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Campaign illuminates the University’s ever brighter future
CORAL GABLES, Fla., Nov. 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — With Homecoming on the horizon, the University of Miami is publicly launching its most ambitious fundraising campaign ever, a $2.5 billion initiative—the largest of any private institution in Florida—that is already accelerating the University’s drive to shape a brighter future for our students, our community, our health, and the health of our planet.
Since Ever Brighter: The University of Miami’s Campaign for Our Next Century quietly commenced with President Julio Frenk’s arrival six years ago, more than $1.6 billion has been raised through the generosity of more than 120,000 donors who have embraced the University’s commitment to provide modern housing and more scholarships to more diverse students; create a healthier, more sustainable future; recruit leading innovators; and reimagine learning in a world changing at lightspeed. The campaign will conclude in 2025 when the University celebrates is centennial.
The interim tally already exceeds the total raised during the University’s last fundraising initiative, Momentum2, and includes the largest gift in the University’s history—a grateful patient’s anonymous $126 million donation to Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center in honor of its director, Dr. Stephen Nimer. It also includes gifts at all levels—with the most common gift in the $100 range—from alumni, parents, students, and Hurricane fans everywhere.
“We are on our way to meeting our $2.5 billion goal, but Ever Brighter is not about a number,” said Frenk. “It is about enabling the University to be better, stronger, and bolder at doing what it has done since its founding in 1925: turn challenges into opportunities, lead in service to humanity, and be a force for good across our local and global communities. It is the embodiment of all that we have accomplished in science and discovery, in technology and the arts, in athletics and community engagement—and all that we can achieve in our next century.”
Like the University’s first president, Bowman Foster Ashe, who opened the University’s doors amid the ruins of the 1926 hurricane that leveled the boomtown of Miami, Frenk steered the University through one of its most formidable challenges, the COVID-19 pandemic that shut down much of the world and exacerbated existing social injustices and health disparities.
But with Frenk’s steady hand and global public health expertise, and the resilience and resolve that has always characterized Miami Hurricanes, the University has emerged from the crisis with a growing endowment, a robust health system, its largest pool of applicants, and its strongest class of incoming students. The majority of these students will receive financial assistance, making their education at an institution dedicated to nurturing change agents like Shajena Erazo Cartagena possible.
A first-generation college student who attended the University on a scholarship and served as student trustee on the Board of Trustees, Erazo Cartagena was recently appointed assistant principal at one of Washington, D.C.’s toughest, inner-city schools—where nine years ago she founded a college readiness program for students who didn’t see higher education in their future. Every year since, she has made a contribution to her alma mater to support financial aid and the Division of Student Affairs.
“I want to return to the University what it gave me, which is an investment in the lives of young people, specifically young people who are furthest from opportunity, like I was,” said Erazo Cartagena, who graduated in 2009 and is now the mother of two. “This is why I work where I work.”
Now, with its centennial just four years away, the University is turning to another of its graduates and one of its greatest allies to turn up Ever Brighter’s volume—and energy. Lennar Corporation executive chairman Stuart A. Miller, the chair of the UHealth Board of Directors and former chair of the University’s Board of Trustees, is chairing the campaign, a role that continues his family’s long tradition of service and philanthropy established by his late parents.
The Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, which was Florida’s first medical school and named in honor of the family’s patriarch, is the state’s top National Institutes of Health-funded institution. It also is the nation’s top producer of dual M.D./M.P.H. graduates who are committed to improving the health of all populations but especially the most vulnerable and underserved.
The school is also home to Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, which under Nimer’s leadership has earned the distinction of being the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in South Florida, and to Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, which for nearly two decades has been the nation’s No. 1 eye hospital and is on a quest to perform the first whole eye transplant.
“Our family is so proud to be part of the U. We have long believed that in order for Miami to be an ever greater city, it must be home to an ever greater University and an ever greater medical center,” said Miller. “Since its founding, the University of Miami has become an important driver for ever increasing student success, ever bolder breakthrough research and discovery, and ever impactful service to our community and beyond. One of my ultimate hopes for Ever Brighter is that others also will be inspired to get involved and lend their support, at all levels, to propel the University of Miami to ever greater heights.”
Those attending this week’s homecoming festivities can see the immense power of giving. Among the most visible sights is the spectacular Lakeside Village residential housing project, the first phase of a multiyear plan to modernize on-campus housing, which opened in August 2020.
Visitors will also see the impact beyond the fountain on Memorial Drive, where the Frost Institute for Chemistry and Molecular Science now stands. Slated to open next year, the institute is the first that Dr. Phillip and Patricia Frost envisioned with their landmark $100 million gift that was announced in January 2017 to establish a group of synergistic research centers that, patterned after the National Institutes of Health, will harness the interdisciplinary power of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to catalyze the next discovery revolution. A second center, the Institute for Data Science and Computing, positions the University at the center of the data revolution through research, education, ethics, and workforce training that touches every campus and every corner of the institution.
With a combined $12 million endowment from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Frosts, the University recently appointed Yelena Yesha as the first of six new faculty members who will help expand the University’s expertise in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Renowned in the computing field for harnessing real-time data to solve complex problems in cybersecurity, remote sensing, health care, and e-commerce, Yesha is one of 100 newly endowed chairs expected to be created by the University by its centennial.
“One of the most important opportunities for the world right now is to harness the power of data science to understand complicated problems and find great solutions,” said Jeffrey L. Duerk, the University’s executive vice president for academic affairs and provost. “This accelerates our ability to do that. While the internet powered the last tech revolution, data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence will drive the next one.”
Visitors also may notice the familiar names of Patti and Allan Herbert, alumni who established the Patti and Allan Herbert Wellness Center in 2008, on the University’s school of business. In 2019, it was named the University of Miami Patti and Allan Herbert Business School to honor the couple’s more than $100 million in lifetime of giving to the U.
Today, with a true interdisciplinary focus, the Miami Herbert Business School offers the first-of-its-kind STEM-certified Master of Science in Sustainable Business, in collaboration with the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, the School of Architecture, and College of Engineering.
For the Herberts, giving to the U was always an act of love, a concrete expression of their gratitude to their alma mater, where they earned their business degrees in the 1950s, made lifelong friends, gained leadership skills, forged their successful careers—and met each other.
Philanthropy from longtime fans also plays an integral role in supporting our student-athletes in achieving success both on the field and in the classroom. Our women’s athletics programs are reaching new heights as a result of philanthropic support and a $14 million commitment from the Soffer family—the largest donation to the Department of Athletics—made possible the state-of-the-art Carol Soffer Indoor Practice Facility.
But it’s not always enduring ties to the University that generate support. Often, it’s the University’s groundbreaking research that attracts supporters who are driven to make a difference. Lou and Chosun Mastriani have never visited the University. But, alarmed by the continuing climate-related threats to the world’s imperiled coral reefs, the avid snorkelers searched the internet for marine schools engaged in coral reef conservation and protections—and the Rosenstiel School’s efforts stood out.
The couple has since created the Lou and Chosun Mastriani Endowed Scholarship Fund to provide financial assistance to undergraduate students who are studying marine biology, ecology, and coral reefs. They’ve also included the scholarship in their estate giving plans. “You go underwater, and you forget about any cares you have,” said Lou Mastriani, an international trade lawyer in Washington, D.C. “But now we see the damage from coral bleaching and stony coral tissue loss disease in our backyard. So, we’re grateful the University is committed to protecting and restoring these vital ecosystems.”
Designed to amplify the University’s strengths in areas where it has long shined, the Ever Brighter campaign goals are focused on seven themes, offering opportunities for every interest. They include creating brighter outcomes for the health and wellness of people and our planet, fueling scientific breakthroughs and education innovations for a changing world, building a more vibrant culture, nurturing more champions and leaders, and providing brighter opportunities for all.
“We are grateful to the thousands of individuals who believe in the power of the U and have made Ever Brighter the most successful campaign in our history,” said Josh Friedman, senior vice president for Development and Alumni Relations. “Their generosity is advancing innovations, transforming the lives of students and patients, and elevating the health of our community. And the University of Miami has so much more to offer—to be at the forefront in addressing the challenges facing society and elevating humanity in all its forms. This is our time as Miami Hurricanes. Join us.”
For more information, visit the campaign’s website—Ever Brighter: The Campaign for Our Next Century.
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ABOUT UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
The University of Miami is a private research university and academic health system with a distinct geographic capacity to connect institutions, individuals, and ideas across the hemisphere and around the world. The University’s vibrant and diverse academic community comprises 12 schools and colleges serving more than 17,000 undergraduate and graduate students in more than 180 majors and programs. Located within one of the most dynamic and multicultural cities in the world, the University is building new bridges across geographic, cultural, and intellectual borders, bringing a passion for scholarly excellence, a spirit of innovation, a respect for including and elevating diverse voices, and a commitment to tackling the challenges facing our world.
BEIJING, April 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — A news report from China Daily:
Greater efforts are needed to strengthen international cooperation in science and technology, explore ways of jointly solving important global issues through technological innovation, and develop new quality productive forces, said officials, experts and company executives on Thursday in Beijing.
Addressing the opening ceremony of the 2024 Zhongguancun Forum, Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang said China is willing to work with the international community to practice the concept of open, fair, just and nondiscriminatory international sci-tech cooperation, and to jointly build a global sci-tech community.
The country will explore a new model regarding mutually beneficial global cooperation in sci-tech innovation, and will break down barriers restricting the flow of knowledge, technology, talent and other innovative factors, to jointly create an open innovation ecosystem.
Yin Li, secretary of the Communist Party of China Beijing Municipal Committee, said the capital will ramp up efforts to improve its innovation capacities, accelerate the building of world-leading science and technology parks, increase investment in basic research and make breakthroughs in core technologies in key fields.
Data from the Ministry of Science and Technology showed that China’s research and development investment exceeded 3.3 trillion yuan ($455.4 billion) in 2023, up 8.1 percent year-on-year, and the spending on fundamental research reached 221.2 billion yuan, an increase of 9.3 percent over the previous year.
China’s strength in scientific and technological innovation has taken a major leap in recent years. Marco Aleman, assistant director-general of the World Intellectual Property Organization, said China is a powerhouse of innovation that contributes to global growth and sustainable development.
According to WIPO, the country stands as a global innovation leader, ranking 12th in the Global Innovation Index 2023, and it owned 24 of the top 100 science and technology clusters globally by the end of last year, ranking first in the world for the first time.
Quarraisha Abdool Karim, president of the World Academy of Sciences, said ensuring a sustainable future through partnership and cooperation creates an opportunity for all participants to explore new pathways toward achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
Lei Jun, founder and CEO of Chinese tech company Xiaomi Corp, said the company will continue to step up investment in R&D and strive for breakthroughs in core technologies.
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Web O.No: Metaverse and Web 3.0 stunted by internet chaos, warn 87% of business leaders
Forrit report uncovers the internet is at breaking point, thanks to open source vulnerabilities, siloed web management systems, and poor website governance.
LONDON, April 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — A new study launched by Forrit, the next-generation, global content management system (CMS) provider, reveals that 89% of senior marketers and tech leaders are optimistic that Web 3.0 and the metaverse have the potential to revolutionise the way we interact with the web. However, the report, titled Web O.No: your business’ bleak online future and how to avoid it uncovered that 87% believe the current state of the internet will stunt these innovations – and none of the respondents have websites that are currently equipped for this transformative new internet era.
As we near the 31st anniversary of the World Wide Web’s entry into the public domain, UK business decision-makers unanimously agreed that “the Internet today is a mess,” citing security flaws, vulnerabilities with open source web management systems, ungoverned websites, and multiple layers of legacy CMS systems.
Despite the report focusing on heavily regulated industries, financial services, utilities, and the legal sector, over half of the respondents (57%) revealed they have website security flaws. They also admitted customers would lose trust if they were exposed. Security vulnerabilities were most prevalent among those who run their websites on open source solutions, rising to 79% in this group. Expert respondents underscored the specific risk of open source plug-ins. Created by multiple third-party developers, they leave websites open to malicious compromise.
Beyond cyber-attacks, the report highlights the heightened risk of outages, dysfunctional interfaces, and hazardous content hidden within neglected pages of reputable websites. The latter is a risk for those operating multiple website management (CMS) systems – a common practice among the participants. Shockingly 44% admitted they don’t have control of the website content as a direct result of this practice.
With the internet spiralling out of control, Forrit labels this chaotic online future Web O.No.
Peter Proud, CEO and Founder, Forrit, explains the role of composable CMS platforms in putting the brakes on this doomsday scenario, “Forget Web 3.0, we’re heading towards Web O.No – a grim reality of an internet unfit for purpose unless we act now. It’s time to stop layering on outdated, vulnerable web management systems, which exacerbate the problem. Embracing a next-generation composable web management platform would introduce a new era of security, flexibility, and scalability for the internet, empowering businesses to embrace the future.”
The respondents reinforced this sentiment, with 89% asserting that composable architecture would empower their organisation to future-proof their digital infrastructure. This includes granting them the flexibility to adopt AI into the website—a capability that is inhibited by their current web management system, according to 72% of respondents.
Gary Roberts, CRO, Forrit, underscores this significance: “Your website management platform (CMS) should be an enabler of digital innovation, not a barrier. Embracing composable web architecture removes the current barriers, providing a clear pathway to the future – whether that’s the metaverse, Web 3.0, or any other pioneering tech advancement as yet undiscovered.”
Click here to download Forrit’s report – Web O.No: your business’ bleak online future and how to avoid it.
About ForritUK-based, global content management system provider, Forrit, has been helping large businesses in highly-regulated industries keep their web estate secure, simple-to-scale and easy-to-manage, for the last 10 years.
Our mission? To allow IT and marketing to manage their digital estate in perfect harmony. Through Forrit’s intuitive UI, low code CMS and content management configuration platform (Service Delivery Hub), the CMO and CTO can take joint control of their web estate.
An Azure-native solution, through which businesses can leverage any and all Azure Cloud Services, including AI-powered translation and automated migration, Forrit CMS is future proof and can be scaled or de-scaled as needed.
Sound technical? Not at all. Forrit’s platform requires no prior Azure knowledge or technical expertise to get everything needed from it. The plus to this, the strain is taken off the IT team, and the marketing team can create unrivalled digital experiences and manage content with ease.
With enterprise-grade security to top it off, Forrit’s cloud-native CMS helps businesses simplify their workflows, streamline their marketing efforts and scale at speed, securely.
About the researchCensuswide conducted the research with 505 UK IT and marketing decision-makers between 01.03.24 and 12.03.24. Censuswide abides by and employs members of the Market Research Society, which is based on the ESOMAR principles, and is a member of The British Polling Council.
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Identity Governance & Administration Market Projected to Reach $24.42 billion by 2030 – Exclusive Report by 360iResearch
PUNE, India, April 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The report titled “Identity Governance & Administration Market by Component (Services, Solution), Modules (Access Certification & Compliance Control, Access Management, Identity Lifecycle Management), Organization Size, Deployment, Vertical – Global Forecast 2024-2030” is now available on 360iResearch.com’s offering, presents an analysis indicating that the market projected to grow from a size of $8.46 billion in 2023 to reach $24.42 billion by 2030, at a CAGR of 16.34% over the forecast period.
“Navigating Global Identity Governance With Key Strategies for Digital Security and Compliance”
Identity governance and administration (IGA) has emerged as a critical policy-driven approach aimed at fortifying digital identities within organizations, ensuring that proper access is provided to the right individuals for valid reasons. Across the globe, the demand for IGA solutions is on the rise, driven by the need to tackle sophisticated cyber threats, comply with stringent data protection laws, and adapt to the digitization wave sweeping through industries. Challenges include integrating these solutions with pre-existing IT frameworks, primarily in organizations reliant on legacy systems. The North American market, led by the United States and Canada, is at the forefront of this expansion, embracing technological advancements and stringent regulatory standards. Meanwhile, the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region is navigating its unique landscape, with the EU focusing heavily on compliance through GDPR and the Middle East and Africa gradually recognizing the value of digital security. The Asia-Pacific region is witnessing a significant uptrend in IGA solutions adoption, spurred by digital transformation initiatives and cybersecurity awareness, with China and India playing pivotal roles. This global perspective highlights the universal importance of IGA in today’s digital era, highlighting the critical balance between innovation, security, and regulatory compliance in safeguarding digital identities.
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“Navigating the New Normal With The Crucial Role of Identity Governance in Securing Hybrid Work Environments”
As businesses globally embrace the fusion of remote and traditional office work, the need for secure, hybrid workspaces becomes paramount. The shift toward flexible working models, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, highlights the importance of cybersecurity and accessibility in ensuring operational continuity and a better work-life balance. Identity governance & administration (IGA) systems emerge as essential tools within this evolving work landscape. They enable organizations to manage digital identities and access rights effectively, safeguarding sensitive data against unauthorized access across diverse working environments. By ensuring that only credentialed employees can access critical information, regardless of their physical location, IGA solutions stand at the forefront of maintaining cybersecurity compliance and operational integrity. This development signifies a growing demand for robust identity governance frameworks, ensuring businesses remain resilient and secure in remote work and beyond.
“Elevating Security and Efficiency in Organizations through Specialized Identity Governance & Administration Services”
Managed and professional services provide organizations with the specialized expertise necessary for optimizing the performance and security of identity governance & administration (IGA) systems, eliminating the need for such in-depth knowledge internally. Businesses benefit from advanced skills that enhance system functionality and safeguard sensitive data by outsourcing specific IGA tasks. From the initial stages of integration and implementation, ensuring seamless incorporation with existing infrastructures, to ongoing support and maintenance for consistent system reliability and up-to-dateness, these services form the foundation of effective IGA strategies. Furthermore, training and consulting play a pivotal role, equipping companies with the understanding and capability to utilize their IGA systems to the fullest. IGA solution is a critical technological tool designed to streamline the management of user access rights across organizations, bolstering security, operational efficiency, and compliance with regulatory standards. This comprehensive approach to IGA facilitates a more secure, efficient, and compliant organizational environment, empowering businesses to focus on core objectives and ensure their data remains protected.
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“International Business Machines Corporation at the Forefront of Identity Governance & Administration Market with a Strong 7.09% Market Share”
The key players in the Identity Governance & Administration Market include Broadcom, Inc., SAP SE, Oracle Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, International Business Machines Corporation, and others. These prominent players focus on strategies such as expansions, acquisitions, joint ventures, and developing new products to strengthen their market positions.
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We proudly unveil ThinkMi, a cutting-edge AI product designed to transform how businesses interact with the Identity Governance & Administration Market. ThinkMi stands out as your premier market intelligence partner, delivering unparalleled insights with the power of artificial intelligence. Whether deciphering market trends or offering actionable intelligence, ThinkMi is engineered to provide precise, relevant answers to your most critical business questions. This revolutionary tool is more than just an information source; it’s a strategic asset that empowers your decision-making with up-to-the-minute data, ensuring you stay ahead in the fiercely competitive Identity Governance & Administration Market. Embrace the future of market analysis with ThinkMi, where informed decisions lead to remarkable growth.
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“Dive into the Identity Governance & Administration Market Landscape: Explore 197 Pages of Insights, 654 Tables, and 26 Figures”
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