Board of Trustees save Religious Studies, Recreational Sport Management, honor Maidique

By: Julio Menache / Staff Writer The Board of Trustees has agreed to postpone cutting four popular degree programs. During the June 12 meeting, the trustees unanimously voted to allow the administration until the next Board meeting to present an alternative budget that would allow the programs to survive, as well as give outgoing President Maidique, as well as his successor, Mark Rosenberg, time to look for donors for the programs. The four programs which were saved were: – Recreational Sport Management, B.S – Recreational Sport Management, M.S – Athletic Training Education, M.S – Religious Studies Program, B.A The move was met by applause by audience members, many of whom were students and faculty hoping…

College of Medicine receives historic donation, name

By: Diana Jordan / Staff Writer The College of Medicine received the largest cash donation in University history. The $20 million gift, made by Dr. Herbert Wertheim, chairman and CEO of Miami and London-based Brain Power Inc. and well-known University benefactor, is eligible for the state’s Major Gifts Challenge Grant Program, a grant that matches charitable contributions made to public universities, making it a possible $40 million donation for the College of Medicine. According to a June 12 press release by the Office of Media Relations, the college will be named the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine to recognize the contributions the Dr. Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Family Foundation have made to the University. Additionally,…

College of Medicine pioneers new cancer treatment

By: Diana Jordan / Staff Writer Patients suffering from terminal liver cancer may be granted a second lease on life due to the efforts and research of Dr. Seza Gulec, a Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine professor of surgery, radiology and nuclear medicine. The treatment, Selective Internal Radiation Therapy, employs millions of microscopic radioactive beads known as SIR-Spheres, which locate primary and metastic liver cancer. Although the treatment, which is delivered via catheter, transmits high dosages of radiation, the therapy spares a vast amount of healthy tissue in its recipients. “We are essentially using the tumors’ blood supply to kill them, by infusing them with beta radiation,” Gulec said in a written statement. According to…