News and Events

Harry T. Wilks, a retired attorney, visionary and friend to Miami University, died, March 11, his 89th birthday.

Several of Miami University's graduate programs place in the top 100 of U.S. News and World Report's 2015 edition of Best Graduate School Rankings, released March 11. Miami's speech-language pathology and part-time MBA programs ranked 52 and 57 respectively.

Journalist Jose Antonio Vargas will present “Define American: Let's Talk About Immigration” at 8 p.m. Monday, March 17, in Hall Auditorium. The lecture concludes the Miami University 2013-2014 Lecture Series.

"March Mozart Madness," a weeklong celebration of the music of Mozart, will culminate in a performance of Mozart's "Requiem" on Saturday, March 15

Two courses in Miami's College of Engineering and Computing are recognized as "exemplar" in the "CS2013" — computer science curriculum guidelines that form the basis for most computer science curricula worldwide.

Miami University has joined the Institute of International Education's Generation Study Abroad initiative to double the number of U.S. students who study abroad by the end of the decade.

Natalie Harr (Miami M.Ed. '09) received a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). She was one of 102 K-12 science teachers to receive the $10,000 award. She is being honored this week at the White House.

Academy-Award winner Geena Davis will present the keynote address at Miami University's inaugural Women in Leadership Symposium at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 3, in the Pavilion of the new Armstrong Student Center.