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08/28/2017
Miami University receives more than $1 million from the National Science Foundation for new research equipment
Miami University received two grant awards, totaling nearly $1.1 million, in the 2017 round of competition for the National Science Foundation's Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program. The national rate of success for proposals submitted to the program is only 20 percent.
05/03/2017
Moonshine U gives students a taste of the distilling industry
Students who participated in the interdepartmental fermentation course CHM/CPB/MBI 436 in the Fall 2016 semester spent four days at Moonshine University, a distilling school in Louisville, KY. They completed a full distiller course that exposed them to the various aspects of alcohol production, from the distilling process to marketing to the legal elements
02/23/2017
IES hosts annual Willeke lecture series with Dr. Elizabeth Hoover
On Monday, February 7, Miami's Institute for the Environment and Sustainability (IES) hosted its 10th annual Dr. Gene and Carol Willeke Frontiers in Environmental Science Distinguished Lecture Series in the new Shideler Hall auditorium. This year's Willeke speaker was Elizabeth Hoover, assistant professor of American studies at Brown University
01/18/2017
Miami's third annual CIQS Day encourages young women to pursue STEM fields
On Tuesday, January 10, the College of Arts and Science's Department of Statistics partnered with the College of Education, Health and Society to host its third annual CIQS Day for 109 girls representing seven regional high schools
01/04/2017
Miami's 3rd annual CIQS Day introduces STEM careers to area high school female students
Miami is hosting its 3rd annual Careers Involving Quantitative Skills (CIQS, pronounced "kicks") event, a day designed to encourage female high school students to pursue a career in STEM or in other fields that require good quantitative skills
12/01/2016
David Serlin addresses the intersection of medicine and the humanities for Altman Program Lecture
On Thursday, November 10, David Serlin, an associate professor of communication at UC San Diego, visited Miami to give a lecture, "Designs for Living: Rethinking the Medical Model of Disability through Architecture," as part of the 2016-17 Altman Program in the Humanities
10/17/2016
NASA astronaut and Space Shuttle pilot Michael McCulley presents Astronaut Scholarship Foundation award to Miami senior
On Monday, October 6, the Miami University Lecture Series featured pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu and journalist Jeanne Marie Laskas for its first event of the year, focused on Omalu's life story as the person who first diagnosed the disease Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). Laska's novel, Concussion, was inspired by the true story of Omalu and eventually led to last year's movie of the same name starring Will Smith
10/12/2016
Famous pathologist Bennet Omalu, featured in the movie Concussion, joins journalist Jeanne Marie Laskas to share life anecdotes at Miami University Lecture Series
On Monday, October 6, the Miami University Lecture Series featured pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu and journalist Jeanne Marie Laskas for its first event of the year, focused on Omalu's life story as the person who first diagnosed the disease Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). Laska's novel, Concussion, was inspired by the true story of Omalu and eventually led to last year's movie of the same name starring Will Smith
09/21/2016
Discover the Sciences event highlights CAS math and natural science offerings for prospective students
High school students interested in majoring in math and science had the opportunity to attend the annual Discover the Sciences program on September 10 to learn more about the state-of-the-art mathematical and natural science programs in Miami’s College of Arts and Science (CAS)
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