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UNIVERSITY
UM Graduate Schools, Programs Place High in
U.S. News Rankings
Led by the Miller School of Medicine, a group of University of Miami professional schools and graduate programs has earned high marks in the latest edition of U.S. News & World Report’s "Best Graduate Schools," which hits newsstands April 5. | more |
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SPORTS
Hurricanes Going Dancing as No. 3 Seed in Women’s NCAA Basketball Tournament
The University of Miami women’s basketball team is going to the Big Dance. For the first time since 2004, the Hurricanes are back in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament, earning a No. 3 seed in the Dayton region, where the squad will face No. 14 Gardner-Webb on Sunday in Charlottesville, Virginia. | more |
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UNIVERSITY
Penn Scholar Anita Allen to Give Fourth Arsht Ethics Lecture
Anita Allen, an authority on privacy law and practical ethics who was appointed to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues by President Obama, will deliver the fourth Adrienne Arsht Distinguished Speaker Series in Ethics lecture on Monday, March 28 at 6 p.m. in Storer Auditorium. | more |
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UM LIBRARIES
Eat Your Words at Second Annual Edible Books Festival
The University of Miami Libraries’ Special Collections division will host its second annual Edible Books Festival on Friday, April 1 from 12 to 2 p.m. in the Richter Library lobby. Prizes will be awarded in three categories, and after the winners are announced, participants and viewers will grab forks, spoons, and knives and “eat their words.” | more |
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| Transportation Alternative’s Paul Steely White to Visit UM as Part of Connecting Miami | more
UM Doctors Lecture Series: What’s New at UHealth: South Florida’s Most Advanced Medical Care | more
Help Find a Cure for Cancer at Relay for Life of Coral Gables
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Help for Your Unfunded NIH Applications
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Participate in the 2011 Epilepsy Walk the Talk
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Participate in the MS Walk/5K Run
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UM’s Online High School Now Offers Interactive ESOL and Extreme Scholar Programs
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School of Business Administration Offers Certificate Program in General Business | more
UM Scientist David Die to Study Effects of Gulf Oil Spill
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Learn More about the MBA for Working Professionals Program | more
Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day Is April 28 | more
Sixth Collaborative Research Exchange Forum to Address Models of Human Disease | more
Discovery Science Grand Rounds Continue | more
El Centro Conference: Eliminating Health Disparities by Addressing Sociocultural and Environmental Root Causes | more
UM’s Anxiety Research and Treatment Clinic Offering Social Anxiety Group Therapy Program | more
UM Women’s Commission 40th Annual Awards Breakfast | more
Competency-Based Programs Overview Sessions | more |
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Leadership Recognition
About 220 University of Miami employees and their guests attended the 2010 United Way Campaign Leadership Reception, held March 8 at President Donna E. Shalala’s residence. The annual event recognizes employees who donated at least 1 percent of their salary to the United Way and also honors the many United Way ambassadors who helped spearhead UM’s successful campaign. Above: Yasmin Pedraza, center, an executive assistant in Human Resources, is presented with a certificate of recognition by Harve Mogul, president and CEO of United Way of Miami-Dade, and President Shalala for serving as an ambassador and helping her division meet its fundraising goal. | more |
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Healthy ’Canes Employee Clinic to Open April 4; Grand Opening Event is April 26
The new Healthy 'Canes Employee Clinic, which opens Monday, April 4 on the Miller School of Medicine campus, will offer faculty and staff convenient access to UHealth medical services for common illnesses. The clinic, which will be staffed by nurse practitioners under the direction of UHealth physicians, will also help save employees money. | more
• Get Ready for the Biggest and Best UM Family Night with the Marlins on April 23 | more
• Take Advantage of Free Computer Software Training in March and April | more
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UM PRESENTS
Ring Theatre to Present Broadway Classic Pal Joey
Rodgers and Hart’s Broadway classic Pal Joey comes to the University of Miami’s Jerry Herman Ring Theatre this spring. Running April 13-23, the play tells the story of Joey, a nightclub habitué in the habit of loving and leaving women. | more |
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| Through Saturday, March 19: Bachelor of General Studies to Host Two Information Sessions | more |
| Through Friday, March 25: UM’s Wynwood Project Space to Present Development of Power vs. Untitled Creatures | more |
| Thursday, March 17: Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds: Neuropathology | more |
| Thursday, March 17: Geriatrics Institute Grand Rounds: Exercise: Research on Benefits and Delivery | more |
| Thursday, March 17: Anesthesiology Grand Rounds: Old Knowledge and New Advances in Anesthesia Pharmacoeconomics: Working Like It’s 1999
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| Thursday, March 17: Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Seminar Series: Tescalcin- and CSN-Mediated Pathway in Cell Differentiation | more |
| Thursday, March 17: Department of Ophthalmology Grand Rounds | more |
| Thursday, March 17: Learn about Center on Aging Programs That Help Employees Who Are Caring for an Older Individual | more |
| Thursday, March 17: Velos Patient Management Module | more |
| Thursday, March 17: Sign Up for Course on ECR Effort Certification Reporting | more |
| Friday, March 18: CHP Conference: Reducing the Carbon Footprint in the Americas | more |
| Saturday, March 19: The Miami Project to Present 2011 Brain Fair | more |
| Monday, March 21: Legal Theory Workshop Speaker Series: Ethics for an Outsourced Government | more |
| Monday, March 21: MIT Professor to Deliver Department of Mathematics 2011 McKnight-Zame Lecture | more |
| Tuesday, March 22: Rehabilitation Medicine Grand Rounds: Opioid War: From Industry to Clinical Practice | more |
| Tuesday, March 22: International Graduate Law Programs Lecture Series: The Transnationalization of Repression in Latin America | more |
| Tuesday, March 22: Medical Wellness Center to Host Reformer Pilates Open House | more |
| Tuesday, March 22: Cardiology Grand Rounds: Cardiology Clinical Trials at the University of Miami | more |
| Tuesday, March 22: Florida Biomedical Research Programs to Host Q&A at Miller School | more |
| Tuesday through Thursday, March 22-24: Preventing Violence in the Workplace | more |
| Wednesday, March 23: Meeting of the Friends of the Gifford Arboretum | more |
| Wednesday, March 23: Miami Project Wednesday Morning Seminar Series: MicroRNAs in Nerve Regeneration | more |
| Wednesday, March 23: Exhibit Your Research Facilities at the Shared Resources Fair | more |
| Thursday, March 24: Miller Center Lecture: Israel’s Arab Citizens and Israel’s Security | more |
| Thursday, March 24: Miami Consortium to Host Inaugural Lecture of Its Distinguished Speakers Series | more |
| Thursday, March 24: Anesthesiology Grand Rounds: Beware of the Enemy Within: Perioperative Management of the Airway Invaded by Cancers | more |
| Sunday, March 26: The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida Coral Gables Wine and Food Festival | more |
| Thursday through Sunday, March 24-27: Lattman Lecture Film Series: The Human Resources Manager | more |
| Monday, March 28: Miami Area Geriatric Education Center to Host Conference on the Secrets to Healthy Aging | more |
| Thursday, March 31: College of Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series: Energy, Water, Sustainability for a Smarter Planet | more |
| Friday, April 1: Eighth Annual HIV Symposium: The Road to a Cure for HIV/AIDS | more |
| Monday, April 18: College of Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series: Hierarchical Thermal Transport in Nanoscale Semiconductors | more |
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