Veritas, Vol. 45, No. 03, November 2002

              3Fulbright Scholar Thomas Steinfatt
will travel to Cambodia on a mission to teach social science research.
4 The School of Nursing Health Center at
R. R. Moton Elementary School is providing help for the hometown.
5 With pro bono efforts such as a
volunteer tax assistance program, the School of Law is instilling H.O.P.E.
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Volume 45 ■ Number 3 ■ November 2002
For the Faculty and Staff of the University of Miami
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UM WORKS WITH PRIVATE SECTOR, GOVERNMENT ON SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE
New methods of spawning and larval rearing are bringing the prospect of an environmentally sustainable and commercially viable marine fish aquaculture industry one step closer to becoming a reality.
During the last four years, the Aquaculture Center of the Florida Keys, Inc. (ACFK) has joined efforts with the Aquaculture Program of the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science to refine hatchery technology of high value species of marine fish. The research and development effort, partially funded by the government through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has focused on scientific aspects leading to improved hatchery technology of mutton snapper, Lutjanus analis, and cobia,
Rachycentron canadum.
This summer, tens of thousands of cobia and mutton snapper fin-gerlings were successfully reared at the ACFK hatchery in Marathon, Florida Keys.
STUDENT LUNCHEON KICKS OFF 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
The humid 90-degree weather was the same on September 22, 1952, as it was 50 years later at the School of Medicine. So said Norman Kenyon, the school’s first student body president.
Kenyon was among the more than 600 medical students, faculty, and alumni who gathered recently at a luncheon in the Schoninger Research Quadrangle to kick off the school’s 50th anniversary celebration.
“Imagine gross anatomy, in the same weather we have today, in a windowless room with no air conditioning,” said John G. Clarkson, senior vice president for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine.
More 50th anniversary activities are planned throughout the fall and winter. The next event is a campus birthday party for faculty and staff on November 20.
Gift will be used for stadium renovation and scholarship
Alex Rodriguez donates $3.9 million to University
Norman Kenyon, left, with UM medical student Mike Rodriguez.
As a boy growing up in Miami, Texas Rangers All-Star shortstop Alex Rodriguez would often sneak into the University of Miami’s Mark Light Stadium to watch baseball games. “They had the high trees over there, and I would jump the fence. I fell a couple of times, but I always got in,” Rodriguez said.
Now, Rodriguez, who accepted a baseball scholarship from the University in 1993 but signed with the Seattle Mariners after the team selected him No. 1 overall in the draft, will have UM’s baseball park named for him.
The seven-time Major League Baseball All-Star recently announced a $3.9 million contribution to UM that will be used to help renovate its baseball stadium and fund an annual scholarship, in perpetuity, at the University for a member of the Boys and Girls Club of America. “For me, this is my Yankee Stadium, my Candlestick Park, my Dodger Stadium,” Rodriguez said during a ceremony near the stadium’s pitching mound.
The lead gift for the stadium renovation represents the largest contribution ever to the UM baseball program, and the University will name the newly renovated facility Mark Light Field at Alex Rodriguez Park when construction is completed. The gift also officially kicks off the Athletic Department’s phase of UM’s fundraising campaign.
In addition to Rodriguez’ gift, a $300,000 donation from Nelson and Tillie Lancione has been made for the construction of a new stadium press box that will be named for them, Athletic Director Paul Dee announced.
Rodriguez also announced his intention to enroll at the University and get his degree. Nine years ago, he was only a few footsteps away from becoming a student here before a Seattle Mariners scout literally stopped him just outside his classroom door with a message that the team wanted to increase its contract offer.
“When I signed my contract with the Seattle Mariners in 1993, there was only one other possible decision I might have made,” said Rodriguez.
“I could have enrolled at Miami. I chose baseball first, but I always expected—and promised my mother— that I would one day enroll at the University and get my degree.”
At the ceremony, UM President Donna E. Shalala reissued Rodriguez’ acceptance letter, calling his message to students “extraordinary: Remember

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Texas Rangers All-Star shortstop Alex Rodriguez announces his $3.9 million gift as Athletic Director Paul Dee, left, and former baseball coach Ron Fraser, right, look on.
where you came from, give back to your community, pursue the highest standards of excellence.”
Although Rodriguez never played for the Hurricanes, head baseball coach
Jim Morris said the All-Star shortstop has always been a member of the UM baseball family. “Two years ago, I asked Alex if he would speak to our team for Continued on page 3
UM creates Braman Breast Cancer Institute
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he University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center launches a new era in breast cancer research and care with the creation of the Braman Breast Cancer Institute, made possible by a gift from the Norman and Irma Braman Family Foundation.
The vision of the new institute is to combine basic science with clinical trials and world-class care to discover more effective treatments for breast cancer patients, with the ultimate goal to cure this disease.
“We will create a multilayered, state-of-the-art institute to deliver the best possible breast cancer care to Miami and the region,” says Joseph Rosenblatt, scientific director of the UM/
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. “The institute also will conduct cutting-edge research to advance international knowledge of the causes of breast cancer and to develop new means of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.”
Researchers will explore new ways of assessing breast cancer risk, diagnosing the disease in its earliest stages, and predicting which treatments will be most effective in each patient. Informa-
tion of this kind also will provide new molecular leads for the development of new and more powerful treatments for breast cancer.
World-renowned breast cancer researcher Joyce Slingerland will lead the new Braman Breast Cancer Institute.
The Braman institute will speed the translation of new discoveries about the molecular mechanisms underlying cancer from the lab to the bedside, testing new therapies for patients in a multidisciplinary effort that exists at few
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