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MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Transplant programs at UM/Jackson rated among the best in the nation
Three programs at the Miami Transplant Institute at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center have received national recognition for extraordinary performance from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. | more |
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BENEFITS
Open Enrollment begins today; several enhancements offered
The University of Miami’s Open Enrollment—the annual period during which employees can enroll in and make changes to their medical, dental, flexible spending, and short-term disability benefits—begins today, October 4, and continues through Friday, November 5. During Open Enrollment, which this year offers several enhancements, employees can go to myUM to make their 2011 benefit elections. | more
• Confused about health reform? Watch “Health Reform Hits Main Street” | more |
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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
UM gets funding for feasibility study to build water tunnel facility at the Panama Canal
The University of Miami’s College of Engineering has received funding from the Corporación Andina de Fomento to undertake a feasibility study to build the proposed Water Tunnel of the Americas at the Panama Canal, which would be the largest water tunnel facility in the world. | more |
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SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION
UM Knight Center’s Millennium Development Goals Project named finalist for Online Journalism Award
The Knight Center for International Media at the University of Miami School of Communication has been named a finalist for the Online News Association’s (ONA) prestigious 2010 Online Journalism Awards for its “My Story, My Goal” project. | more |
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SPORTSLINE
UM’s Allen Bailey added to Lott Trophy Watch List
University of Miami senior defensive lineman Allen Bailey has been nominated for the Lott Trophy, which is presented to college football’s Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year, the Pacific Club IMPACT Foundation has announced. | more |
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Coming off a record-breaking year in which it raised more money for the United Way of Miami-Dade than ever before, UM has launched its 2010 fundraising campaign. Get involved in upcoming events:
• Bake sale to benefit the United Way at Gables One Tower | more
• Office of Student Employment Raffle: Marriott Hotel Vacations | more
• Department of Pediatrics Raffle: Dolphins tickets, Panthers tickets, and more | more
• School of Law Quad Sale to benefit United Way | more
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BANKUNITED CENTER
Barry Manilow’s Sunshine State Tour to make a stop at the BankUnited Center
Tickets are on sale now for legendary musician and performer Barry Manilow, who is bringing his greatest hits to the Sunshine State, making a stop at the BankUnited Center on Saturday, January 29. | more |
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Coral Gables and Rosenstiel School faculty: Provost Research Award applications due October 8 | more
Save the date: College of Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series gets under way October 11 | more
Dialogues in Research Ethics seminar examines "The Good Society" October 8 | more
Old Ultraseek search engine service scheduled to retire October 11 | more
October is National Protect Your Hearing Month | more
Take advantage of free computer software training in October and November | more
Food drive to benefit Camillus House | more
Herbert Wellness Center to close early for UM-FSU game | more
UM to offer free mood disorder screenings on October 7 | more
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Model citizens
The University of Miami’s Model United Nations Team held its annual ’Canes Conference, a mock conference aimed at recruiting new members to the team, on September 26. More than 90 undergraduates participated in the all-day event held in Storer Auditorium. | more |
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UM PRESENTS
Festival Miami gets under way this Friday
Festival Miami—the Frost School of Music’s annual concert series of renowned guest artists, faculty, and student ensembles—gets under way this Friday with landmark works for orchestra and performances by soprano Sandra Lopez, among others. | more
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UM PRESENTS
LoweDown Happy Hour: Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month
The Jaguar’s Spots curator, professor Traci Ardren, hosts a tour of the collection. Guests can enjoy light Mexican fare and register for a raffle of the exhibition catalog. | more
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Get your free flu shots at the Health, Wellness, and Benefits Fairs starting today
With flu season only days away, University of Miami employees will be able to get free flu shots at the Health, Wellness, and Benefits Fairs that start today. | more |
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| Monday, October 4: Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Seminar: Target Identification and Inhibition in the Chronic Myeloproliferative Neoplasms | more |
| Monday, October 4: Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: NF-kB Signaling in Inflammation and Cancer | more |
| Monday, October 4: Biology Departmental Seminar: Development and Regeneration of Feather Stars (Stalkless Crinoids) | more |
| Monday, October 4: Launch Pad workshop: Financial Modeling | more |
| Tuesday, October 5: Cardiology Grand Rounds: Contemporary Management of Paravalvular Leaks | more |
| Tuesday, October 5: Genomic Medicine: Changing the Medical Landscape | more |
| Wednesday and Thursday, October 6 and 7: Locks of Love event coming to UM | more |
| Wednesday through Friday, October 6-8: IRS: Tax Law Updates for 2010 | more |
| Wednesday, October 6: Kinesiology and Sport Sciences Grand Rounds: Bridging Exercise Physiology Theory with Community and Clinical Practice: The Jefferson Reaves Project | more |
| Wednesday, October 6: Psychiatry Grand Rounds: Stress Management and Biobehavioral Processes in Chronic Disease | more |
| Wednesday, October 6: CCS Seminar Series: The Spectral Element Dynamical Core in the Community Climate System Model | more |
| Wednesday, October 6: Department of Medicine Grand Rounds: How Statisticians Think – and Why It Annoys Doctors | more |
| Wednesday, October 6: Open enrollment for UM’s Competency-Based Programs is now under way | more |
| Thursday, October 7: Orthopaedics Grand Rounds: Reverse Shoulder Replacement for Fractures and Their Sequelae | more |
| Thursday, October 7: Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds: Update on Clinical Trials in Spinal Cord Injury | more |
| Thursday, October 7: Train-the-Trainer certification program | more |
| Thursday, October 7: Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Seminar Series: The Awesome Power of Yeast Genomics | more |
| Thursday through Sunday, October 7-10: Lowe Museum Store to hold annual recycled art book sale | more |
| Thursday, October 7: Division of Hospital Medicine Grand Rounds: Providing Quality End of Life Care | more |
| Thursday, October 7: Epidemiology and Public Health seminar: Random Forests, Theory and Applications for Variable Selection | more |
| Thursday, October 7: Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Grand Rounds: Molecular Regulation of RAGE: Implications for Diabetes and Beyond | more |
| Thursday, October 7: Overview on Research Reporting System | more |
| Friday through Saturday, October 8-10: Cosford screenings: Bluebeard, Trail of the Screaming Forehead, Racing Dreams, Mesrine: Killer Instinct, How to Train Your Dragon |
| Friday, October 8: Venezuela: Post-Election Perspective | more |
| Friday, October 8: DMAS/FRS for Beginners | more |
| Friday, October 8: Psychologists Philip and Carolyn Pape Cowan to lecture at UM | more |
| Friday, October 8: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar Series: Androgen Receptor Coregulators as Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets in Prostate Cancer | more |
| Friday, October 8: LEND Program Friday Noon Interdisciplinary Lecture Series | more |
| Friday, October 8: Sylvester Distinguished Lecture Series: The Role of Ubiquitination in Signaling Pathways in Inflammation and Cancer | more |
| Friday, October 8: Neurology Grand Rounds: Dense Array EEG | more |
| Friday, October 8: Neurology Clinicopathological Conference: A 61-Year-Old Male with Acute Onset Facial Diplegia and Diplopia and Dysphagia | more |
| Friday, October 8: Second event in USpeak series to feature UM Creative Writing alumni | more |
| Friday, October 8: UM Screen on the Green double feature: ‘Shrek Forever After’ and ‘Cop Out’ | more |
| Saturday, October 9: Fourth Annual Greater Miami Association of Diabetes Educators Seminar | more |
| Saturday, October 9: Information session for Bachelor of Arts in General Studies Program | more |
| Monday, October 11: Launch Pad workshop: The Basics of PR | more |
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