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06/22/2021
Hope Kirby named Astronaut Scholar
Miami University senior microbiology major Hope Kirby has been awarded a scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. She is one of 60 students from 44 universities to receive the award for the 2021-2022 academic year.
06/09/2021
Construction to begin this fall on the Richard M. McVey Data Science Building
Construction of the Richard M. McVey Data Science Building (rendering above) is planned to begin in fall 2021. Construction of the three-story building is expected to be completed for use in January 2024.
06/02/2021
World’s lakes losing oxygen rapidly as planet warms: Miami researchers part of large-scale study
Sensor buoys on Lake Taupo, New Zealand, gather high-frequency data for long-term, large-scale lake studies.Oxygen levels in the world’s temperate freshwater lakes are declining rapidly — faster than in the oceans — a trend driven largely by climate change that threatens freshwater biodiversity and drinking water quality.
06/02/2021
More than 20 Miami professors among top 2% of researchers based on analysis of citations
More than 20 Miami University faculty members are among the top 2 percent of the world's researchers, according to a recent Stanford University study. Based on an analysis of citations, the study identified the top scholars among nearly eight million authors in 22 scientific fields and 176 sub-fields.
05/27/2021
Hardship or Hope? Miami students study the American Dream in small-town Iowa
Students in Miami's Researching Midwestern History course meet via Zoom to discuss their final project.As a Hispanic kid growing up in Storm Lake, Iowa, Matthew Marroquín had no concept of race. “I just knew that if I go over to this friend’s house, I say ‘hello’ to their mother in this way, and if I go to a different friend’s house, I had to learn ‘sabaideebor’ for Laos, or ‘xin chào’ for Vietnamese.”
04/29/2021
President Biden nominates Daryl Baldwin to National Council on the Humanities  
President Biden has nominated Myaamia Center Executive Director Daryl Baldwin — a leader in Native American language and cultural revitalization — to the National Council on the Humanities, the White House announced Wednesday.
04/07/2021
Clinical Health Sciences and Wellness facility will enhance the collaborations that define Miami
Looking towards Campus Avenue (bird's-eye view from Phillips Hall), the Clinics wing is at left (south), adjacent to the South Parking Garage; the Academic wing is at right (north) facing Nellie Craig Walker Hall. The Clinical Health Sciences and Wellness (CHSW) facility will comprise three wings connected by a wellness ribbon, the main corridor connecting three academic programs, including a new masters of medical science/physician associate studies program, and three clinics.
02/10/2021
Jumping genes: a Q-and-A with geneticist Meixia Zhao
Left to right: Meixia Zhao, assistant professor of biology, with biology majors Liz Kelly (senior) and Alaina Singh (junior), and doctoral student Beibei Liu.Now in her third year at Miami, geneticist and computational biologist Meixia Zhas has a recent grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a new major publication published this week, and a new baby.
01/14/2021
Myaamia Center's National Breath of Life Archival Institute for Indigenous Languages receives NEH grant
The Myaamia Center's National Breath of Life Archival Institute for Indigenous Languages was recently awarded a $349,442 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant.