Alumni Weekend and Homecoming 2009

A picture is worth a thousand words! As we look back on our 2009 Alumni Weekend and Homecoming Thursday, November 5 through Saturday, November 7, we are reminded of the many wonderful opportunities to reminisce and reconnect on campus!

The weekend began with our 50th and Old Timers (SUPERCANES) Reunion event, which featured an opening performance by a very talented group of children from Frost School of Music’s MusicTime program, led by Joy Galliford. The members of the 50th Reunion, Class of 1959, were individually recognized with a commemorative medallion and photo with President Donna E. Shalala. The Class of 1958 was also officially inducted into the Old Timers Society, becoming our newest SUPERCANES! Music then filled the air as Frost School of Music Dean Shelly Berg took the stage with a tremendous group of student performers and narrator Raul Murciano, B.S.C.E. ’91, M.M. ’93, D.M.A. ’97, performing a “50’s Musical Review” written by our very own SUPERCANE – John Softness, A.B. ’55! It was a wonderful mix of music, memories, and reminiscing with long-time friends, and truly a night to remember.

Alumna Edith G. Osman Honored by the Anti-Defamation League

Edith Osman, J.D. ’83, a shareholder in the Miami office of Carlton Fields, is the 2009 recipient of the Anti-Defamation League’s Jurisprudence Award. The Jurisprudence Award was established by the Anti-Defamation League to recognize individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the legal profession and the community at large.

Alumnus Earns Florida Bar Board Certification in Wills, Trusts and Estate Law

Alumnus Duane Pinnock, LL.M.E. '02 has earned the honor and credential of board certification from The Florida Bar in the practice of Wills, Trusts and Estate Law.

Briefly Noted

News and announcements from fellow University of Miami Alumni

Campus News

Interdisciplinary Research Highlighted

The University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine joined forces with the Institute of Ethnomedicine and the Center for Oceans and Human Health at UM for a dialogue on “BMAA and the Brain” held on November 4. The program, introduced jointly by Rosenstiel School Dean Roni Avissar and Miller School Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt, highlighted the University’s unique interdisciplinary research in Oceans and Human Health and efforts now under way in ethnomedicine, neurosciences, toxicology, marine biology, and oceanography.

Winter Wonderful holiday dinner supports the Frost School of Music

The University of Miami Frost School of Music holiday dinner, Winter Wonderful, will take place on Sunday, December 6 at the newly renovated Fontainebleau Hotel on Miami Beach. The goal of Winter Wonderful is to raise $100,000 for the Frost School of Music undergraduate scholarship fund. Highlights of the evening will include a sumptuous three-course dinner and joyous holiday performances featuring Grammy Award-winning vocalist and Frost School alumnus Jon Secada as well as the nearly 200-member Frost Choral Union and a special Holiday Orchestra. Repertoire will include carols from traditions around the globe.

Sports News

UM Sports Hall of Fame Announces Class of 2010

The University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame is proud to announce its Class of 2010, headed by football All-American tight end Bubba Franks, All-American pitcher Alex Santos and current major league baseball player Jason Michaels. Joining them are Olympic diver Jenny Keim Johanson, tennis star Sid Schwartz, football player Jim Cox, basketball's Ed Morris, and women's athletic administrator Connie Nickel.

Sidenotes

UM Launches Innovative Digital Atlas of Marine Species

The University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science is launching a first-of-its-kind interactive database, the Digital Atlas of Marine Species and Locations (DAMSL), which visually catalogs marine life while providing encyclopedic content to users.