Tag: University of Miami (UM)

Caribbean Nations Explore New Ideas, Directions To Recover From Pandemic

MIAMI — Caribbean experts assessed the coronavirus’s impact on the region in a webinar on Thursday hosted by the University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas. Owing in part to its geographic terrain, the Caribbean has fared relatively well from a health standpoint in managing the COVID-19 virus, yet the region has […]

University of Buffalo Researcher Gets $126K NSF Grant To Study Hurricanes’ Effect On Coral In St. John This Month

KNOCKED OVER, BUT NOT OUT? Coral reef communities at St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, pictured here years before the recent hurricanes struck. (Credit: Howard Lasker) [ad name=”HTML-68″] CRUZ BAY — A New York geologist will journey to St. John this month to study the impact of hurricanes Irma and Maria on coral reefs in the region. […]