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MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Federal Grant to Rehabilitation Medicine Team Will Advance Spinal Cord Research
A $2 million five-year grant from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research will allow a team of researchers at the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine to study the course of recovery and outcomes following the delivery of a coordinated system of care for spinal cord injury patients. | more |
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PHILANTHROPY
Adrienne Arsht Makes $500,000 Gift to Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
A $500,000 gift from philanthropist Adrienne Arsht to Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine will establish the betti lidsky Retinitis Pigmentosa Endowed Research Fund. | more |
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UNIVERSITY
Open Enrollment Runs through November 4
Your annual opportunity to enroll or make changes to medical, dental, flexible spending, and short-term disability benefits is here and runs through November 4. | more
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UNITED WAY
This year’s United Way campaign is well under way as departments, divisions, and units across the University host fundraising events that include bake sales, raffles, and more. Get involved in upcoming events:
- President’s Office “You Pick” Raffle | more
- Advancement United Way Fundraising Luncheon | more
- Finance and Treasury’s 2011 United Way Silent Auction | more
- Office of Student Account Services Raffle; Win a MacBook Pro, iPad2, or iTouch | more
- Division of Continuing and International Education Dessert Bake-Off Contest | more
- Information Technology Bake Sale on November 21 | more
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UM PRESENTS
Festival Miami Offers Songwriters Showcase, Other Events
Festival Miami, the Frost School of Music’s live musical showcase featuring performances in four themes, enters its penultimate week with a variety of concerts, including the Songwriters Showcase, featuring songs composed and performed by students enrolled in the Creative American Music program. | more |
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SPORTS
Women’s Basketball Team Picked to Finish atop the ACC
For the first time since Miami joined the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2004, the women’s basketball team is the preseason favorite to win the league championship. | more
- Women’s Hoops Coach Katie Meier to Host Fantasy Camp | more
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UNIVERSITY
UMPD to Host ’Canes Kids Police Academy
The University of Miami Police Department will host its first-ever ’Canes Kids Police Academy on Friday, November 11, a fun-filled life-skills experience for children ages 10 to 12. Registration is now open. | more |
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Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernández Rundle to Receive Hoeveler Award | more
The Launch Pad at Toppel Presents the 2011 Elevator Pitch Contest | more
Graduate Business Certificate Courses Start in November; Tuition Remission Available | more
UHealth Childbirth Classes Offer Discount for UM Employees | more
2012 Faculty Learning Community: Call for Applications and Nominations | more |
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Students Showcase Research and Talents at SEJ Conference
From research posters on climate and hurricanes to seamless news gathering and on-spot reporting, University of Miami students played a key role on the opening day of the recent Society of Environmental Journalists Conference, for which UM served as the host institution. Top: School of Communication student Natalie Edgar photographs the conference’s opening reception. Above: Kelly L. Jackson, left, a graduate student at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, explains her research project to UM President Donna E. Shalala, Rosenstiel School Dean Roni Avissar, and Jane Lubchenco, under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. | more |
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FREEZE FRAME
UM Wins Local Corporation of the Year Award
The Southern Florida Minority Supplier Development Council (SFMSDC) awarded the University of Miami the Local Corporation of the Year Award in recognition of the institution’s supplier diversity program. Above: Attending the recent awards gala were, from left, Jay Nerang, president of the Minority Business Enterprise Input Committee; Beatrice Louissaint, president of the SFMSDC; Nerissa Morris, UM vice president of Human Resources; Sophia Galvin, director of UM’s Business Development Program and second vice chair of the SFMSDC board of directors; and Erasmos Acostas, chairman of the board of directors for the SFMSDC. | more |
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Take Advantage of Free Computer Software Training in November and December
The User Support Services group offers free software training to University of Miami employees. Courses include Microsoft’s Office applications such as Word, Excel, Access, and Outlook. Training is also offered for Adobe’s popular Photoshop and InDesign applications. | more
Bascom Palmer Offers Enhanced Access and Services
University of Miami faculty and staff can now receive an annual eye exam in the evening or on a Saturday at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. | more
- 2010 Total Compensation Statements | more
- New App Simplifies FSA Claims Process | more
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| Through Wednesday, October 26: The Launch Pad at Toppel Presents the 2011 Elevator Pitch Contest | more |
| Through Friday, October 28: Art and Art History Faculty Members to Present Their Works at Annual Exhibition | more |
| Monday, October 24: Food Day Events Planned for Coral Gables Campus | more |
| Monday, October 24: Biology Departmental Seminar: Age, Experience, and the Delayed Direct Benefits of Cooperation in a Lekking Manakin | more |
| Tuesday, October 25: Miller Center Lecture: The Eichmann Trial | more |
Tuesday, October 25: ’Canes Care Scare Fair
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| Tuesday, October 25: Center for the Humanities BookTalk Series
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| Wednesday, October 26: Pre-Vet Society Halloween Dog Wash | more |
| Wednesday, October 26: Open Enrollment Booth at Well ’Canes Farmer’s Market | more |
| Wednesday, October 26: Healthy Steps Meeting to Address Importance of Play in Child Development | more |
| Wednesday, October 26: Faculty Senate to Meet on Miller School Campus | more |
| Wednesday, October 26: Miami Clinical and Translational Science Seminar Series | more |
| Wednesday, October 26: Miller Center Book Presentation: Belonging and Otherness - Jews in/of Latin America: 40 Years of Change | more |
| Thursday, October 27: HOPE's Online Silent Auction and Reception | more |
| Thursday, October 27: Biostatistics Seminar Series: Generalized Additive Partial Linear Models with High-Dimensional Covariates | more |
| Thursday, October 27: Division of Hospital Medicine Grand Rounds: Transitions of Care Out of the ICU | more |
| Friday, October 28: Miami Consortium to Host Conference on Marginalization in the Americas
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| Friday, October 28: National Expert on Scholarly Publishing to Lecture at Miller School for Open Access Week
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| Friday through Sunday, October 28-30: Cosford Screenings | Happy, Happy | Restless | Carmen |
| Monday, October 31: Biology Departmental Seminar: Expecting the Unexpected: Pandora's Box of Paradox in an Upside-Down Estuary | more |
| Tuesday, November 1: Developmental Center for AIDS Research Grand Rounds | more |
| Tuesday, November 1: Human Genetics and Genomics Seminar Series: Highlights from the 2011 American Society of Human Genetics Meeting | more |
| Tuesday, November 1: Miller Center Lecture: 'My Russian Grandmother and Her American Vacuum Cleaner' | more |
| Wednesday, November 2: Psychiatry Grand Rounds: Depression and Reproduction: Context-Dependency of Biological Signaling | more |
| Wednesday, November 2: Miami Project to Cure Paralysis Gail F. Beach Memorial Visiting Lectureship Series | more |
| Thursday, November 3: Richter Library to Celebrate Acquisition of Michael Carlebach Photography Collection
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| Thursday, November 3: Center for the Humanities Lecture: We're All Artists Now: Art in the Age of Digital Photography
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| Friday, November 4: CHP Conference: The Impact of Globalization on Latin America: Case Studies of Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru | more |
| Friday, November 4: Audrey R. Finkelstein UM Experience | more |
| Friday, November 4: Wine Tasting and Open House to Benefit UM-NSU CARD | more |
| Friday, November 4: Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Open House and Reception | more |
| Saturday, November 5: UM Ear Institute, Barton G. Kids Hear Now Foundation to Host Run Over Hear 5K Run/Walk | more |
| Monday, November 7: Miller Center Book Presentation: When They Come for Us, We’ll Be Gone: The Epic Struggle to Save Soviet Jewry | more |
| Monday, November 7: College of Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series | more |
| Tuesday, November 8: The Latest Research in Huntington’s Disease: What’s Down the Pipeline? | more |
| Wednesday, November 9: Dermatology Grand Rounds: Plaquenil Ocular Side Effects | more |
| Thursday, November 10 : Department of History Speakers Series: Beyond the Icon and the Axe: Transdisciplinary Insights into Medieval Russia | more |
| Friday through Sunday, November 11-13: Save the Date: Synergy 2011: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Interventional Oncology | more |
| Tuesday, November 15: Cooper Fellows Lecture Series: Naturefacts and Artifacts | more |
| Thursday and Friday, November 17-18: SEEDS to Host National Expert on Racial and Gender Achievement Gaps | more |
| Sunday, December 4: Save the Date: Frost School’s Winter Wonderful! to Raise Funds for Music Scholarships | more |
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