10/22/2020
Miami is a Top 100 Sierra Club Cool School and a Princeton Review Green College
Miami University ranked 71st among the Sierra Club’s "Coolest Schools" 2020 for the greenest colleges, the top Ohio public university on the list of 312 schools ranked. Miami is also again listed in The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges: 2021 Edition, one of 416 schools selected for being environmentally responsible.
10/19/2020
Miami Regionals ranked in top 20 Best Online Colleges for ROI: Bachelor’s Degrees
The Miami University Regionals online bachelor's degree program placed 17th in the 2021 Best Online Bachelor's Degrees: Colleges with the Highest Return on Investment by Online U, a new ranking system for online degree programs.
10/19/2020
Mid-American Conference honors outstanding faculty
Molly Kelly's efforts as an exceptional teacher, and her wholehearted dedication to the student experience, have led to her becoming Miami University’s institutional winner for the inaugural 2019-20 Mid-American Conference (MAC) Outstanding Faculty for Student Success Award.
10/15/2020
Miami University and Hoxworth Blood Center announce first convalescent plasma blood drive
Hoxworth Blood Center and Miami University have announced plans to host the first-ever convalescent plasma collection event in Ohio.
10/14/2020
Extramural funding at Miami University sets new record in fiscal year 2020
The total extramural funding received in FY 2020 was $26,951,278, an increase of more than 10% over FY 2019, according to Mike Crowder, interim vice president for research and innovation.
10/13/2020
Miami faculty adapt to online and hybrid teaching; developing tools and techniques that will serve students far beyond COVID-19 pandemic
While Miami classes look radically different than they did a year ago, faculty and students are capitalizing on new tools and techniques to serve students, in many cases providing efficiencies or opportunities they did not previously envision.
10/07/2020
Miami’s NROTC Unit receives top excellence award from Department of Defense
Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (NROTC) Unit, Miami University has been awarded a prestigious Department of Defense ROTC and Educational Institution Partnership Excellence Award. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said in a letter to Miami President Greg Crawford that the award makes its debut this year, recognizing the outstanding ROTC unit and host educational institution for each military department.
10/06/2020
Miami fire scientist: "Zombie fires" one of new features driving Arctic fires
"Zombie fires" and burning of fire-resistant vegetation are new features driving Arctic fires — with strong consequences for the global climate — warn international fire scientists in a commentary published this week in Nature Geoscience. "We need new approaches to wildland fire fighting to save the Arctic — there's no time to lose."
10/05/2020
Miami alumnus Rick McVey 1981 ensures expansion of Miami's transdisciplinary data science program with a $20 million gift to fund visionary new building
Miami University has announced a $20 million gift from Rick McVey ’81 which will fund a construction of a new data science building on Miami's Oxford campus. President Greg Crawford underscored that this gift is central to making Miami's vision of creating an academic epicenter for data science a reality.
10/02/2020
President Greg Crawford: Our Miami mission holds us together
Miami University is poised to "write a new chapter of learning, discovery, creativity, justice, and service" thanks to the university's resilience, commitment to students, and creativity, said President Crawford during his state of the university annual address.
10/01/2020
Joe Madison to receive Freedom Summer of '64 Award at Miami's Diversity and Inclusion Conference Oct. 9
Less than a month before the presidential election, an intense focus on voting rights will come to Miami Oct. 9 when influential radio talk-show host Joe Madison gives the keynote address at Miami's virtual Diversity and Inclusion Conference, called "Across the Divide."
09/30/2020
Miami waives parking permit fees for employees this academic year
Miami University employees will not be charged for parking permits this academic year. Parking enforcement will continue as usual, so permits are still required to park on campus.