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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Frances Aldrich Sevilla-Sacasa to serve as interim dean of business school
Frances Aldrich Sevilla-Sacasa, a UM alumna who has led some of the top wealth management firms in the world, will serve as interim dean of the School of Business Administration starting on January 16, 2011.
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COMMENCEMENT
Gloria Estefan to speak at today’s fall commencement ceremony
Multiple Grammy Award-winning performing artist Gloria Estefan, whose charitable and humanitarian efforts have aided victims of natural disasters and spinal cord injury, will give advice to graduates at the University of Miami’s fall 2010 commencement ceremony today, December 16 at 10 a.m. at BankUnited Center. | more |
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FROST SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Spring lineup for the Stamps Family Charitable Foundation Distinguished Visitors Series announced
Grammy Award-winning composer Libby Larsen headlines a stellar spring lineup of the Frost School of Music’s Stamps Family Charitable Foundation Distinguished Visitors Series. Also on tap: a performance by Frost School of Music students and faculty and a lecture by Daniel Levitin, neuroscientist and bestselling author of This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession and The World in Six Songs.
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Team UM is in the homestretch of its United Way campaign, with a goal of raising $1.3 million by December 31 in sight. But a big push is still needed to send UM over the top. If you haven’t made your gift, please do so now. Visit the UM United Way website to learn how to make your contribution and get involved in upcoming events. |
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SPORTSLINE
Miami Women’s Tennis releases 2011 schedule
Home matches against Florida State, Michigan, North Carolina, and Duke highlight the 2011 University of Miami women’s tennis schedule, as announced by head coach Paige Yaroshuk-Tews. The Hurricanes will open the spring season with a home mach against FAU on Friday, January 21, 2011. | more
• Offensive tackle Seantrel Henderson picks up two All-America honors | more |
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UM PRESENTS
Lowe Art Museum to feature works of Cuban-born painter Rafael Soriano
The works of Cuban-born artist Rafael Soriano will be on view at the Lowe Art Museum from January 29 through March 27, 2011, as part of the exhibition Rafael Soriano: Other Worlds Within, a Sixty-Year Retrospective. | more |
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UM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Tie in to UM tradition with the limited-edition alumni collection
Show your Hurricanes spirit and style by sporting the latest designs from the University of Miami limited-edition 100 percent silk tie and scarf collection. | more |
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E-VERITAS
Holiday schedule for
e-Veritas
The last issue of e-Veritas for the 2010 calendar year will be on Monday, December 20, and the first issue in 2011 will publish on Thursday, January 6. Please take these dates into consideration when submitting items for possible inclusion.
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| UM Communité voicemail system being upgraded | more
Herbert Wellness Center event will celebrate 15th anniversary, recent expansion | more
Effort Certification Reporting class offered | more
Sponsored Programs Roundtable Series: Research Reporting System | more
Office of Research coordinating applications for NIH Instrumentation Grants | more
Art and Art History presents ‘The Symbolism of Women’ | more
Register for upcoming conference: ‘Fifty Years of the Special U.S.-Israel Relationship (1962-2012): Walt-Mearsheimer in Perspective’ | more
Hussman Institute accepting applications for Genetic Analysis of Complex Human Diseases course | more
Give the gift of music | more
Kronos upgrade to version 6.1 coming in January | more
Tickets for Barry Manilow concert at BankUnited Center start at $12.74 | more |
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A Golden moment
With legendary former Hurricanes such as wide receiver Michael Irvin in attendance, as well as some of the current crop of UM football players, the Golden era officially began at the University of Miami on December 13, when newly hired head coach Al Golden was introduced to the UM community and members of the media during a press conference at the Newman Alumni Center. Golden, who resurrected an ailing Temple University football program, answered questions about everything from recruiting to the offensive and defensive schemes he will employ at UM. | more |
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FREEZE FRAME
A showcase for technology
Miller School of Medicine Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt addressed a gathering at the 2010 UM Innovation Technology Showcase held December 9 and 10 at the Four Seasons Miami. The third annual event drew an audience from the research and investment communities and provided opportunities for UM physicians and scientists to present their latest research to potential investors from across the country. | more |
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| Thursday, December 16: Surgical Grand Rounds: The Management of High-Risk Breast Cancer Patients in 2010 | more |
| Thursday, December 16: Orthopaedics Grand Rounds: Osteoporosis Fracture Risk Prediction using FRAX and Update on Therapeutic Interventions | more |
| Thursday, December 16: Bascom Palmer Grand Rounds | more |
| Thursday, December 16: Geriatrics Institute Grand Rounds: Osteoporosis in the Nursing Home: Falls and Fracture Prevention
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| Thursday, December 16: Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Faculty Candidate Seminar: Learning About Potassium Channels by Knocking Out Their Beta Subunits | more |
| Thursday, December 16: Prevention of Medical Errors | more |
| Thursday, December 16: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Special Seminar | more |
| Thursday, December 16: Endocrinology Fellows Clinical Case Conference: Hypoglycemia: Is This Really an Insulinoma? | more |
| Thursday, December 16: Endocrinology Grand Rounds: Diabetes: Optimizing Patient Adherence | more |
| Thursday, December 16: Endocrinology Research Conference: Career Choices in Endocrinology | more |
| Thursday, December 16: Reproductive Clinical Case Conference: Hypogonadism | more |
| Friday, December 17: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar Series | more |
| Friday, December 17: McKnight Research Seminar: Spectral Domain OCT Imaging of Age-Related Macular Degeneration | more |
| Friday, December 17: Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center seminar: The Radiation Fibrosis Syndrome: A Paradigm for Cancer Rehabilitation | more |
| Friday, December 17: Sylvester Distinguished Lecture Series: Hedgehog Signaling in Cancer | more |
| Friday and Saturday, December 17-18: Renowned physicist to speak at Nova Southeastern University | more |
| Wednesday, December 22: Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds: Decision Making in Cleft Care | more |
| Thursday, December 23: Surgical Grand Rounds: Oncoplastic Breast Surgery | more |
| Thursday, December 23: Otolaryngology Grand Rounds: Sinonasal Tumors | more |
| Thursday, December 30: Surgical Grand Rounds: Targeting Notch, Wnt,and Hedgehog in Solid Tumors | more |
| Wednesday, January 5: Gail F. Beach Memorial Visiting Lectureship Series: Adaptations in Electrical Properties of Motoneurons in Normal Motor Behavior, Spinal Cord Injury, and ALS | more |
| Thursday, January 6: Anesthesiology Grand Rounds: TEE for High-Risk Patients Undergoing Non-Cardiac Procedures: Concepts Revisited | more |
| Thursday, January 6: Velos Patient Management module | more |
| Tuesday, January 11: SPEAK test to be administered | more |
| Wednesday, January 12: McKnight Research Seminar: Retinal Ganglion Cell Survival and Regeneration | more |
| Thursday, January 13: Nobel laureate J. Michael Bishop to speak in Sylvester Distinguished Lecture Series | more |
| Thursday, January 20: Sponsored Programs Roundtable Series: Research Reporting System | more |
| Thursday, January 20: Effort Certification Reporting class offered | more |
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