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MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Heart valve tested at UM shows promising results in clinical trial
The dramatic results of a clinical trial using a new minimally invasive valve replacement intervention that’s performed using catheters at select institutions around the country – and only at the University of Miami Hospital in Florida – have just been published online in The New England Journal of Medicine. | more |
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FOR YOUR BENEFIT
IRS: Tax Law Updates for 2010
The Faculty and Staff Assistance Program offers a seminar for those interested in developing an understanding of this year’s updates to tax law. IRS tax consultant Jay Fanning will answer questions and provide information and helpful hints to save you money. | more |
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UM PRESENTS
The sound of music will soon be in the air
Festival Miami—the Frost School of Music’s annual concert series of renowned guest artists, faculty and student ensembles, and an educational mission that includes children’s concerts, master classes, lectures, and forums—is less than two weeks away. | more |
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FREEZE FRAME
Passing the Bar
The University of Miami School of Law celebrated the admission of 95 graduates into the legal profession last Thursday at a ceremony held in Storer Auditorium. More than 250 family, friends, and members of the Miami Law community witnessed Florida Supreme Court Justice R. Fred Lewis, a 1972 graduate of the School of Law, former chief justice, and founder of Justice Teaching, swear in the recent graduates. | more |
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FOR YOUR BENEFIT
Well ’Canes Mammography Days in October
The Well ’Canes Mammography Days will be held October 6, 20, and 27 at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Miller School of Medicine, and October 15 at Sylvester at Deerfield Beach. During these events, UM/Aetna Medical plan members age 35 and older may get their free annual mammogram, and also receive educational materials and giveaways. | more |
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| Open enrollment for UM’s Competency-Based Programs is now under way | more
Psychological Services Center now offering Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for health and pain issues | more
An update on Secure Flight Passenger Data and what it means for you | more
Save the date: College of Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series gets under way October 11 | more
Coral Gables and Rosenstiel School faculty: Provost Research Award applications due October 8 | more
UM to offer free mood disorder screenings on October 7 | more
Barry Manilow’s Sunshine State Tour to make a stop at BankUnited Center | more
Join The Launch Pad at Toppel for the 2010 Elevator Pitch Contest | more
Ticket distribution dates, locations announced for Dalai Lama’s UM visit | more |
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The power of pink
With an attention-grabbing pink fire truck and firefighters outfitted in pink shirts, the Guardians of the Ribbon Pink Heals Tour rolled onto the University of Miami’s Coral Gables campus last Thursday, supporting women and raising awareness about cancer. | more |
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SPORTSLINE
UM Athletics hopes to deliver Dreams with new online shop
The Athletics Department has signed an agreement with Dreams, Inc., a leader in the licensed sports products industry, to re-launch the Hurricanes on-line fan shop, which includes apparel, headwear, gifts, novelties, home decor, collectibles, and more.
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| Monday, September 27: Networking meeting for clinical research professionals | more |
| Monday, September 27: Biology Departmental Seminar: Tropical Forests in a Changing World: Effects of Global Change on Rainforest Dynamics and Composition | more |
| Monday, September 27: Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute research seminar: Vitamin D – Beyond the Bone | more |
| Monday, September 27: Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: Montezuma’s Revenge and Delhi Belly: Bacterial Enterotoxins and Adherence Factors Collaborate through Regulatory Networks to Ruin Your Vacation | more |
| Tuesday, September 28: Rehabilitation Medicine Grand Rounds: Advances in Neurostimulation: Overview and Indications | more |
| Tuesday, September 28: Competency-based programs overview session | more |
| Tuesday, September 28: Cardiology Grand Rounds: Patient Selection and Use of Left Ventricular Assist Devices in Bridge to Transplantation, Bridge to Decision, and Destination Therapy | more |
| Tuesday, September 28: Exploring European Union and U.S. Copyright Policy Under the Lens of the Database Directive | more |
| Tuesday, September 28: Taking Charge When You’re Not in Charge: Leadership Skills for Dynamic Assistants – Audio Conference | more |
| Tuesday, September 28: The Forum on Armed Conflict and Humanitarian Crises: Iran | more |
| Tuesday, September 28: U.S. premiere of Cuban film: El viajero inmóvil/The Immobile Traveler | more |
| Wednesday, September 29: Miami Project Wednesday Morning Seminar Series: Do Additional Inputs Change Maximal Voluntary Motor Unit Firing Rates after Spinal Cord Injury? | more |
| Wednesday, September 29: Hot Topics in Conflict of Interest seminars | more |
| Wednesday, September 29: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute offering Seniors Singing program | more |
| Wednesday, September 29: Faculty Senate to meet on medical campus this Wednesday | more |
| Wednesday, September 29: Department of Computer Science Seminar: Interactive Volume Rendering for Scientific Visualization | more |
| Wednesday, September 29: Alba Rosa Viëtor Concert Series: Volume of the Violin | more |
| Wednesday, September 29: Friends of the Gifford Arboretum meeting and lecture | more |
| Thursday, September 30: Frost School’s Trudy Kane to give faculty flute recital | more |
| Thursday, September 30: Orthopaedics Grand Rounds: Cartilage Injuries in the Talus | more |
| Thursday, September 30: Anesthesiology Grand Rounds: Recent Developments in the Monitoring of Oxygenation | more |
| Thursday, September 30: Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds: Management of Pineal Region Tumors in Children | more |
| Thursday, September 30: Surgical Grand Rounds: Reconstruction of Wounds Following Trauma or Oncologic Resection with Varied Flaps | more |
| Thursday, September 30: Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds: Malpractice or Miscommunication? Lessons Learned to Improve Patient Safety on the Labor and Delivery Suite | more |
| Thursday, September 30: Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds: Advances and Controversies in the Management of Pituitary Tumors | more |
| Thursday, September 30: Train-the-Trainer certification program | more |
| Thursday, September 30: The AACR Undergraduate Student Caucus and Poster Session | more |
| Thursday, September 30: Division of Hospital Medicine Grand Rounds: The Handoff of Hospitalized Patients | more |
| Friday, October 1: Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Seminar: The Genetic Pharmacopoeia: Translational Applications of Gene Transfer Technologies | more |
| Friday, October 1: Neurology CME Grand Rounds: Assessment of Rapidly Progressive Dementia and Early Diagnosis of Prion Disease | more |
| Friday, October 1: Neurology Grand Rounds: Therapeutic Strategies and Mechanistic Insight into Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis, a Mouse Model of Multiple Sclerosis | more |
| Friday through Sunday, October 1-3: Cosford Cinema screenings | Trash Humpers | Women Without Men | Tosca | D2: Mighty Ducks |
| Sunday, October 3: School of Law’s Society of Bar and Gavel to hold annual 5K Race Judicata | more |
| Monday, October 4: Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Seminar: Target Identification and Inhibition in the Chronic Myeloproliferative Neoplasms | more |
| Tuesday, October 5: Genomic Medicine: Changing the Medical Landscape | more |
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