SCHOOL OF LAW
School of Law Launches Joint Degree Program in Law and Communications
The School of Law has announced the launch of a new joint degree program in Law and Communications, the first interdisciplinary program at the University of Miami that will allow students to earn a J.D. and an M.A. in communication in less than three and a half years. | more

ROSENSTIEL SCHOOL OF MARINE AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE
Fintastic Voyage: Scientists Track Great Hammerhead Shark Migration
A study led by scientists at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science details the first scientific research to successfully track a great hammerhead shark using satellite tag technology. Researcher Neil Hammerschlag and colleagues tracked one of the nomadic sharks for 62 days, documenting its journey up the Eastern seaboard from the coast of South Florida to the middle of the Atlantic off the coast of New Jersey. | more

• Rosenstiel School Graduate Student Featured on NBC Learn’s Changing Planet | more

SPORTS
Women’s Basketball Team Has Breakthrough Season; Johnson, Williams Earn All-ACC First Team Honors
With a No. 10 ranking in the latest Associated Press Top 25 poll and a share of the Atlantic Coast Conference Regular Season Championship, the UM women’s basketball team takes a 26-3 overall record into the ACC Tournament this week in Greensboro, North Carolina. | more

Symptom Management Group for Caregiving, Sickness, Health, and Pain Issues
The Symptom Management Group for Caregiving, Sickness, Health, and Pain Issues is now being offered for University of Miami faculty, staff, and students who have chronic or acute health and pain issues or who are informal caregivers to sick family or friends. Sponsored by the UM Psychological Services Center, this seven-week group draws upon principles and practices of cognitive-behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based stress reduction, and aims to engage an individual’s inner resources to restore balanced health and well-being in the face of stress, pain, and illness. | more

UM PRESENTS
USpeak to Present Movietelling Night: Poets Redub Famous Films
The Spring USpeak series continues on Friday, March 4 with Movietelling Night: Poets Redub Famous Films, the series’ first-ever evening of multimedia performances. The works that will be presented by undergraduate and graduate students were first developed in poetry courses taught by Creative Writing professor Walter K. Lew, who has created, performed, and researched movietelling since 1981. | more

American Playwright Bill C. Davis to Speak at Richter Library
The University of Miami Libraries and the Department of Theatre Arts will present an evening with American playwright Bill C. Davis tonight, March 3 at 7 p.m. in the Otto G. Richter Library. Davis, author of Mass Appeal, which premiered at The Manhattan Theatre Club in New York City and later moved to Broadway, will speak about the inception and development of his plays. | more