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Miami University will host the 10th Annual National Civil Rights Conference June 20-22 on the Oxford campus. This is the first time the conference is being held in the Midwest.

Several years of work led by Miami University's Truth and Reconciliation Project culminated with a narrative historic marker that is now a permanent fixture in the City of Oxford. An unveiling ceremony will be held at 9 a.m. Monday, June 21, in the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park uptown. 

Rodney Coates, a professor of critical race and ethnic studies in the department of global and intercultural studies at Miami University, will give a pre-recorded webinar lecture at 2 p.m. Friday, June 18, about the importance of Juneteenth in American history.

More than 5,000 youths and adults are expected to participate on Miami University’s Oxford campus this summer in a variety of educational programs, athletic camps, conferences, and other events.

Miami University's board of trustees has named business executive Dinesh Paliwal the newest national board trustee.

Miamians heard a familiar voice on national airways June 8 when the music receded and famed NPR journalist Terry Gross introduced “Fresh Air” and the topic du jour: the kissing bug. Formally known as triatomine bugs, these blood sucking insects can carry the T. cruzi parasite that causes Chagas disease — a disease that killed the aunt of Daisy Hernández, associate professor of English, and inspired her to write The Kissing Bug: The True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation's Neglect of a Deadly Disease. It’s that book — seven years in the making — that found Hernández interviewed by Gross this week, living out a personal dream while telling her family’s story.

Construction of the three-story building is expected to be completed for use in January 2024.

Led by Philippe Giabbanelli, associate professor of computer science and software engineering, and Junjiang Li '21, computer science and software engineering major, the studies used computer simulations to study the impact of each possible set of interventions on the number of potential COVID-19 cases.