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Headline Highlights: Miami and Miamians in the news in June

Our editors' picks provide a snapshot of recent news media coverage

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The renovation of Bachelor Hall will be complete by next summer. The new atrium feature can be seen from above (photo by Jeff Sabo)
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Headline Highlights: Miami and Miamians in the news in June

The renovation of Bachelor Hall will be complete by next summer. The new atrium feature can be seen from above (photo by Jeff Sabo)

Check out our weekly Miami Media Highlights on the Miami University News website.

Cincinnati Enquirer, June 18: Students aren't cheating because they have AI, but because colleges are broken

  • This op-ed article on reimagining colleges and universities in the age of AI was written by Elizabeth Wardle, the Roger and Joyce Howe Distinguished Professor of Written Communication and the director of the Howe Center for Writing Excellence at Miami University.

NPR-WVXU, Ch. 91.7, June 18: Miami U's Myaamia Center will present at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival

  • The Myaamia Center has been invited to participate in the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C., on July 2-7. Kara Strass, director of the Miami Tribe Relations Office, shares that students will demonstrate lacrosse, ribbon work, language lessons, and gardening.

Portsmouth Daily Times, June 12: Miami University students help prepare new specimens for display at the Hefner Museum of Natural History

  • Several Miami University students have been helping clean and prepare for display this fall semester several newly acquired specimens, including a polar bear, that were gifted to the Hefner Museum of Natural History. Steve Sullivan, director of the museum, is quoted.

Wallet Hub, June 9: Trump-Era cuts, truth bans fuel growing racial divide in US Education

  • Rodney Coates, professor of Global and Intercultural Studies, provides insight on how to promote equality in education.

Cincinnati Magazine, June 9: Miami University Takes on Ohio’s Talent Gaps

  • Ande Durojaiye, vice president for strategy and partnerships, shares how Miami University is transforming the regional campuses into polytechnic institutions where real-world learning takes center stage.

MSN, June 5: Miami University to offer new Ph.D. in engineering degree

  • This story announces Miami will offer a new Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering degree. Additional coverage on this topic also appeared on CBS-WKRC and WLWT.

NPR-WYSO, Ch. 91.3, June 4: Solar field installation begins at Miami University

  • The solar fields located at the Sharon and Graham Mitchell Sustainability Park, will be capable of producing 2,100 megawatt hours annually.