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COMMENCEMENT
NBC Miami’s Jackie Nespral to Deliver December Commencement Address
Two-time Emmy-winning anchor and University of Miami alumna Jacqueline Nespral will speak to hundreds of graduates at UM’s December commencement ceremony on Thursday, December 15 at 10 a.m. at BankUnited Center. | more |
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HUMAN RESOURCES
Employees Approve of Flexible Summer Workweek Program
The results of a survey on the Flexible Summer Workweek are in, with the overwhelming majority of respondents approving of the program, which is designed to help employees balance work and personal obligations. | more |
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FROST SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Winter Wonderful to Raise Funds for Music Scholarships
Hundreds of talented student musicians will perform on Sunday, December 4 at the Frost School’s holiday gala dinner, Winter Wonderful, an event organizers hope will raise $100,000 for music scholarships. | more |
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UNIVERSITY
Edward Gillis Promoted to Dean of Enrollment Management
Edward Gillis, who for nearly 20 years has helped lead a division directly responsible for improving the academic quality of the University of Miami, has been promoted to dean of enrollment management. | more |
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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:
- United Way Campaign Drawing | more
- President’s Office “You Pick” Raffle | more
- Office of Student Account Services Raffle; Win a MacBook Pro, iPad2, or iTouch | more
- Document Services and Solutions United Way Raffle | more
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SPORTS
Former ’Cane Ryan Braun Wins National League MVP Award
Milwaukee Brewers outfielder and former University of Miami Hurricanes baseball player Ryan Braun has been named National League MVP. | more |
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UM PRESENTS
Polyglot Writers: Writing Across Languages
The Creative Writing Program welcomes poet and playwright Nathalie Handal and poet Ishion Hutchinson to its 2011-12 reading series, Polyglot Writers: Writing Across Languages, on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 29 and 30. The series celebrates our global society, where languages float across borders, race, and class, and have created a nation of polyglot people. | more
’Cane Fair to Feature Works of M.F.A. Students
Mediums ranging from paintings and photography to ceramics and sculpture will be on display during the fourth annual ’Cane Fair from November 29 through January 27, an event that will showcase the works of University of Miami M.F.A. students in observance of Art Basel Miami Beach. | more |
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| Hurricanes to Host Annual Football Banquet | more
Gathering at School of Architecture to Celebrate the Life of Jan Hochstim | more
Fall Course Evaluations Open Today | more
Art and Art History Students to Showcase Their Works at Art Miami | more
Lowe Art Museum Store Offering Holiday Discount | more
Step Up Your Checkup | more
Discovery Science Grand Rounds Call for Nominations | more
2011-12 Fact Finder Now Available | more
Faculty Disclosure Form on MyUM | more
UM Bookstore to Host Appreciation Day | more
Registration Now Open for 2012 Intersession Courses | more
Sexual Assault Response Team Seeks Volunteers | more
New Public Health Service Funding Conflict of Interest Regulations | more
FDA Summit 2011 Highlights and Update Sessions | more
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Yale Scholar Details His Struggle Against Skepticism about Cuba
Speaking candidly on a topic close to his heart, Yale University scholar Carlos M. N. Eire, who came to the United States from Cuba in 1962 as part of Operation Pedro Pan, explained to a University of Miami audience on November 21 how Cuban exiles still face disbelief about accounts of repression and human rights violations in the island nation. Sponsored by the University of Miami Libraries’ Cuban Heritage Collection and the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies, Eire’s lecture was made possible by the Goizueta Foundation. | more |
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FREEZE FRAME
U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce Talks Free Trade at UM Event
Francisco Sánchez, U.S. undersecretary of commerce for international trade, told an audience at a University of Miami Center for Hemispheric Policy luncheon on November 17 that the new free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea would help “level the playing field and create tens of thousands of jobs for the U.S.” A President Barack Obama appointee, Sánchez spoke before more than 120 business executives and entrepreneurs at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Miami. | more |
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FREEZE FRAME
Can-Do Attitude Helps Feed the Hungry
Stacking canned green beans, yams, fruits, and other tinned treats as high as they could, five teams of University of Miami students and employees gathered at the School of Architecture on November 18 to show off not only their ‘canstruction’ skills but a can-do spirit to help wipe out hunger. | more |
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Surviving the Holidays
Get valuable information on how holiday time, energy, and money are spent, and learn the pros and cons of using credit cards for purchasing gifts. This lunchtime seminar, offered through the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program, will also review strategies on avoiding excessive debt and credit problems during the holiday season. | more |
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| Monday, November 28: Biology Departmental Seminar: Co-Evolution between Animals and Their Symbiotic Bacteria | more |
| Monday, November 28: EU Center Lecture: The European Union’s Eastern Neighborhood Policy | more |
| Monday, November 28: EU Center Lecture: The European Union’s Role in the Mediterranean | more |
| Tuesday,November 29: Cardiology Grand Rounds: Cardiopulmonary Stress Testing: Indications and Interpretation | more |
| Tuesday,November 29: Cell Biology Research Forum: Coercion and Subversion of Eukaryotic Cell Biology by the Master Manipulator Chlamydia Trachomatis | more |
| Tuesday,November 29: Pathology Grand Rounds: Perspectives on POCT | more |
| Tuesday,November 29: Pediatric Grand Rounds: Pediatric Glaucoma Is Fine | more |
| Wednesday, November 30: McKnight Research Seminar: Characterizing Cross Talk between Pro-Survival Pathways and the Immune System in the Retina | more |
| Wednesday, November 30: Miami Clinical and Translational Science Seminar Series: Translation Research in Health Disparities | more |
| Wednesday, November 30: South Florida Summit on Jewish Genetic Diseases | more |
| Wednesday, November 30: Free Workshop for Families with Special-Needs Children | more |
| Wednesday, November 30: Miami Project Wednesday Noon Seminar: Emergency Hypothermia for Latrogenic Spinal Cord Injury | more |
| Wednesday, November 30: Dermatology Grand Rounds: Introduction to Research Projects and Investigators, Part 4 | more |
| Wednesday, November 30: Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Special Seminar: Clinical Translation of Genetic Therapies for Cancer, Transplantation, and Regenerative Medicine | more |
| Thursday, December 1: Ophthalmology Grand Rounds | more |
| Thursday, December 1: Orthopaedics Grand Rounds: Stress Risers in Bone: Can Bone Plugs Help? | more |
| Thursday, December 1: Surgical Grand Rounds: Liver Transplantation for Malignant Disease | more |
| Thursday, December 1: Anesthesiology Grand Rounds: Advances in Brain Tumor Surgery | more |
| Thursday, December 1: Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series: The Role of RNF11 in the Negative Regulation of Antiviral Signaling | more |
| Thursday, December 1: DMAS/FRS Training | more |
| Thursday, December 1: Business School to Host M.B.A. Program Information Session | more |
| Friday, December 2: CHP Panel Discussion: Mexico-U.S. Relations: Trends, Issues, and Implications | more |
| Friday, December 2: Gourmet Food Truck Night and Finals Fiesta | more |
| Saturday, December 3: Day of Dialogue 2011: Imagine an Engaged Miami—Accepting Differences, Building Trust | more |
| Saturday, December 3: Ophthalmic Imaging 2012: Optical Coherence Tomography Applications and Future Technology | more |
| Sunday, December 4: Department of Philosophy Lecture Series: Portraits and Death: Rendering Absence and Loss in Art | more |
| Monday, December 5: College of Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series: Resource Management for Computer Operating Systems | more |
| Monday, December 5: Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Special Seminar: Alloimmunity Following Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: The Human Experiment | more |
| Monday, December 5: Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Oncogenomics Core Facility Seminar | more |
| Monday, December 5: College of Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series: Resource Management for Computer Operating Systems | more |
| Monday, December 5: Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series: Gp96 and HIV Vaccines | more |
| Tuesday, December 6: Human Genetics and Genomics Seminar Series: Genomic Medicine in the Sequencing Age | more |
| Wednesday, December 7: Dermatology GrandRounds: Recent Highlights in Hair Pathology | more |
| Wednesday, December 7: Diabetes and You Session: Holiday Choices: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly | more |
| Wednesday, December 7: Division of Biostatistics Seminar: New Challenges in Hurricane Prediction | more |
| Thursday, December 8: Orthopaedics Grand Rounds: Comparison of Cortical Trajectory Pedicle Screws to Traditional Pedicle Screws in Lumbar Spine with Cyclic Loading | more |
| Thursday, December 8: Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Seminar Series: Atypical Mammalian Photoreceptors Influence Circadian Rhythms, Mood, and Learning | more |
| Thursday, December 8: Discovery Science Grand Rounds: Disease Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets in the Type 1 Diabetes Spectrum | more |
| Thursday, December 8: Fourth Annual Florida Tobacco Summit | more |
| Thursday, December 8: Anesthesiology Grand Rounds: Visual Understanding of Coagulation | more |
| Tuesday,December 13: Innovation to Entrepreneurship Boot Camp | more |
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