‘Violence can never bring permanent peace’ Martin Luther King Jr. tells Miami students and faculty in 1959 Excerpts from 1959 speech Martin Luther King Jr. gave at Miami University “Men ought not to become adjusted to segregation, bigotry, economic injustice, the madness of militarism, the self-defeating effects of physical violence,” Martin Luther King Jr. told … Continue reading Martin Luther King Jr.’s memorable visit to Miami University
Campus aglow in fall’s breathtaking beauty
Miami University photographers Jeff Sabo and Scott Kissell have taken thousands of fall beauty shots of our campuses through the years and never tire of marveling at the maples’ and oaks’ red and golden hues ...
Kindness and empathy supersede word counts these days
I sit at the kitchen table with my laptop, trying to eke out a few words on my third attempt at a new book as the late morning sun pours in through the sliding glass door. Upstairs, in my 13-year-old son’s room, it’s time for PE class. Today’s lesson is high-intensity interval training ...
The ghost of Helen Peabody
Miss Peabody was an outspoken opponent of coeducation, was especially protective of her students and always suspicious of the Miami men who occasionally, and not always innocently, wandered onto Western property ...
Dangerous chemistry
In 1898, the fresh remains of popular chemistry professor Henry Snyder were discovered in his Brice Hall laboratory. Was it a suicide, an accident, or something more sinister? ...