
Recycling bins on the Coral Gables campus
>> 220
Tons of waste the University recycled last year
>> 18
Tons of paper the average American uses in a lifetime
>> 18
Gallons of oil conserved by recycling
18 tons of paper
>> 6,840
DNA samples UM researchers and colleagues analyzed
in a recent
multiple sclerosis study
>> 23,000
Estimated total genes in the human
genome
>> 23,000
Single-letter variations in DNA coding
researchers scanned in the MS study
>> 500,000
Letters sent per year to the Postal
Service’s Operation Santa Claus
in New York
>> 500,000
Routes the Wellness Center measured for its Walking Counts program
>> 1,300
Length of the route between the
Ponce Garage and the Memorial
Building
>> 0.91 miles
Average time to walk 0.91 miles
>> 16.5 minutes
Time it would take track star
Michael Johnson to run 0.91 miles
>> 2.4 minutes
Sources: University of Miami Business Services, Clean Air Council, United States Department of
Agriculture, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, BBC News, The New York Times, University of Miami Wellness and Recreation, USA Track and Field
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