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The Spring 2013 M2U newsletter highlights initiatives and achievements of the historic Momentum2 campaign and its dramatic beneficial impact on the U.
Maintaining Momentum
How It All Fits Together
Revisit highlights from the first Momentum campaign in the 2008 wrap-up report, Our Moment to Shine.
The University of Miami's Office of Media Relations is responsible for communicating information to the media regarding the Momentum2 campaign and coordinating press coverage of campaign-related stories and events.
To contact Media Relations call 305-284-5500 or e-mail ummedia@miami.edu.
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Latest News
- May 28: College of Engineering Celebrates 65 Years and Honors M2 Donors
- May 22: Faculty and Staff Among New Heritage Society Inductees
- May 22: Gift Establishes Ph.D. Program in Community Well-Being
- May 22: Tropical Nights Gala Raises Record Amount
- May 20: Pap Corps Annual Gift Reaches $3.6 Million
- April 30: J. William Harbour Awarded Endowed Chair at Bascom Palmer
- April 22: School of Communication Receives $1 Million Gift
Spring 2013
- March 15: Wolfson Foundation Gifts Inspire and Challenge Medical Students
- February 21: UM graduate Shajena Erazo shares her gratitude for scholarship support
- February 19: Generous Gift Establishes Melanoma Division in Department of Dermatology
- February 5: Watkins Distinguished Chair Established at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
- January: UM Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies Receives $1 Million Gift
- January 8: Essman Foundation Pledges Support to Sylvester
- December 12: Sylvester’s 20th Anniversary Gala Raises Record $1.3 Million
Fall 2012
- November 27: Bascom Palmer Receives $10 Million Gift
- November 16: Destination Fashion Raises $31M for The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
- November 13: UM Receives Charity Navigator Four-Star Rating
- November 6: Grant Will Expand Cuban Theater Digital Archive
- November 6: ALS Research and Patient Care at Miller School Get $1 Million Boost Gift expands upon existing programs and creates additional resources.
- November 5: Dolphins Cycling Challenge raises more than $2 million for cancer research
- November 2: Generous Gift Will Dramatically Expand Resources of Toppel Career Center
- October 29: Miami Law scholarship established in memory of distinguished alumnus and renowned 'clear thinker' Richard Lapidus, J.D. '61
- October 26: University of Miami’s Momentum2 Campaign Hits Billion-Dollar Mark
- October 24, 2012: Campus Radio Station WVUM Now Reaching More Listeners, Â Thanks to Upgrades Made Possible by Campaign Donations
- October 19: Star-studded Destination Fashion event on November 10 at Bal Harbour Shops will raise funds for the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
- October 1: UM Trustee's "Chaplin Challenge" Will Match School of Law Contributions
- September 27: Great Sports Legends Dinner Raises Nearly $18 Million to Cure Paralysis
Summer 2012
- August 2: New Funding Enhances Frost School’s Henry Mancini Institute
- June 28: Miami Law Adjuncts Fund Scholarships
- June 27: Grant Fast-Tracks New Nurses into the Field
- June 25: Arsht Research on Ethics and Community Grants Awarded
- June 22: Accelerated BSN Program Gets a Boost
- June 18: Leading South Florida Trial Attorney Endows Scholarship at Miami Law
- June 8: Marine Technology and Life Sciences Seawater Complex Breaks Ground
May 2012
- May 23: Beaux Arts Gift Provides Boost for the Lowe
- May 23: Sylvester Opens Unique Pediatric Oncology Clinic
- May 21: Annual Tropical Nights Fundraising raises $300,000
- May 15: An Inspiring Heritage
- May 15: UM Libraries’ Digital Preservation Project Brings Miami's Cuban Theater History to Light
- May 3: UM's Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute Awarded $10 Million Grant from Starr Foundation
- May 1: Pap Corps Makes $3.2 Million Gift to Cancer Research at Sylvester
April 2012
- April 22: Sue Miller, whose family made $100 million naming gift to the University's Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, receives national United Way award for philanthropic leadership
- April 20: Judge A. Jay Cristol’s Gift Supports Bankruptcy Clinic
March 2012
February 2012
- February 17: Â "Encore, Encore: UM Kicks off $1.6B Campaign" (Miami Herald coverage of campaign launch)
- February 16: UM Launches Momentum2: The Breakthrough Campaign for the University of Miami
- February 16: Diabetes Research Institute Foundation Takes Lead Role in University of Miami Momentum2 Campaign
- February 9: Grant to Support Purchase of Helicopter
January 2012
- January 31, 2012 : UM College of Engineering receives $1 Million Gift to Fund Scholarships for African-American Students
- January 09, 2012 : New Playground Brings Joy to Linda Ray Kids
- January 09, 2012: Beaux Arts Gives $1.7 Million to Lowe Art Museum
2008 - 2011
- December 22, 2011: UM Acquires Orange Bowl Collection
- December 12, 2011: UM Holds Groundbreaking for Schwartz Center for Athletic Excellence
- December 11, 2011: Hybrid Catheterization Lab Brings Next-Generation Technology to University of Miami Hospital
- December 01, 2011: UM Projects Get Funding from Citizens Board
- November 08, 2011: Friends Give “Artfully†to UM Lowe Art Museum
- November 07, 2011: Leadership for Fundraising Campaign Announced
- October 26, 2011: A New Center for Student Life
- October 18, 2011: Adrienne Arsht Gives $500,000 to Bascom Palmer
- September 01, 2011: UM Athletics Receives $4.2 Million Gift
- August 30, 2011: Pediatric Mobile Clinic Receives Gift from Himan Brown Trust
- August 11, 2011: Fanjul Family Donates $1 million to Bascom Palmer
- May 12, 2011: The Pap Corps Raises Near Record Amount for Sylvester
- April 08, 2011: Philanthropist Christine E. Lynn Donates $10 Million to The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
- April 06, 2011: UM Receives $20M to Build New Student Center
- January 25, 2011: Groundbreaking Held for Children's Cancer Clinic
- December 08, 2010: Family Medicine Program Receives $1 Million Gift and Matching Gift Pledge
- November 29, 2010: Frost School Community Outreach Program Receives $1M in Funding
- November 19, 2010: Athletics Receives $5M Lead Gift for Schwartz Center for Athletic Excellence
- April 22, 2010: Barton G’s Foundation Announces $5M Gift for UM Ear Institute
- February 18, 2010: School of Communication Receives Significant Film Collection
- August 27, 2009: Miami Institute for Human Genomics Receives $20 Million Gift to Support Research
- October 16, 2008: Adrienne Arsht Gives Five Million Dollar Gift to University of Miami
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