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05/17/2018
Ricardo Averbach recipient of Ohio Governor Award for the Arts
Ricardo Averbach, Professor of Music at Miami University, has been awarded the Governor's Award for the Arts in Ohio for the 2018 Individual Artist category.
05/16/2018
Dr. Kyle Timmerman and Dr. Kevin Ballard named Fellows of the American College of Sports Medicine
Dr. Kyle Timmerman, Associate Professor of exercise science and Dr. Kevin Ballard, Assistant Professor of exercise science were recently named Fellows of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).
05/16/2018
Award-Winning Miami Course Illustrates African-American Experiences Through Childrens Literature
childrens-book-covers180x120.jpgIn a lot of ways, children’s literature has transcended many of the stereotypes that still define it. Today, it often channels deeper cultural signifiers that reflect and chronicle battles for equality, such as moments of tumultuous political change, the profound need for continual progress, and more. And throughout her recent class, which was made possible through a grant from the Center for Teaching Excellence, Dales and her students have explored texts and art that cover the history of the Civil Rights Movement, the Harlem Renaissance, slavery and emancipation, and modern racial identity construction, among others.
05/15/2018
Afro-Futurism as the "liberation genre"
On April 25, the Department of Global and Intercultural Studies hosted a packed discussion entitled "Black Feminist Theory & Afro-Futurism in Black Panther and Beyond," hosted by Miami associate professor of history Tammy Brown and featuring speakers Celia C. Peters and Dr. Holly McGee
05/14/2018
Wil Haygood to Premiere Latest Book at Miami University This Fall
Miami University announced that Wil Haygood, class of ‘76 alumnus, will release his latest book two months early so the class of 2022 can read it in the fall university studies classes.
05/14/2018
15th Annual Neuroscience Day comes to Miami on May 25
The Ohio Miami Valley Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience (OMV-SfN) will host its 15th Annual Neuroscience Day, the premier scientific neuroscience meeting in the region, on the Oxford campus of Miami University on Friday, May 25, 2018...
05/10/2018
Students, staff, and alumni unite at the 2018 Alumni + Friends Conference
Panels, speakers, lunch and networking!
05/03/2018
Biology faculty Rachel Yoho publishes work studying climate change, energy technologies in undergraduate education
Rachel Yoho, a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Biology working with Project Dragonfly, has published a new research article, "Climate change and energy technologies in undergraduate introductory science textbooks," in the journal, Environmental Communication
05/02/2018
Science Friday
On April 20 seismologist Mike Brudzinski, professor and structural geologist Brian Currie, professor of geology and environmental earth science appeared on the show "Science Friday". Catch their appearance online or in a podcast at www.sciencefriday.com.
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