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Category: Community Voices

February 23, 2021February 22, 2021 Jesus Jimenez Community Voices

Winter College 2021: Q&A with Dr. Dhananjai Rao

Dr. Dhananjai Rao is working with the Department of Homeland Security on a software system to forecast future epidemics. The award-winning professor is among the faculty for Winter College 2021.

February 19, 2021February 18, 2021 Jesus Jimenez Community Voices

Q&A with John Cager ’86, Miami’s first Black student body president

35 years later, John Cager '86 reflects on his election as the first Black student body president at Miami University and the impact that is still felt today.

December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 Jesus Jimenez Community Voices

‘Fresh Tracks’ follows Miami alumna’s quest to tell grandfather’s story

My grandfather’s story of losing his leg in World War II, starting a prosthetic business and then developing outriggers for adaptive skiers stayed with me my whole life. He had turned his biggest tragedy into a triumph ...

November 23, 2020January 11, 2021 Donna Boen Community Voices

With the release of the new Ron Howard-movie, Bonnie Meibers ’18 is happy “Hillbilly Elegy” is sharing her Mamaw with others

When “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis” came out in June 2016, it quickly made the New York Times bestseller list and stayed there. The Wall Street Journal called it “a riveting book.” David Brooks of the New York Times said it was “essential reading.” ...

November 1, 2020November 30, 2020 Trisha Witherby Community Voices

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 ...

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