Miami University endows first regional campus professor
By Samantha Brunn | February 14, 2017Banafsheh Seyed-Aghazadeh, assistant professor of engineering technology, was recently named the first endowed professor at Miami's Regional campuses.
Banafsheh Seyed-Aghazadeh, assistant professor of engineering technology, was recently named the first endowed professor at Miami's Regional campuses.
Miami University President Gregory Crawford joined 600 other college and university presidents in signing a letter to the Secretary of Homeland Security, John Kelly, expressing concern over President Trump's Jan. 27 executive order.
Alcohol was likely a contributing factor
Former Miami student and varsity football player Zach Smierciak was recently dismissed from the university after pleading guilty to a charge of reckless assault.
On Saturday, Feb. 4, members of Miami College Democrats, Oxford Students for Peace and Justice, Butler County Progressives and Miami and Oxford community members gathered near the Phi Delt Gates for a peaceful "Demonstration Against the Trump Agenda"
A lack of activism at Miami University has been a sore spot in the school's recent history. In light of the current rhetoric surrounding the field of science and climate change specifically, educational leadership graduate student Dustin Hornbeck decided something needed to give.
Miami University can now claim to have the most modern athletic complex in the Mid-American Conference, debuting its newest facility in a ribbon-cutting ceremony inside the Dauch Indoor Sports Center Wednesday evening.
During this year's budget hearing cycle, student organizations requested a record $342,000 from Associated Student Government (ASG), but just under 60 percent of that total was approved by ASG.
Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos can pinpoint the moment that inspired their Netflix docuseries "Making a Murderer"
On Jan. 27, 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order temporarily banning travel from seven Muslim-majority nations. As hundreds of people were detained in airports across the country in the first days of the order and thousands more protested the ban, 27 Miami students and a small population of Miami faculty wondered what this means for their futures.
WASHINGTON - Welcome to The Swamp. In a town normally filled with career politicians, lobbyists and other governmental elites, the demographics on Jan. 20 were different. Because on this day, the most prominent right-wing outsider in U.S. politics, then-President-elect Donald Trump, brought in a crowds of supporters and protesters as he was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. I was fortunate enough to get a up-close seat.
Miami University President Gregory Crawford emailed the Miami community Thursday morning expressing his devastation with the death of first-year Erica Buschick and suggesting that high-risk alcohol consumption was to blame.
NASHVILLE -- Jack Evans and Jake Gold
In light of President Trump's suspension of immigration for people hailing from seven nations last week, Miami University's senior leadership on Sunday night released a statement via email "expressing strong concern" about the executive order.
On Wednesday, Miami will kick off a series of four interactive discussions, open to students, staff and faculty, that are designed to facilitate scholarly understanding of national and global issues.
An hour outside the nearest major city, Oxford can sometimes feel disconnected from civilization. That's why the years-old rumor of an Amtrak station is so exciting for students: it's a relatively cheap, easy way to get to Cincinnati and Chicago. But after years of being just that -- a rumor -- the city and University have recently taken major steps to bring the passenger train to Oxford.
Miami University Police investigating 18-year-old's death
Daryl Baldwin, director of Miami University's Myaamia Center and 2016 MacArthur fellow, will give the commencement address for Miami's 2017 graduating class. Baldwin was chosen by a committee of students, faculty and staff members from Miami's Oxford and regional campuses.
Crawfords participate in Miami Tribe's annual Winter Gathering