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Glos Center
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio 45056
(513) 529-7592
(513) 529-1950 fax
newsinfo@muohio.edu
News Releases
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| 05/13/2013 | Ohio makes progress in delivering long-term services; challenges remain | |
| Despite a large increase in the older population, Ohio's Medicaid expenditures and utilization rates have remained relatively constant for long-term care services for people over the age of 60, says a new study by Miami University's Scripps Gerontology Center. | ||
| 05/13/2013 | Cracks reveal earthquake history in northern Chile - Miami geologist part of study |  |
| Earth's crust is generally considered to rebound following an earthquake so that deformation away from the fault is not permanent. However, a team of researchers, including Miami geologist Jason Rech, has identified numerous large cracks in northern Chile's Atacama Desert that widen during successive earthquakes. These results indicate that the crust has been permanently deformed by thousands of earthquakes. | ||
| 05/09/2013 | Miami and Northeast Ohio Medical University together create MD Pathway Program | |
| Miami University and the Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) have established the Miami-NEOMED Baccalaureate to MD Pathway Program to identify and support future medical school students starting in their middle and high school years. | ||
| 05/08/2013 | Miami announces winners of Great Seal Writing Contest | |
| Miami University sophomore Amanda Hancock is the grand prize winner of the Great Seal Writing Contest, in which students submitted entries to help write a piece of Miami history that will be housed within the new Armstrong Student Center, opening in 2014. | ||
| 05/08/2013 | Miami sophomore wins Boren Scholarship for International Study | |
| Kayla Orta, a sophomore at Miami University, has received a 2013 National Security Education Program (NSEP) Boren Scholarship for International Study. | ||
| 05/03/2013 | Miami to award 3,678 degrees: Author Wil Haygood keynote speaker | |
| Acclaimed author and journalist Wil Haygood (Miami '76) is the featured speaker at Miami University's spring ceremony, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at Yager Stadium. Miami will award 3,678 degrees. | ||
| 05/02/2013 | Miami University enrolls talented and diverse class of 2017 | |
| Following a record number of applications, Miami University's accepted class of 2017 is shaping up to be the most impressive in the university's history. | ||
| 04/29/2013 | Goldman Prize winner to study and create energy narratives, promote sustainable energy use | |
| Miami University senior Allison McGillivray, recipient of the $34,000 Joanna Jackson Goldman Memorial Prize, will spend a year after graduation pursing her passion to become a writer-activist through the study and creation of energy narratives. | ||
| 04/26/2013 | Trustees approve community college partnership, land purchase | |
| Miami University trustees today (April 26) approved establishing a partnership with Columbus State Community College that will guarantee access to a Miami University baccalaureate degree for highly qualified students transferring from Columbus State. | ||
| 04/23/2013 | David Tierney named Sigma Xi Researcher of the Year | |
| David Tierney, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has been named Miami University's Sigma Xi Researcher of the Year for 2013. | ||
| 04/22/2013 | Miami's new winter term takes shape | |
| From January 2-25, 2014, Miami University will offer its first academic winter term, a short period between fall and spring semesters, to offer a variety of additional learning opportunities to students. | ||
| 04/22/2013 | Miami junior receives national Beinecke Scholarship | |
| Miami University junior Brian Sopher is one of 20 college students nationwide to receive the 2013 Beinecke Scholarship, a national fellowship for students who plan to pursue graduate studies in the arts, humanities or social sciences. | ||
| 04/19/2013 | Three Miami students receive Fulbright English Teaching Assistantships | |
| Three Miami University seniors have been awarded 2013-2014 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantships. Miami seniors or recent graduates have won Fulbright awards to research or teach overseas 13 of the last 14 years. | ||
| 04/18/2013 | P. Renee Baernstein receives Distinguished Teaching Award | |
| P. Renee Baernstein, associate professor of history at Miami University, received the 2013 Distinguished Teaching Award from the Ohio Academy of History at its annual meeting this month. The award recognizes faculty in mid- or late-career who have demonstrated a sustained commitment to teaching and service in Ohio. | ||
| 04/17/2013 | Miami Asian American student group shines at Midwestern conference | |
| Christopher Chang, a senior supply chain and operations management major, and Christine Pil, a senior zoology major, president and vice president, respectively, of Miami University's Asian American Association (AAA), won the Midwestern Star Award from the Midwest Asian American Student Union (MAASU) at the group's spring conference. | ||
| 04/17/2013 | Two Miami students receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships | |
| Jillian Epstein, a senior chemical engineering major at Miami University, and Kristyn Shreve, a master's student in environmental science, have been awarded fellowships from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program. | ||
| 04/16/2013 | Miami Mock Trial eighth in nation | |
| The Miami University James Lewis Family Mock Trial program team placed eighth in the nation at the 2013 American Mock Trial Association National Championship Tournament held in Washington, D.C., April 12-14. The team is part of the top three percent of collegiate mock trial programs in the country. | ||
| 04/12/2013 | Miami alum and commencement speaker Wil Haygood earns Ella Baker Award | |
| Acclaimed author and journalist Wil Haygood (Miami '76), the commencement speaker at Miami University's May 11 ceremony, has been awarded the Ella Baker Award from the Zora Neal Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation. The award honors an author whose work epitomizes citizenship and community service. | ||
| 04/11/2013 | Miami research suggests more benefits for Ohio's direct care workers | |
| New research from Miami University's Scripps Gerontology Center identifies the best practices and strategies for supporting direct care workers such as nurses and home care aides who are the lowest paid and least trained workers in Ohio's long-term care workforce. | ||
| 04/11/2013 | "Into the Woods" opens April 18 | |
| The Miami University department of theatre will present the 14th annual John D. Yeck Production, "Into the Woods," at 8 p.m. April 18-20 and April 25-27 and at 2 p.m. April 28 in Gates-Abegglen Theatre, Center for Performing Arts. |
