BY ROBIN SHEAR ILLUSTRATION BY TOM NICK COCOTOS From White House insiders and voter turnout to student “dreamers” and the American Dream—representing orange and green has never looked so red, white, and blue. ELECTION 2016 IS LONG OVER. A NEW U.S. PRESIDENT HAS BEEN SWORN IN, AND THE WORK of governing the country continues amid […]
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Pushing The Needle
Thanks to the persistence of UM physician Hansel Tookes and an unlikely ally, Florida’s first syringe exchange program is fighting the spread of HIV one hypodermic at a time. A public health advocate in Miami, where new HIV infection rates consistently top the state and national charts, Tookes [M.P.H. ’09, M.D. ’14] had been struggling […]
Wearing Their Stories
Wearing Their Stories By Andres Tamayo photos Courtesy Dear World A globally recognized portrait project gives students a powerful way to share their personal messages of inspiration with the UM community. Sunny Odogwu, an imposing figure at 6 feet 8 inches and 325 pounds, steps to the podium at the University of Miami’s Shalala Student […]
The Art of Climate Change
Faculty and alumni harness the power of visualization against the invisible menace of climate change. By Jessica M. Castillo Dried up rivers. Lone polar bears on drifting ice sheets. Coastal cities ravaged by super-charged hurricanes. In the face of environmental fallout, artists, communicators, and designers are making climate change visible and visceral as a way […]
Global Health in the Age of Global Warming
From floods to droughts to heat—the impact of climate change on public health is inspiring a new era of research and resources. BY ROBERT C. JONES JR. A winged migration has researchers and health officials alarmed. In the highland regions of Africa and the Americas, disease-carrying mosquitoes have been making their way upslope, putting people […]
A Resilient and Innovative Future
UM NEWS Miami-Dade County recently approached College of Engineering Dean Jean-Pierre Bardet and School of Architecture Dean Rodolphe el-Khoury to spearhead a University of Miami-county partner-ship that would explore “what we can do to create a community that will not be as vulnerable to the effect of sea-level rise,” says Bardet. As director of UM’s […]
Solving the Climate Puzzle
With climate modeling and fieldwork, UM researchers unravel the complex processes that determine global climate and the local threat of rising seas. BY Maya Bell Just before sunset on a picture-perfect South Florida evening, members of a Miami real estate organization meet at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science to learn about the […]
A Bridge to the Future
A Bridge to the Future A week of celebrations culminating in the installation of UM’s sixth leader reflect President Julio Frenk’s vision for a hemispheric, excellent, relevant, and exemplary institution. Delegates from 99 universities and learned societies. Diplomatic representatives of 28 nations. Students and faculty, civic and business leaders, alumni, and trustees. Not to mention […]
Remotely In Control
Technology designed to make our lives simpler, safer, and more efficient is keeping some stellar legal minds exceptionally busy with evolving concepts of privacy, autonomy, free speech, and the very nature of human interaction. BY CARLOS HARRISON PHOTO BY DONNA VICTOR The efforts of Holly Jacobs, left, and Miami Law’s Mary Anne Franks have helped […]
A Clinical Collaboration
Forging an innovative interdisciplinary partnership, a team of health care providers and law students work together to diagnose the medical, social, and legal hurdles impacting Miami-Dade’s most vulnerable families. BY ROBERT C. JONES JR. PHOTO BY DONNA VICTOR Attorney JoNel Newman, left, and physician Lisa Gwynn formed a partnership to help some of Miami’s most […]
