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UNIVERSITY
$20 Million Gift will Help UM Build New Student Activities Center
A $20 million lead gift from the Fairholme Foundation will help the University of Miami build a new 119,000-square-foot Student Activities Center, a state-of-the-art facility that will include programming space, a student organizations suite, retail outlets, and a new Rathskeller. | more |
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MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Alzheimer’s Disease Consortium Identifies New Risk Genes
In the largest study of its kind, researchers from a consortium that includes the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have identified four new genes linked to Alzheimer’s disease. These genes offer a portal into what causes Alzheimer’s disease and represent a major advance in the field. | more |
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WELLNESS AND RECREATION
Early Registration Deadline for Corporate Run/Walk Extended
The deadline to save $10 on the Corporate Run/Walk registration fee has been extended one day. You have until 8 p.m. today, April 7, to submit your $25 registration fee at either the Herbert Wellness Center on the Coral Gables campus or the Medical Campus Wellness Center. | more |
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SPORTS
Katie Meier Named Associated Press Coach of the Year
After a resurgent year in which she led her team to a regular-season ACC championship and a berth in the women's NCAA basketball tournament, the University of Miami’s Katie Meier has been named the Associated Press Coach of the Year. | more |
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UM PRESENTS
USpeak Concludes Season with ‘Mangrove’ Journal Launch
The 2010-11 USpeak season wraps up on Friday, April 15 with the launch of the print edition of Mangrove, the University of Miami’s undergraduate literary journal. Authors will help celebrate the 2011 edition by reading selections published in the journal, a collection of high-quality fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art by current and recently graduated undergraduate students. | more |
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CLAS Offers Distinguished Fellowship Program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies | more
Former Head of Radio and TV Marti Joins ICCAS | more
Department of Philosophy Lecture: Complexity Theory in Cuba: The History of a Difference | more
ICCAS Hosts "The Bay of Pigs: Fifty Years Later" lecture on April 9 | more
Registration for Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day Extended | more
Catch the ’Canes in Action at Employee Day Baseball Games; First One Is April 9 | more
Don't miss upcoming Cosford screenings | more
Miller School to Host Fourth Annual Integrative Medicine Symposium | more
Help Find a Cure for Cancer at Relay for Life of Coral Gables on April 16 and 17
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Help for Your Unfunded NIH Applications
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Hollywood Legend Ernest Borgnine Visits UM
Ernest Borgnine, the 94-year-old Academy Award-winning actor who has starred in such films as From Here to Eternity, The Poseiden Adventure, and Escape from New York, visited the University of Miami’s Cosford Cinema on April 1, participating in a Q&A following the sold-out screening of his film Another Harvest Moon. | more |
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FREEZE FRAME
Author! Author!
Five decades and more than 20,000 students since arriving at UM, Lester Goran, the English professor instrumental in launching the UM English department’s Creative Writing Program, has seen his impact travel far beyond the walls of the College of Arts and Sciences. On Friday, March 25, as part of The Goran Reading Series, launched to celebrate Goran’s continuing legacy, novelist Terrence Cheng, M.F.A. ’97, chair of the English department at Lehman College-CUNY, came to the Coral Gables campus to lead a master class and give a reading attended by his mentor, as well as other UM faculty, students, and alumni of the Department of English. | more |
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Relaxation Training
The Faculty and Staff Assistance Program offers this 30-minute training session for those interested in building their capacity to consciously activate their body’s parasympathetic response. The parasympathetic (or relaxation) response is at the heart of all stress management techniques. Take a break from your busy workweek to practice techniques that promote health through relaxation. | more |
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| Thursday, April 7: Learn More about Documentation Practices | more |
| Thursday, April 7: Student and Alumni Career Symposium: Empowering and Connecting a World of ’Canes | more |
| Thursday, April 7: Anesthesiology Grand Rounds: OB Anesthesia Update | more |
| Thursday, April 7: ’Cane Records to Debut Latest Project, ‘Breaking the Surface, Volume 1’ at Live Musical Performance | more |
| Thursday, April 7: LoweDown Happy Hour: Spring on Earth | more |
| Thursday, April 7: Osteoporosis Symposium: Advances in the Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis 2011 | more |
| Thursday, April 7: Velos Patient Management Module | more |
| Friday and Saturday, April 8-9: Miller School to Host Fourth Annual Integrative Medicine Symposium | more |
| Friday, April 8: Frost Trombone Ensemble to Perform at Gusman Concert Hall | more |
| Friday, April 8: Workshop to Help Scientists Communicate Effectively with Journalists | more |
| Friday, April 8: Geography Distinguished Speaker Colloquium Series: The Changing Face of GIS | more |
| Friday, April 8: Department of Philosophy Lecture: Reinventing the Sexual Contract: Sex, Marriage & Autonomy | more |
| Saturday, April 9: Walk a Mile in Her Shoes: Designed to Promote Education, Raise Awareness, and Help Prevent Rape, Sexual Assault, Gender Violence, and Relationship/Domestic Violence| more |
| Saturday, April 9: Newest Episode in ‘Breakthrough Medicine’ Series Airs | more |
| Saturday and Sunday, April 9-10: Take ‘A Musical Journey’ with the Choral Studies Program | more |
| Saturday through Sunday, April 9-May 1: M.F.A. Exhibition ‘Creativity Driven by Southern Hospitality’ | more |
| Monday, April 11: Standard Operating Procedures Course | more |
| Monday, April 11: Participate in the 2011 Epilepsy Walk the Talk | more |
| Monday through Wednesday, April 11-13: Tunnel to Shed Light on Oppression | more |
| Tuesday, April 12: Celebrate a Season of Success with the UM Women’s Basketball Team | more |
| Wednesday, April 13: Miller Center Lecture: The Arab Lobby | more |
| Wednesday, April 13: Grand Master Chen Zhenglei to Give Tai Chi Demonstration on Medical Campus | more |
| Monday, April 18: College of Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series: Hierarchical Thermal Transport in Nanoscale Semiconductors | more |
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