Miami University ranked 71st among the Sierra Clubs "Coolest Schools" 2020 for the greenest colleges, the top Ohio public university on the list of 312 schools ranked. Miami is also again listed in The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges: 2021 Edition, one of 416 schools selected for being environmentally responsible.
The Miami University Regionals online bachelor's degree program placed 17th in the 2021 Best Online Bachelor's Degrees: Colleges with the Highest Return on Investment by Online U, a new ranking system for online degree programs.
Molly Kelly's efforts as an exceptional teacher, and her wholehearted dedication to the student experience, have led to her becoming Miami Universitys institutional winner for the inaugural 2019-20 Mid-American Conference (MAC) Outstanding Faculty for Student Success Award.
The total extramural funding received in FY 2020 was $26,951,278, an increase of more than 10% over FY 2019, according to Mike Crowder, interim vice president for research and innovation.
While Miami classes look radically different than they did a year ago, faculty and students are capitalizing on new tools and techniques to serve students, in many cases providing efficiencies or opportunities they did not previously envision.
Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) Unit, Miami University has been awarded a prestigious Department of Defense ROTC and Educational Institution Partnership Excellence Award. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said in a letter to Miami President Greg Crawford that the award makes its debut this year, recognizing the outstanding ROTC unit and host educational institution for each military department.
"Zombie fires" and burning of fire-resistant vegetation are new features driving Arctic fires with strong consequences for the global climate warn international fire scientists in a commentary published this week in Nature Geoscience. "We need new approaches to wildland fire fighting to save the Arctic there's no time to lose."
Miami University has announced a $20 million gift from Rick McVey 81 which will fund a construction of a new data science building on Miami's Oxford campus. President Greg Crawford underscored that this gift is central to making Miami's vision of creating an academic epicenter for data science a reality.
Miami University is poised to "write a new chapter of learning, discovery, creativity, justice, and service" thanks to the university's resilience, commitment to students, and creativity, said President Crawford during his state of the university annual address.
Less than a month before the presidential election, an intense focus on voting rights will come to Miami Oct. 9 when influential radio talk-show host Joe Madison gives the keynote address at Miami's virtual Diversity and Inclusion Conference, called "Across the Divide."
Miami University employees will not be charged for parking permits this academic year. Parking enforcement will continue as usual, so permits are still required to park on campus.
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