Alumna Combines Pop-Culture and Technology to Educate
World's Children

Building on her background in education and foreign policy, Jenna Arnold, B.S.Ed. ’03, founded Press Play Productions to create innovative on-line, on-air and in the classroom programs that inspire cultural awareness and youth participation in social causes in not one, but many countries.

Alumni News

Alumna Olympic Bound

Former Miami Hurricane and 2008 UMAA William R. Butler Community Service Award recipient, Lauryn Williams, B.B.A. ’05, will be competing for the United States in the 2008 Olympic games being held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 28, 2008.

Briefly Noted

News and announcements from fellow University of Miami Alumni

Campus News

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Again Ranked Nation’s No. 1 Eye Hospital

For the fifth year in a row the University of Miami’s Bascom Palmer Eye Institute was ranked the Number One hospital in the country for ophthalmology in the 19th annual survey of “America’s Best Hospitals” to be published in the July 21 issue of U.S. News & World Report.

Sports News

UM Southpaw named Baseball America’s top freshman

University of Miami freshman left-handed pitcher Chris Hernandez has been named the 2008 Baseball America National Freshman of the Year.

Sidenotes

Protecting Coral Reefs

With coral reefs around the world in decline, one of the largest gatherings devoted to addressing the conservation and protection of the species took place last week in South Florida. Leading University of Miami researchers were among the more than 2,500 international scientists, policymakers, managers, and conservationists who presented the latest findings on coral reef science and management at the International Coral Reef Symposium.