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People and Community Science and Technology Biological oceanographer Claire Paris-Limouzy started freediving for research and ended up becoming a record-breaking athlete.
People and Community Science and Technology Biological oceanographer Claire Paris-Limouzy started freediving for research and ended up becoming a record-breaking athlete.
People and Community Science and Technology Biological oceanographer Claire Paris-Limouzy started freediving for research and ended up becoming a record-breaking athlete.

Claire Paris-Limouzy started freediving for research and ended up becoming a record-breaking athlete who is also spearheading a Scientific Freediving program at the University.

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People and Community Migrants from Morocco are detained by Spanish Police after arriving at the coast of the Canary Island, crossing the Atlantic Ocean sailing on a wooden boat on Friday, Oct.16, 2020. Migrants and asylum seekers are increasingly crossing a treacherous part of the Atlantic Ocean to reach the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago near West Africa, in what has become one of the most dangerous migration routes to European territory. (AP Photo/Javier Bauluz)
People and Community Migrants from Morocco are detained by Spanish Police after arriving at the coast of the Canary Island, crossing the Atlantic Ocean sailing on a wooden boat on Friday, Oct.16, 2020. Migrants and asylum seekers are increasingly crossing a treacherous part of the Atlantic Ocean to reach the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago near West Africa, in what has become one of the most dangerous migration routes to European territory. (AP Photo/Javier Bauluz)
People and Community Migrants from Morocco are detained by Spanish Police after arriving at the coast of the Canary Island, crossing the Atlantic Ocean sailing on a wooden boat on Friday, Oct.16, 2020. Migrants and asylum seekers are increasingly crossing a treacherous part of the Atlantic Ocean to reach the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago near West Africa, in what has become one of the most dangerous migration routes to European territory. (AP Photo/Javier Bauluz)

Symposium tracks changing trends, forces driving migration

Sociology scholars from around the world convened for a virtual conference hosted by the University of Miami on Thursday to explore shifting tendencies in international relocation and the implications for global social change.

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People and Community Migrants from Morocco are detained by Spanish Police after arriving at the coast of the Canary Island, crossing the Atlantic Ocean sailing on a wooden boat on Friday, Oct.16, 2020. Migrants and asylum seekers are increasingly crossing a treacherous part of the Atlantic Ocean to reach the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago near West Africa, in what has become one of the most dangerous migration routes to European territory. (AP Photo/Javier Bauluz)
People and Community Migrants from Morocco are detained by Spanish Police after arriving at the coast of the Canary Island, crossing the Atlantic Ocean sailing on a wooden boat on Friday, Oct.16, 2020. Migrants and asylum seekers are increasingly crossing a treacherous part of the Atlantic Ocean to reach the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago near West Africa, in what has become one of the most dangerous migration routes to European territory. (AP Photo/Javier Bauluz)
People and Community Migrants from Morocco are detained by Spanish Police after arriving at the coast of the Canary Island, crossing the Atlantic Ocean sailing on a wooden boat on Friday, Oct.16, 2020. Migrants and asylum seekers are increasingly crossing a treacherous part of the Atlantic Ocean to reach the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago near West Africa, in what has become one of the most dangerous migration routes to European territory. (AP Photo/Javier Bauluz)

Symposium tracks changing trends, forces driving migration

Sociology scholars from around the world convened for a virtual conference hosted by the University of Miami on Thursday to explore shifting tendencies in international relocation and the implications for global social change.

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People and Community Migrants from Morocco are detained by Spanish Police after arriving at the coast of the Canary Island, crossing the Atlantic Ocean sailing on a wooden boat on Friday, Oct.16, 2020. Migrants and asylum seekers are increasingly crossing a treacherous part of the Atlantic Ocean to reach the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago near West Africa, in what has become one of the most dangerous migration routes to European territory. (AP Photo/Javier Bauluz)
People and Community Migrants from Morocco are detained by Spanish Police after arriving at the coast of the Canary Island, crossing the Atlantic Ocean sailing on a wooden boat on Friday, Oct.16, 2020. Migrants and asylum seekers are increasingly crossing a treacherous part of the Atlantic Ocean to reach the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago near West Africa, in what has become one of the most dangerous migration routes to European territory. (AP Photo/Javier Bauluz)
People and Community Migrants from Morocco are detained by Spanish Police after arriving at the coast of the Canary Island, crossing the Atlantic Ocean sailing on a wooden boat on Friday, Oct.16, 2020. Migrants and asylum seekers are increasingly crossing a treacherous part of the Atlantic Ocean to reach the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago near West Africa, in what has become one of the most dangerous migration routes to European territory. (AP Photo/Javier Bauluz)

Symposium tracks changing trends, forces driving migration

Sociology scholars from around the world convened for a virtual conference hosted by the University of Miami on Thursday to explore shifting tendencies in international relocation and the implications for global social change.

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People and Community Migrants from Morocco are detained by Spanish Police after arriving at the coast of the Canary Island, crossing the Atlantic Ocean sailing on a wooden boat on Friday, Oct.16, 2020. Migrants and asylum seekers are increasingly crossing a treacherous part of the Atlantic Ocean to reach the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago near West Africa, in what has become one of the most dangerous migration routes to European territory. (AP Photo/Javier Bauluz)
People and Community Migrants from Morocco are detained by Spanish Police after arriving at the coast of the Canary Island, crossing the Atlantic Ocean sailing on a wooden boat on Friday, Oct.16, 2020. Migrants and asylum seekers are increasingly crossing a treacherous part of the Atlantic Ocean to reach the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago near West Africa, in what has become one of the most dangerous migration routes to European territory. (AP Photo/Javier Bauluz)

Symposium tracks changing trends, forces driving migration

Sociology scholars from around the world convened for a virtual conference hosted by the University of Miami on Thursday to explore shifting tendencies in international relocation and the implications for global social change.

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People and Community Lauryn Williams and other What Matters to U event participants
People and Community Lauryn Williams and other What Matters to U event participants
People and Community Lauryn Williams and other What Matters to U event participants

Alumna, Olympian: Lead with love

Lauryn Williams, track and field and bobsled medalist, addressed the University community during Wednesday night’s “What Matters to U” virtual event.

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People and Community Lauryn Williams and other What Matters to U event participants
People and Community Lauryn Williams and other What Matters to U event participants

Alumna, Olympian: Lead with love

Lauryn Williams, track and field and bobsled medalist, addressed the University community during Wednesday night’s “What Matters to U” virtual event.

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People and Community Lauryn Williams and other What Matters to U event participants
People and Community Lauryn Williams and other What Matters to U event participants
People and Community Lauryn Williams and other What Matters to U event participants

Alumna, Olympian: Lead with love

Lauryn Williams, track and field and bobsled medalist, addressed the University community during Wednesday night’s “What Matters to U” virtual event.

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People and Community Eric Yuan, Zoom founder and CEO. Photo: Associated Press
People and Community Eric Yuan, Zoom founder and CEO. Photo: Associated Press
People and Community Eric Yuan, Zoom founder and CEO. Photo: Associated Press

Zoom CEO and founder: My employees’ happiness is my number one job

During his appearance Tuesday on a webinar hosted by the University of Miami Patti and Allan Herbert Business School, tech mogul Eric Yuan highlighted the importance of a workplace culture of happiness and urged that businesses pay greater attention to the digital divide.

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People and Community Eric Yuan, Zoom founder and CEO. Photo: Associated Press
People and Community Eric Yuan, Zoom founder and CEO. Photo: Associated Press
People and Community Eric Yuan, Zoom founder and CEO. Photo: Associated Press

Zoom CEO and founder: My employees’ happiness is my number one job

During his appearance Tuesday on a webinar hosted by the University of Miami Patti and Allan Herbert Business School, tech mogul Eric Yuan highlighted the importance of a workplace culture of happiness and urged that businesses pay greater attention to the digital divide.

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People and Community I Voted sticker
People and Community I Voted sticker
People and Community I Voted sticker

Support, events engage students in the election season

Early voting in Florida began this week and will last through Nov. 1. Here’s a rundown of everything students need to know about upcoming campus events, from the final debate watch party to transportation to the polls.

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People and Community I Voted sticker
People and Community I Voted sticker
People and Community I Voted sticker

Support, events engage students in the election season

Early voting in Florida began this week and will last through Nov. 1. Here’s a rundown of everything students need to know about upcoming campus events, from the final debate watch party to transportation to the polls.

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People and Community In this July 28, 2016 photo, a sign explains an exhibit on political campaign ads at the Toledo Museum in Toledo, Ohio. The exhibit, which runs through Election Day, looks at how campaigns use emotions such as hope and fear to influence voters through advertising. (AP Photo/John Seewer)
People and Community In this July 28, 2016 photo, a sign explains an exhibit on political campaign ads at the Toledo Museum in Toledo, Ohio. The exhibit, which runs through Election Day, looks at how campaigns use emotions such as hope and fear to influence voters through advertising. (AP Photo/John Seewer)
People and Community In this July 28, 2016 photo, a sign explains an exhibit on political campaign ads at the Toledo Museum in Toledo, Ohio. The exhibit, which runs through Election Day, looks at how campaigns use emotions such as hope and fear to influence voters through advertising. (AP Photo/John Seewer)

Internet’s immediacy gives political advertising a boost

Social media and microtargeting have changed the name of the game for modern campaigns, University of Miami experts say.

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People and Community In this July 28, 2016 photo, a sign explains an exhibit on political campaign ads at the Toledo Museum in Toledo, Ohio. The exhibit, which runs through Election Day, looks at how campaigns use emotions such as hope and fear to influence voters through advertising. (AP Photo/John Seewer)
People and Community In this July 28, 2016 photo, a sign explains an exhibit on political campaign ads at the Toledo Museum in Toledo, Ohio. The exhibit, which runs through Election Day, looks at how campaigns use emotions such as hope and fear to influence voters through advertising. (AP Photo/John Seewer)
People and Community In this July 28, 2016 photo, a sign explains an exhibit on political campaign ads at the Toledo Museum in Toledo, Ohio. The exhibit, which runs through Election Day, looks at how campaigns use emotions such as hope and fear to influence voters through advertising. (AP Photo/John Seewer)

Internet’s immediacy gives political advertising a boost

Social media and microtargeting have changed the name of the game for modern campaigns, University of Miami experts say.

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People and Community Domestic Violence Awareness Month
People and Community Domestic Violence Awareness Month
People and Community Domestic Violence Awareness Month
People and Community Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Title IX office hosts events to illuminate domestic violence awareness

Held throughout October, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month honors survivors and is a voice for its victims.

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Felicia Knaul, Chelsea Clinton, Carolina Coll, and Beverley Essue
People and Community Felicia Knaul, Chelsea Clinton, Carolina Coll, and Beverley Essue

Violence against women, children escalates during pandemic

During an online seminar Tuesday, experts explored ways in which the coronavirus has increased domestic violence in Latin America.

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People and Community
Miriam Soler Ramos
People and Community Miriam Soler Ramos

Alumna elected to lead Cuban American Bar Association

Miriam Soler Ramos, the city attorney for Coral Gables, who earned both her bachelor’s and juris doctor degrees from the University of Miami, will head the largest minority bar association in Florida.

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People and Community
mobile clinic
mobile clinic
mobile clinic
People and Community mobile clinic

Researchers aim to end Miami’s HIV epidemic

From the farm fields of south Miami-Dade County to the corner stores in Liberty City, researchers are pursuing novel approaches to halt new infections of HIV in different at-risk communities.

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People and Community
mobile clinic
mobile clinic
mobile clinic
People and Community mobile clinic

Researchers aim to end Miami’s HIV epidemic

From the farm fields of south Miami-Dade County to the corner stores in Liberty City, researchers are pursuing novel approaches to halt new infections of HIV in different at-risk communities.

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This April 5, 2020, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit. The Supreme Court’s decision to allow the Trump administration to end the 2020 census was another case of whiplash for the census, which has faced stops from the pandemic, natural disasters and court rulings. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
This April 5, 2020, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit. The Supreme Court’s decision to allow the Trump administration to end the 2020 census was another case of whiplash for the census, which has faced stops from the pandemic, natural disasters and court rulings. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
This April 5, 2020, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit. The Supreme Court’s decision to allow the Trump administration to end the 2020 census was another case of whiplash for the census, which has faced stops from the pandemic, natural disasters and court rulings. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
People and Community This April 5, 2020, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit. The Supreme Court’s decision to allow the Trump administration to end the 2020 census was another case of whiplash for the census, which has faced stops from the pandemic, natural disasters and court rulings. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Early end to census may have implications for Florida

The Supreme Court’s ruling that effectively ends the 2020 Census may jeopardize federal funds to Florida and other states and shift key legislative apportionment, according to a constitutional law expert.

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People and Community
This April 5, 2020, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit. The Supreme Court’s decision to allow the Trump administration to end the 2020 census was another case of whiplash for the census, which has faced stops from the pandemic, natural disasters and court rulings. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
This April 5, 2020, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit. The Supreme Court’s decision to allow the Trump administration to end the 2020 census was another case of whiplash for the census, which has faced stops from the pandemic, natural disasters and court rulings. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
This April 5, 2020, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit. The Supreme Court’s decision to allow the Trump administration to end the 2020 census was another case of whiplash for the census, which has faced stops from the pandemic, natural disasters and court rulings. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
People and Community This April 5, 2020, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit. The Supreme Court’s decision to allow the Trump administration to end the 2020 census was another case of whiplash for the census, which has faced stops from the pandemic, natural disasters and court rulings. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Early end to census may have implications for Florida

The Supreme Court’s ruling that effectively ends the 2020 Census may jeopardize federal funds to Florida and other states and shift key legislative apportionment, according to a constitutional law expert.

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People and Community Eurekamatch team, from left-right: Allegra Papera, Daniel Benayoun, Daniela Negri, and Luis Sosa
People and Community Eurekamatch team, from left-right: Allegra Papera, Daniel Benayoun, Daniela Negri, and Luis Sosa
People and Community Eurekamatch team, from left-right: Allegra Papera, Daniel Benayoun, Daniela Negri, and Luis Sosa
People and Community Eurekamatch team, from left-right: Allegra Papera, Daniel Benayoun, Daniela Negri, and Luis Sosa

Student creates app to boost peer-to-peer networking

Eureka Match is a mobile application that serves as a professional networking tool for University of Miami students to build their dream start-up team.

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Eurekamatch team, from left-right: Allegra Papera, Daniel Benayoun, Daniela Negri, and Luis Sosa
Eurekamatch team, from left-right: Allegra Papera, Daniel Benayoun, Daniela Negri, and Luis Sosa
Eurekamatch team, from left-right: Allegra Papera, Daniel Benayoun, Daniela Negri, and Luis Sosa
People and Community Eurekamatch team, from left-right: Allegra Papera, Daniel Benayoun, Daniela Negri, and Luis Sosa

Student creates app to boost peer-to-peer networking

Eureka Match is a mobile application that serves as a professional networking tool for University of Miami students to build their dream start-up team.

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People and Community Noel Ziebarth
People and Community Noel Ziebarth
People and Community Noel Ziebarth
People and Community Noel Ziebarth

Biomedical engineer develops techniques to help preserve, improve eyesight

An early fascination with the eye, born partly out of a desire to learn why her own eyesight was poor, has helped Noel Ziebarth conduct successful research into the most valued of the senses.

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People and Community
Noel Ziebarth
Noel Ziebarth
Noel Ziebarth
People and Community Noel Ziebarth

Biomedical engineer develops techniques to help preserve, improve eyesight

An early fascination with the eye, born partly out of a desire to learn why her own eyesight was poor, has helped Noel Ziebarth conduct successful research into the most valued of the senses.

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University of Miami President Julio Frenk
University of Miami President Julio Frenk
University of Miami President Julio Frenk
People and Community University of Miami President Julio Frenk

Scientific evidence and global collaboration can help end the pandemic

During a virtual panel discussion hosted by the University of Washington, President Julio Frenk discussed global responses to the pandemic—and what is needed to move forward.

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People and Community
University of Miami President Julio Frenk
University of Miami President Julio Frenk
University of Miami President Julio Frenk
People and Community University of Miami President Julio Frenk

Scientific evidence and global collaboration can help end the pandemic

During a virtual panel discussion hosted by the University of Washington, President Julio Frenk discussed global responses to the pandemic—and what is needed to move forward.

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People and Community
Salsa Craze virtual lesson
People and Community Salsa Craze virtual lesson

Salsa Craze dances onto a virtual platform

One of the University’s largest student-run organizations didn’t miss a beat when moving its dance lessons online.

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People and Community
Salsa Craze virtual lesson
Salsa Craze virtual lesson
Salsa Craze virtual lesson
People and Community Salsa Craze virtual lesson

Salsa Craze dances onto a virtual platform

One of the University’s largest student-run organizations didn’t miss a beat when moving its dance lessons online.

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Students cross the Lakeside Patio
Students cross the Lakeside Patio
Students cross the Lakeside Patio
People and Community Students cross the Lakeside Patio

Celebrate National Transfer Student Week

Tau Sigma National Honor Society and the Department of Orientation and Commuter Student Involvement host a week of interactive events honoring transfer students Oct. 19-25.

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Students cross the Lakeside Patio
Students cross the Lakeside Patio
Students cross the Lakeside Patio
People and Community Students cross the Lakeside Patio

Celebrate National Transfer Student Week

Tau Sigma National Honor Society and the Department of Orientation and Commuter Student Involvement host a week of interactive events honoring transfer students Oct. 19-25.

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