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05/01/2018
Guatemalan guest speaker describes how Ixil-Maya knowledge and resistance led an environmental justice movement
On April 11, Baltazar de la Cruz Rodriguez, a member of the Alcaldía Indígena ancestral authorities of Cotzal, Guatemala, gave a talk entitled "Maya-lxil Cultural Rights and Megaprojects in Guatemala"
04/30/2018
Joy Connolly speaks on Greek influence in Roman literature and culture
On April 9, provost and senior vice president at the CUNY Graduate Center Joy Connolly visited Miami to give a lecture entitled "Displacement and Dual Voices: Roman Writing in the Late Republic"
04/26/2018
CEC Faculty win university awards
They were recognized for service, scholarship, and career development
04/23/2018
Spark Foundry CMO and Miami alum Scott Hess chosen as CAS commencement ceremony featured speaker
Scott Hess has been chosen as this year's featured speaker for the College of Arts and Sciences Recognition Ceremony on May 19
04/20/2018
Natalia Roudakova speaks about the crisis of journalism in Russia
A freezing spring morning was joined by cultural anthropologist Natalia Roudakova and observing faculty and students on April 2 to talk about her book, "Losing Pravda: Ethics and the Press in Post-Truth Russia"
04/19/2018
Dr. Jennifer Richeson discusses the psychology in changing racial dynamics in the U.S.
Yale psychology professor Dr. Jennifer Richeson came to campus to deliver a lecture on Friday March 30. Her talk, titled "Racial and Political Dynamics of an Approaching 'Majority-Minority' United States," focused on the changing racial dynamics in the U.S. as the number of minorities continually increases
04/16/2018
Ian Matt Nelson on nursing home changing demographics
Ian “Matt” Nelson (Scripps Gerontology Center) is quoted in a story about younger residents in Ohio’s nursing home facilities.
04/13/2018
Miami professor Nicole Thesz publishes book on famous German novelist
Associate professor of German Nicole Thesz published The Communicative Event in the Works of Günter Grass: Stages of Speech, 1959-2015 in January
04/10/2018
How can a hymn divide a religious community?
Dr. Hoenes del Pinal, assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, gave a lecture based on his ethnographic research about how language and nonverbal communication drive social and religious change in Guatemala