Topic: In the Community
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.