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03/31/2020
Lisa Ellram on hospitals shortage crisis
NY Times.com and Boston Herald.com, March 29 (and other media sources - subscriptions may be required)
03/31/2020
Megan Gerhardt on Generation X
Chron.com and LMT Online.com, March 27
03/31/2020
Allen R. McConnell research on pet ownership
The World News.net and AOL.com, March 27
03/31/2020
2020 career development and university assessment award winners announced
Award winners for university assessment and career development were chosen this spring.Award winners for university assessment and career development were chosen this spring.
03/31/2020
Miami donates protective gear to area health care facilities
Area health care workers benefitted from donations of personal protective equipment (PPE) collected across Miami University’s Oxford and Regionals campuses last week.
03/31/2020
Philip Smith on replication rate numbers for COVID-19
Philip Smith featured on Cincinnati.com
03/30/2020
Senate News, March 30, 2020
A meeting of University Senate was held on March 30, 2020 via WebEx. Provost Osborne provided a COVID-19 and campus update. Bill Knight, Director of the Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness presented information regarding potential changes to the academic program review process. Qihou Zhou, Chair and Professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, introduced the proposed Robotics Engineering major. Paul Flaspohler, Associate Professor of Psychology and Process Coordinator for the sunsetting of the Family Science major, reported his findings. Likewise, Patrick Dowling, Chair and Professor of Mathematics and Process Coordinator for the creation of an Entrepreneurship department, reported his findings. Jeffrey Wanko, Associate Provost, briefly introduced proposed additional questions for the end of the semester course evaluations for the Spring 2020 semester.
03/30/2020
3-30-20 Message to Community
The provost shared thoughts on shared governance during the crisis and topics included: Topics: 1) Leadership transitions at MUDEC, 2) Credit/no credit guidance available; students can opt-in starting Wednesday, 3) Update on commencement from President Crawford and 4) Reminder to submit Provost questions by Wednesday
03/28/2020
3-28-20 Message to Community
Topics in this message include: 1) New dean of the College of Engineering and Computing, 2) New dean of Graduate School and Interim Vice President for Research & Innovation, 3) Goldwater Scholars, 4) Donations to Students in Need, and 5) Send in your questions for the Provost