FROST SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Longest-running electronic music festival in the U.S. coming to UM
The Frost School of Music has been selected to host the 26th Annual Festival and Conference of the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States, an event that will feature some 14 concerts, sound installations, papers, and two special multimedia listening rooms from January 20-22, with performances taking place at the Gusman Concert Hall and Clarke Recital Hall. | more

FOR YOUR BENEFIT
New year, new you: Join Weight Watchers at Work in 2011
New Weight Watchers at Work sessions begin in January on the Coral Gables, Miller School of Medicine, and Rosenstiel School campuses. The new Points Plus Program still counts points, but all fruits and most vegetables are zero points. Attend a session and find out what it’s all about. | more

• Voicemail upgrade complete; sign up for how-to webinar being held tomorrow | more

SPORTS
Shenise Johnson named to Wooden Midseason List
University of Miami junior guard Shenise Johnson, who has helped lead the women’s basketball team to a top-25 national ranking, has been named to the John R. Wooden Award 2010-11 Midseason Top 20 List, as announced by the Los Angeles Tipoff Club. | more

• Cheer on the women’s basketball team at the next Employee Day Game | more

UM PRESENTS
Lowe Art Museum to host curator lecture for African art exhibition
The Lowe Art Museum will host a curator lecture for its Useable Art: African Aesthetics in Daily Life exhibition on Sunday, January 16 at 2 p.m. at the Lowe. The lecture by Marcilene Keeling Wittmer, emeritus professor of art history at the University of Miami, will review the Lowe’s extensive holdings of African art, which include not only ceremonial masks and ritual figures but also many objects made for use in daily life. | more