The Erie Canal: How a ‘big ditch’ transformed America’s economy, culture and even religion
Matthew Smith, visiting assistant professor of History and Regional Director of Public Programming, writes about the bicentennial of the Erie Canal, celebrated this month, and how the opening of t...
New student loan limits could change who gets to become a professor, doctor or lawyer
Rodney Coates writes about how the new borrowing limits will likely hit minority students seeking professional degrees especially hard
How to identify animal tracks, burrows and other signs of wildlife in your neighborhood
Steven Sullivan, director of the Hefner Museum of Natural History, writes about animals people often find in their neighborhoods
Miami Marching Band Always ‘Brings The Hype’
Coming off performances at Bengals home opener and Miami Football home opener, Miami University Marching Band looks ahead to exciting Homecoming weekend
Miami University Citizenship and Democracy Week events, Sept. 15-22
The 10th annual series of events commemorates the anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787
Wil Haygood ’76 to offer insight into Thurgood Marshall for PBS documentary
Boadway Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence wrote acclaimed biography on first Black Supreme Court justice
Why the traditional college major may be holding students back in a rapidly changing job market
John Weigand, professor emeritus of Architecture and Interior Design, writes for The Conversation
Matthew Smith, visiting assistant professor of History, wrote this article for The Conversation
‘Silvoor Stories’ by Amanda Bentley Brymer, curator, Silvoor Biological Sanctuary
Bentley Brymer continues the tradition of Robert A. Hefner’s column “Silvoor Notes” that covered the restoration of the biological sanctuary
Oxford-Miami Community Toastmasters Club helps Miamians build public speaking, leadership skills
Miami’s Human Resources recently approved Toastmasters Pathways program for Job Enrichment Program credit
Watch the WCPO 9 News and WDTN TV 2 News interviews with Miami students and Student Life officials
27% of Floridians under 65 get their health insurance through the ACA marketplace: Robert Applebaum, senior research scholar for Scripps Gerontology Center, wrote this article for the Significant F...
Historian Elena Jackson Albarrán: ‘Columbus Who? Decolonizing the Calendar in Latin America’
Latin America's Día de la Raza has been renamed to reflect anti-colonial sentiments, as with Columbus Day in the U.S., writes Albarrán
Joseph K. Nwankpa in The Conversation: ‘Complicated app settings are a threat to user privacy’
The associate professor of Information Systems and Analytics looks at using default privacy settings in popular mobile apps
‘The SATs have never been about equity,' writes Pepper Stetler for Inside Higher Ed
The history of the SAT raises questions about how we value and measure intelligence, writes the author of the new book, 'A Measure of Intelligence'
Ohio’s approach can also be a model for states having problems with attendance, writes James in The Conversation
Matthew Smith explores Middletown, Ohio, in The Conversation
The Midwestern town is at the heart of JD Vance’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’
Michael Crowder: Reaching for decaf? Learn more about the processes of decaffeination in coffee
Miami Chemistry and Biochemistry professor examines the various methods in an article for The Conversation
Gentelligence in action: This editor's note by Donna Boen '83 MTSC '96 about working with her Gen Z designer recently won a 2024 CASE Circle of Excellence Bronze Award
‘Women's sports are taking center stage, captivating audiences, and redefining the sports landscape,’ Oakenfull writes in her series for Forbes. ‘For brands, this isn't ...
From converting work spaces to living space and a return to walkable cities, renovations of older commercial buildings are fundamentally changing the character of our cities for the better, writes ...
The search for survivors of Pompeii and their stories has dominated the past decade of Tuck’s archaeological fieldwork, Some of his findings are featured in an episode of the new PBS document...
“ When you use a period in your texts, Gen Z finds this ‘harsh,’ ‘scary’ and ‘passive aggressive,” Gerhardt said. Read the interview with Gehardt about her...
The former school board member and scholar of educational leadership sees this shift having the potential to disrupt the important work of nonpartisan school boards in communities across the nation
Coates dropped out of Southern Illinois University and enlisted in the Army Security Agency. He would learn later that his ‘protest against the Vietnam war – and appreciation for U.S. d...
Listen to the NPR-WVXU interview with Campbell and Scott
TaraShea Nesbit’s ‘Beheld’ listed on the New York Times Book Review’s Best Books Since 2000
Nesbit’s novel is a Notable Book of 2020
Pepper Stetler in the New York Times: ‘Disabled Adults Shouldn’t Have to Pay This Price to Marry’
Rather than keeping people with disabilities above the poverty line, Supplemental Security Income (S.S.I.) restrictions are preventing them from leading independent lives and marrying
Rodney Coates in The Conversation: ‘I’m not black, I’m O.J.’
What O.J. Simpson’s life showed about transcending race and being trapped by it
Henry Jin in the Conversation: 'How safe are your solar eclipse glasses? '
To make sure that you enjoy the total solar eclipse safely, the American Astronomical Society has specifically warned against buying eclipse glasses at the lowest price from online marketplaces li...
Cameron Tiefenthaler — about to graduate and make her way into law and public service — reflects on her mother running for local office and the importance of voting
This year, of the 10 films nominated for an Academy Award for best picture, three of them – ‘Anatomy of a Fall,’ ‘Past Lives,’ and ‘The Zone of Interest’ &...
Runcie C.W. Chidebe: ‘Black voices in cancer research and oncology’
'How do we attract and retain more diverse researchers to the cancer community, and how do we begin to close the gap in cancer disparities?' asks Nature Reviews Cancer
It is becoming increasingly common for lawmakers across the country to not only ignore the will of the people but also actively work against it, according to Whitesell, an American politics scholar
Kinesiologist Randal Claytor explains how to optimize the order of your exercise routine
Musicologist Tammy Kernodle on NPR: Understanding why Beyoncé and Taylor Swift get compared
In this look at the superstars' year, musicologist Tammy Kernodle discusses why, when you have two accomplished artists like this, do people feel the need to compare them and make them compet...
If people know the name Joel Roberts Poinsett today, it is likely because of the red and green poinsettia plant. But much like the history of the U.S., Poinsett had a complex and troubling past
Whitesell, an American politics scholar, has interviewed 45 anti-abortion activists across the country and collected Facebook data from approximately 190 organizations, to better understand how an...
‘Although we normally think of suburbs as outgrowths of cities, Conn notes that they sit on formerly rural land and are often filled with formerly rural people. They are as much ‘post-r...
