BY Maya Bell PHOTOS BY Andrew Innerarity For more than 40 years, Miller School of Medicine students have been bringing free health care screenings to people across South Florida who otherwise might never see a doctor. Now, a film series and national training effort are ensuring that the legacy and impact of these vital DOCS […]
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Instrumental Overtures
Frost MusicReach programs are playing a key part in enriching young lives with music Six-year-old Amad Nelson dutifully claps to the rhythm of an American bluegrass fiddle tune, paying close attention to the changes in tempo. The lively song, “Boil ’Em Cabbage Down,” is played deftly on the violin by the college-age instructor, whose tapping […]
Academics in Action
Undergraduate Meera Nagarsheth, ’14, got to know residents of Miami’s Brownsville before conducting a public health survey there. Students and faculty explore community-based learning with support from a University-wide initiative. By Robert C. Jones Jr. and Barbara Pierce Photo by Donna Victor Whenever Meera Nagarsheth’s father calls her, his first question is, “What have you […]
Living the Green
A glimpse inside four UM-fueled, eco-friendly housing projects More than just a place to rest your head, home should be a safe haven. But these days, we worry whether the paint on our picket fence is toxic. We fear that our dream house may be spewing waste or simply wasting resources. In need of a […]
Student Spotlight
Living Colors Creative expression gives engineering student Saramati Narasimhan a path out of pain. One bright Saturday in August, Saramati Narasimhan stood on campus sheathed in a plastic Glad bag as friends armed with paint bottles squirted a rainbow of fluorescent colors all over her. “I had to tell them to stop flinging paint into […]
