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10/01/2019
Why Public Health is About Far More than Diet and Exercise
When we talk about health and wellness, we often talk about what people eat, how they move, and the personal choices they make. These factors are certainly part of the story. But they are not the whole story.
09/26/2019
Miami recognized for its inclusion of individuals with disabilities in the workplace
Miami University has been awarded an Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD) Employer Partner of Inclusion Gold Award for 2019.
09/26/2019
Dean search committees named for engineering and business
Deans of two academic divisions at Miami have announced that they will be completing their terms in 2020.
09/26/2019
9-26-19 Weekly Three
Topics in this Three include: 2019 Provost Student Academic Achievement Award winners, info about two Board of Trustee decision at recent meeting (new health science building and separation of Dean of Graduate Schoo/Assoc VP for Research into two positions including info re: upcoming searches for both), link and fall nomination deadlines for University Awards, and info/links re: and calendar items/links re: HR Week of Wellness and Oct 11 Diversity and Inclusion conference.
09/25/2019
Office of Equity and Equal Opportunities has a new online incident reporting form
The Office of Equity and Equal Opportunities (OEEO) has a new way for Miami employees and students to report incidents of harassment and discrimination.
09/25/2019
Distinguished Educator Award winner Lynette Hudiburgh cautions how statistics in the media can be misleading
Lynette Hudiburgh, a prestigious Miami statistics lecturer, is the recipient of the Distinguished Educator Award from the College of Arts and Science. She gave her lecture, "Statistics: Confused, Misused, and Abused, or How to Avoid Being Swept Away in the Data Deluge" on Tuesday, September 17 in front of a full Upham Hall classroom
09/24/2019
Miami researchers discover process to sustainably produce psilocybin - a drug candidate that could help treat depression
Members of the research team are: (L to R) Andrew Jones, Lexie Adams, Tom Wei, Nick Kaplan, Alexis Enacopol, Chantal Monnier, John BrintonAndrew Jones at Miami University and his team of students may have developed a research first.
09/24/2019
Senate News, September 23, 2019
Senators engaged in a discussion about the strategic plan, which was lead by Bob Applebaum and Julia Guichard. Cheryl Young,, Assistant Provost for Global Initiatives, discussed proposed changes to the International Education Committee.
09/23/2019
Miami University consumes half the energy of peer schools
Bailey Hall (Miami '17) tightens a screw as Ben Jackson (Miami '17) and Mark Scott , assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, look on.With efforts that began more than a decade ago, Miami University has reached several energy milestones. The cumulative effect is that Miami consumes half the electric and fossil fuel of its private and public peers.