The University of Miami’s School of Education had three of its academic programs ranked in the top four spots in an annual report on universities by Academic Analytics, which brings objective academic data on faculty productivity to universities.
The teaching and learning program at UM School of Education ranked number one in the country under the Curriculum and Instruction category. Other colleges in this category include University of Wisconsin at Madison and the University of Illinois in Chicago.
The school’s mathematics and science education program was ranked in the number three slot in the math education category. The school’s research, measurement, and evaluation program was ranked fourth in the educational evaluation and research category, ahead of UC Berkeley and the University of Florida.
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Thursday, January 31, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
President Shalala Honored in State of the Union Address
University President Donna E. Shalala was honored in Monday’s State of the Union address by President George W. Bush for her leadership role with former U.S. Senator Bob Dole to implement reforms to improve the medical care provided to wounded soldiers and veterans.
“I call on Congress to enact the reforms recommended by Senator Bob Dole and Secretary Donna Shalala, so we can improve the system of care for our wounded warriors and help them build lives of hope and promise and dignity,” Bush said. Shalala attended the address, sitting in First Lady Laura Bush’s box along with Dole and members of the military recovering from injuries sustained in Iraq.
Shalala, who served for eight years as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Dole were appointed by Bush last March to co-chair a bipartisan commission to examine problems at U.S. military and veterans hospitals across the country.
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“I call on Congress to enact the reforms recommended by Senator Bob Dole and Secretary Donna Shalala, so we can improve the system of care for our wounded warriors and help them build lives of hope and promise and dignity,” Bush said. Shalala attended the address, sitting in First Lady Laura Bush’s box along with Dole and members of the military recovering from injuries sustained in Iraq.
Shalala, who served for eight years as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Dole were appointed by Bush last March to co-chair a bipartisan commission to examine problems at U.S. military and veterans hospitals across the country.
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Florida Primary 2008
Tuesday, January 9, 2008
Block Party at the Bank United Center, 10:00am-3:00pm
Free food and t-shirts, as well as a DJ! Special activities, including raffles, games, Sebastian the Ibis and more! An express shuttle from the UC/Stanford Circle Shuttle Stop to the BankUnited Center will run continuously from 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Primary Results Watch Party
Sponsored by Council for Democracy) UC Lower Lounge 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Join your fellow students as the primary results are counted and announced. Free pizza (provided by Sbarros/Chartwells)
Block Party at the Bank United Center, 10:00am-3:00pm
Free food and t-shirts, as well as a DJ! Special activities, including raffles, games, Sebastian the Ibis and more! An express shuttle from the UC/Stanford Circle Shuttle Stop to the BankUnited Center will run continuously from 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Primary Results Watch Party
Sponsored by Council for Democracy) UC Lower Lounge 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Join your fellow students as the primary results are counted and announced. Free pizza (provided by Sbarros/Chartwells)
Monday, January 28, 2008
Distinguished Professor in Mathematics Receives Crafoord Prize
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Crafoord Prize to University of Miami Distinguished Professor Maxim Kontsevich, who was awarded a Fields Medal in 1998.
The prize, one of the world’s largest scientific awards, is offered to researchers whose works have made outstanding contributions in disciplines, which complement those for which the Nobel Prizes are granted. The announcement was made on Thursday, January 17, at 8:00 a.m. Swedish time.
“It is an immense honor to have Maxim Kontsevich, a leading researcher in the field of mathematics, at the University of Miami and I am pleased to see his accomplishments recognized by this award,” said the Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences, Michael R. Halleran. “Our students and faculty have the magnificent opportunity to work with and learn from a researcher whose work is being honored by the Royal Swedish Academy of Science.”
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The prize, one of the world’s largest scientific awards, is offered to researchers whose works have made outstanding contributions in disciplines, which complement those for which the Nobel Prizes are granted. The announcement was made on Thursday, January 17, at 8:00 a.m. Swedish time.
“It is an immense honor to have Maxim Kontsevich, a leading researcher in the field of mathematics, at the University of Miami and I am pleased to see his accomplishments recognized by this award,” said the Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences, Michael R. Halleran. “Our students and faculty have the magnificent opportunity to work with and learn from a researcher whose work is being honored by the Royal Swedish Academy of Science.”
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School of Education Receives Grant from The Children's Trust
The University of Miami School of Education has received a $610,671 grant from The Children’s Trust to fund a project called Miami Specs: Learning by Changing and Doing. SPEC stands for Strength, Prevention, Empowerment, Community Change.
The three-year award will allow the school to partner with three local human services organizations to help them change their culture and improve the way they approach their work. These organizations, the Health Foundation of South Florida, the Early Leaning Coalition, and the Human Services Coalition, provide much needed services to children and families in our underserved communities.
“This program has the potential to change organizations for the better,” said Dean Isaac Prilleltensky, who will be the Principal Investigator of SPECS. “It allows each human services organization to identify its strengths and be proactive instead of reactive.”
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The three-year award will allow the school to partner with three local human services organizations to help them change their culture and improve the way they approach their work. These organizations, the Health Foundation of South Florida, the Early Leaning Coalition, and the Human Services Coalition, provide much needed services to children and families in our underserved communities.
“This program has the potential to change organizations for the better,” said Dean Isaac Prilleltensky, who will be the Principal Investigator of SPECS. “It allows each human services organization to identify its strengths and be proactive instead of reactive.”
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Friday, January 25, 2008
Frost School of Music Welcomes Celebrated Composer Philip Glass For Two Evenings of Music
Philip Glass, one of the world’s most renowned composers of opera and music for film is coming to The Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music. The two-evening visit, at the University of Miami’s Gusman Concert Hall will include performances of Glass’s music, and an interview and Q&A with the composer.
On February 6 at 8 pm, the Frost Opera Theater, featuring faculty and alumni, Florida Grand Opera Young Artists, and the Civic Chorale of Greater Miami, will perform excerpts from Glass’s operas. Frost School of Music voice professor John Duykers, who has created three original roles in the premieres of three opera works by Glass, will be singing two excerpts.
On February 7 at 8 pm, Alan Johnson, director of the Frost Opera Theater program will perform piano works by Glass, and Glass will have a conversation on composing film music, moderated by Frost School of Music theory and composition professor Dennis Kam and Christina Lane, assistant professor in motion pictures at UM’s School of Communication.
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On February 6 at 8 pm, the Frost Opera Theater, featuring faculty and alumni, Florida Grand Opera Young Artists, and the Civic Chorale of Greater Miami, will perform excerpts from Glass’s operas. Frost School of Music voice professor John Duykers, who has created three original roles in the premieres of three opera works by Glass, will be singing two excerpts.
On February 7 at 8 pm, Alan Johnson, director of the Frost Opera Theater program will perform piano works by Glass, and Glass will have a conversation on composing film music, moderated by Frost School of Music theory and composition professor Dennis Kam and Christina Lane, assistant professor in motion pictures at UM’s School of Communication.
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Thursday, January 24, 2008
Foreign Policy Magazine Picks University of Miami Report as One of the Top Stories Missed in 2007
Foreign Policy magazine has chosen “The Top 10 Stories You Missed in 2007.” Among them, a report issued by the University of Miami’s Institute for Cuban and Cuban American Studies (ICCAS) that reports that in the past two years Cubans have been entering the United States in record numbers.
Written by Hans Salas del Valle, senior researcher with ICCAS, the report points out that nearly 77,000 Cubans entered the country between 2006 and 2007. The magazine writes that while most journalists are focusing on the health of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, the real story out of Cuba is the impressive exodus of its citizens.
The number of Cubans who have entered the U.S. in the past two years, is more than twice the number of refugees who arrived in Florida during the summer of 1994, the magazine said. At that time 38,000 Cubans fled the island. If the current trend holds, the U.S. will have received 267,000 this decade, more than in any other decade.
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Written by Hans Salas del Valle, senior researcher with ICCAS, the report points out that nearly 77,000 Cubans entered the country between 2006 and 2007. The magazine writes that while most journalists are focusing on the health of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, the real story out of Cuba is the impressive exodus of its citizens.
The number of Cubans who have entered the U.S. in the past two years, is more than twice the number of refugees who arrived in Florida during the summer of 1994, the magazine said. At that time 38,000 Cubans fled the island. If the current trend holds, the U.S. will have received 267,000 this decade, more than in any other decade.
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
A Celebration of AfroCuban Culture
The University of Miami in conjunction with the exhibition 'Afrocuba:works on paper, 1968-2003' cordially invites you to 'A Celebration of Afrocuban Culture' on Thursday, January 24, 2008. This is a groundbreaking exibition of prints and drawings orgainzed by the San Francisco State University Art Gallery. A coffee reception will be held from 6:30-7:30pm at the Lowe Art Museum. The reception is free and open to the public.
A concert will be held at 8pm in Gusman Concert Hall featuring Saxophonist/Latin Grammy Nominee Ed Calle playing Salsa Big Band charts with the Frost Concert Jazz Band - Dante Luciani, Director; plus Frost Bata Drum Ensemble - Brian Lange, Director and Frost Lastin Jazz Ensemble - Alberto De La Regueara, Director. Concert admission is $15 per person. Call (305) 284-5813 to purchase tickets.
A concert will be held at 8pm in Gusman Concert Hall featuring Saxophonist/Latin Grammy Nominee Ed Calle playing Salsa Big Band charts with the Frost Concert Jazz Band - Dante Luciani, Director; plus Frost Bata Drum Ensemble - Brian Lange, Director and Frost Lastin Jazz Ensemble - Alberto De La Regueara, Director. Concert admission is $15 per person. Call (305) 284-5813 to purchase tickets.
Minnett Named Chair of UM Meteorology School
The University of Miami's Rosentiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science has announced that Peter Minnett, Ph.D, has been elected chairman of the division of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography (MPO).
Minnett has been with the University since 1995 and will oversee MPO, which is engaged in interdisciplinary observational, diagnostic, modeling and theoretical studies to improve our understanding of the oceans and atmosphere. The division works closely with groups within the Rosentiel School, as well as scientists at the NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, and the National Hurricane Center.
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Minnett has been with the University since 1995 and will oversee MPO, which is engaged in interdisciplinary observational, diagnostic, modeling and theoretical studies to improve our understanding of the oceans and atmosphere. The division works closely with groups within the Rosentiel School, as well as scientists at the NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, and the National Hurricane Center.
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Power Players Poised For Action: 2008 People to Watch
To say Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk is the architect of Miami's New Urbanism plan may be pretty cocky. But it's also pretty true.
A founding member of Miami-based architecture firm Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. and dean of the University of Miami School of Architecture, Plater-Zyberk is helping shape Miami into a greener, more sustainable city.
One of her main missions this year will be to bring Mayor Manny Diaz's ambitious rezoning project, Miami 21, to fruition. The massive plan aims to convert Miami to a form-based code, which is more conducive to mixed-use development, public transportation and pedestrian access.
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A founding member of Miami-based architecture firm Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. and dean of the University of Miami School of Architecture, Plater-Zyberk is helping shape Miami into a greener, more sustainable city.
One of her main missions this year will be to bring Mayor Manny Diaz's ambitious rezoning project, Miami 21, to fruition. The massive plan aims to convert Miami to a form-based code, which is more conducive to mixed-use development, public transportation and pedestrian access.
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Friday, January 18, 2008
UM Set to Launch Educational iTunes
Whether listening to weekly podcasts from anatomy class or downloading Virgil's Aeneid, students at 28 different universities are taking advantage of an education-oriented Apple service.
iTunes U, a feature on the iTunes store web site, provides students with presentations, performances, lectures, demonstrations, debates, tours and archival footage in the form of MP3 downloads.
Although the University of Miami does not currently offer the service, the university signed an agreement on Jan. 2 to launch iTunes U later this semester.
UM's iTunes U link will consist of two sections - public and private - that each school can personalize.
The private section of UM's site will include educational content. Students, faculty and alumni will be granted access with their CaneID.
Campus tours, interviews and other promotional information will be posted on the public part of the site, which will be administered by the university's communications office.
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iTunes U, a feature on the iTunes store web site, provides students with presentations, performances, lectures, demonstrations, debates, tours and archival footage in the form of MP3 downloads.
Although the University of Miami does not currently offer the service, the university signed an agreement on Jan. 2 to launch iTunes U later this semester.
UM's iTunes U link will consist of two sections - public and private - that each school can personalize.
The private section of UM's site will include educational content. Students, faculty and alumni will be granted access with their CaneID.
Campus tours, interviews and other promotional information will be posted on the public part of the site, which will be administered by the university's communications office.
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Thursday, January 17, 2008
Former UM Vice President to Speak About Martin Luther King, Jr.
United Black Students, Brothers Overcoming Negativity and Destruction, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated, and the Department of Multicultural Student Affairs will be opening their celebration of the life of Martin Luther King Jr. with “Voices of Freedom,” a ceremony featuring remarks from William R. Butler, vice president emeritus for student affairs. The event will begin with a candlelight march from the Stanford/Hecht bridge to The Rock, where Butler will speak about King’s historical visit to the UM campus in 1966, their luncheon together with other civic leaders in downtown Miami, and the visit from Coretta Scott King in 1980. To conclude the event, the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee along with members from the University's executive administration will unveil a plaque that will be mounted on The Rock commemorating King's life and contributions. The event takes place on Tuesday, January 22 at 6 p.m. at The Rock, located on the Coral Gables campus directly in front of the University Center. The event is free and open to the public.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
The Seventh Annual Jack Chester Foundation Memorial Lecture by Dr. Mitchell G. Bard
Monday, January 28, 2008 The Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies, The Middle East Studies Institute and The Dr. M. Lee Pearce Chair in Middle East Peace Studies invite you to attend The Seventh Annual Jack Chester Foundation Memorial Lecture by Dr. Mitchell G. Bard.
Author of Myths and Facts: A Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict. Dr. Bard is the Executive Director of the nonprofit American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise, and the author of 17 books including Forgotten Victims: The Abandonment of Americans in Hitler’s Camps and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Middle East Conflict. He will lecture on his new book Will Israel Survive? Book available for purchase ($25) and autographing.
8:00 – 10:00 PM (Doors open at 7:30 PM) at The Miller Center Auditorium 105 Merrick Building 5202 University Drive. The lecture is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. R.S.V.P. ccjs@miami.edu; Tel. (305) 284-6882; Fax (305) 284-5274.
Author of Myths and Facts: A Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict. Dr. Bard is the Executive Director of the nonprofit American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise, and the author of 17 books including Forgotten Victims: The Abandonment of Americans in Hitler’s Camps and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Middle East Conflict. He will lecture on his new book Will Israel Survive? Book available for purchase ($25) and autographing.
8:00 – 10:00 PM (Doors open at 7:30 PM) at The Miller Center Auditorium 105 Merrick Building 5202 University Drive. The lecture is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. R.S.V.P. ccjs@miami.edu; Tel. (305) 284-6882; Fax (305) 284-5274.
Monday, January 14, 2008
Canes Shine in ACC Opener
The University of Miami men's basketball team figured an announced capacity crowd of 7,000 for its Atlantic Coast Conference opener Saturday afternoon at BankUnited Center might provide enough energy and electricity to keep it from slipping against Georgia Tech.But after falling into a shooting slump and a 12-point deficit 10 minutes into the game, the 25th-ranked Hurricanes found the spark they needed somewhere else -- their "Liger.''
Fueled by Jimmy Graham's career-high 13 points and tenacious energy and defense off the bench, UM rallied to take a two-point lead at halftime, and eventually overcame the Yellow Jackets 78-68.
Sophomore James Dews scored 16 of his career-high 20 points in the second half to pace the Hurricanes, whose 14-1 start ties the best in the program's history.
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Fueled by Jimmy Graham's career-high 13 points and tenacious energy and defense off the bench, UM rallied to take a two-point lead at halftime, and eventually overcame the Yellow Jackets 78-68.
Sophomore James Dews scored 16 of his career-high 20 points in the second half to pace the Hurricanes, whose 14-1 start ties the best in the program's history.
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UM to Present Wagner's Epic Tristan Und Isolde
Direct from the famed La Scala opera house in Milan comes a new production of Richard Wagner's Tristan Und Isolde. The opening night Italian audience (Dec. 7, 2007) rewarded the production with 20 minutes of applause for conductor Daniel Barenboim, German mezzo soprano Waltraud Meier and British tenor Ian Storey.
Tristan Und Isolde is considered one of Wagner's most important works because of the musical innovations he employed. Filmed in crystal clear high definition and presented in stunning 5.1 digital surround sound, this presentation will be as close as you can get to being in the audience without a trip to Italy.
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Tristan Und Isolde is considered one of Wagner's most important works because of the musical innovations he employed. Filmed in crystal clear high definition and presented in stunning 5.1 digital surround sound, this presentation will be as close as you can get to being in the audience without a trip to Italy.
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University of Miami Knight Center for International Media Opens Convergence Lab
The Knight Center for International Media at the University of Miami School of Communication officially opened the doors of their Convergence Lab and Observational Research Suite during an evening reception and open house held on Dec. 12. UM President Donna Shalala and School of Communication Dean, Sam L Grogg, welcomed guests for a preview of the lab and its many capabilities for learning and professional development.
“This new lab is yet another example of the forward momentum of the University of Miami. We are most fortunate for our longstanding and growing collaboration with the Knight Foundation,” said President Shalala. Dean Sam Grogg stated that “The Knight Center and this high tech facility are at the heart of the School of Communication and will give students, faculty and professionals a remarkable resource for their learning, teaching, professional and creative work."
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“This new lab is yet another example of the forward momentum of the University of Miami. We are most fortunate for our longstanding and growing collaboration with the Knight Foundation,” said President Shalala. Dean Sam Grogg stated that “The Knight Center and this high tech facility are at the heart of the School of Communication and will give students, faculty and professionals a remarkable resource for their learning, teaching, professional and creative work."
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