your wireless device(s) updated for optimal performance and security at UMIT’s Tune-Up Station at the University Village front office from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m on Monday, January 29.
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UM WELLNESS CENTERS
Faculty and staff and their spouses/partners who have UM health insurance can receive a 20 percent rebate on their Wellness Center membership by joining SHAPE-UP and visiting the gym at least 10 times a month.
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PAYROLL AND ACCOUNTING
Nearly 4,000 more employees opted in December to protect their personal information and reduce costs by receiving only electronic versions of their W-2 tax forms—but not enough to award a year of free parking.
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HURRICANES FOOTBALL
A nationally televised Sunday night matchup versus the LSU Tigers and home games against ACC rivals Florida State, Duke, North Carolina, and Pittsburgh highlight the Miami Hurricanes' 2018 football season.
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WOMEN'S ATHLETICS
This year’s Celebration of Women’s Athletics on Sunday, February 11, will launch the new Women’s Athletics Campaign, designed to help develop leaders and prepare women for success beyond competition.
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BASEBALL
Seven-time Emmy Award-winning broadcaster and University of Miami alumnus Roy Firestone headlines Hurricane Baseball’s 2018 First Pitch Banquet on Friday, February 9, at the UM Fieldhouse.
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SEA SECRETS 2018
Martin Grosell, the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science's Maytag Professor of Ichthyology, opens the 2018 Sea Secrets series after a 6:30 p.m. reception on Tuesday, January 23, with his talk on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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FROST MUSIC LIVE!
Anchored by bassist and composer Dave Holland, the Frost Concert Jazz Band performs the challenging music of Canadian trumpeter, flugelhornist, and composer Kenny Wheeler at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 25.
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CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES
Tulane University's Elizabeth Hill Boone discusses how the Aztec's painted books and pictographic writings convey information during the next Henry King Stanford Distinguished Professor Lecture at 7 p.m. on Thursday, January 25, at 7 p.m.
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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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