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Great Minds Will Prevail
At Miami University, boldly creative thinking generates remarkable results. When society needs fresh ideas that cross traditional academic boundaries, it turns to Miami. Miami empowers the great minds that change the world.
Miami Alumni Lead with Purpose
Across the nation and in every field, Miami University graduates define leadership. Our emphasis on personal development, mentorship, and hands-on learning prepares our students and alumni to cultivate the skills needed to lead. From Fortune 500 CEOs to NFL head coaches and public service advocates, Miamians possess the vision, integrity, and compassion needed to inspire others.
Let’s Transform Will Into Action
Explore how higher education can help solve today’s most urgent problems.
Anthony James
Professor, Family Science and Social Work
College of Education, Health, and Society
To foster healing and progress in human relations, James investigated two lynching incidents that occurred in Oxford, Ohio, in the late 1800s. His work confronts the legacy of slavery and segregation.
Kimberly Hamlin
Chair and Professor, History
College of Arts and Science
An expert on women’s history, particularly women’s suffrage in the U.S., Hamlin’s recent book tells the remarkable true story of the pioneering women who helped secure passage of the 19th Amendment.
Imran Mirza
Associate Professor, Physics
College of Arts and Science
Mirza studies how light and matter interact at the quantum scale to create new theoretical models for developing quantum computers and information processing technology.
Lei Kerr
Professor, Chemical, Paper, and biomedical engineering
College of Engineering and Computing
Kerr and a team of student researchers invented a device that mimics human breathing and helps diagnose and treat breathing disorders such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Andrew Jones
Associate Professor, Chemical, Paper, and Biomedical Engineering
College of Engineering and Computing
Jones discovered a process to sustainably produce a drug candidate that could help treat patients with treatment-resistant depression. His methods eliminate the need to use toxic reagents.
Lisa Ellram
Distinguished Professor, Supply Chain Management
Farmer School of Business
The supply chain has never been more important than now. Ellram’s research identifies strategies that companies can use to reduce their operating costs and decrease their environmental impact.
Samir Bali
Professor, Physics
College of Arts and Science
In his lab, Bali explores the properties of ultracold rubidium atoms — some of the coldest matter in the universe. His work in quantum mechanics advances the modern technologies we use every day.
TaraShea Nesbit
Assistant Professor, English
College of Arts and Science
Nesbit’s novels bring to life voices often kept silent in history. Servants, hired hands, and children play vital roles in settings such as 1940s Los Alamos and the Plymouth colony of the 17th century.
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