Good Publicity

Don W. Stacks, director of the School of Communication’s Public Relations program, was elected the U.S. chair for the International Public Relations Association (IPRA). Serving among leaders from 96 participating countries in the 1,000-member organization, Stacks will coordinate all IPRA activities in the United States. “The chance to serve on the international stage says a lot about the University of Miami and the School of Communication’s reach into international public relations and business,” Stacks says.

Crockett and Tubbs, Soloway and Sleeman

Mark Soloway, M.D., chairman of the Department of Urology, and Danny Sleeman, M.D., codirector of the surgical residency program at the Miller School of Medicine, are celebrities around town, not only for their medical expertise but also for a cameo appearance in director Michael Mann’s recent film, Miami Vice. Soloway, who met Mann six years ago while the director was in town filming Ali, hosted the East Coast premiere of Miami Vice this summer. Soloway also honored Mann and Mann’s wife, Summer, at the premiere with the 2006 CURED Humanitarian Award for their help in supporting the Center for Urologic Research, Education, and Diseases at the Miller School of Medicine.

ABCs of the EU

With 25 member states and a population of 450 million, the European Union can seem a powerful yet enigmatic entity. Joaquin Roy, the Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and codirector of the Miami-Florida European Union Center of Excellence, has published a dictionary that clarifies the basic elements of the EU and related topics that have emerged since its formation more than a half-century ago. Cowritten with Aimee Kanner, M.A. ’97, Ph.D. ’01, assistant professor of political science at Florida Atlantic University, the Historical Dictionary of the European Union (Scarecrow Press, 2006) encompasses maps, photos, acronyms, a chronology, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries.