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Innovation at The U


How Does the University's Upgrade to AT&T's 5G Affect U?

  • The University of Miami is the first college campus in the United States to adopt AT&T’s 5G+ and Multi-access Edge Compute (MEC) technology. This partnership with AT&T places the U at the forefront of digital transformation by enabling students, faculty, staff, and researchers to develop, test, and use the next generation of digital apps in new, exciting, and faster ways! We invite you to learn how the University is ensuring the safe installation of the new AT&T 5G wireless infrastructure and how this affects you.

New 3-D Printers at UM's Richter Library Promote Creative Learning Techniques for the University Community

  • The educational principle of learning by creating is expanding in an innovative way thanks to 3-D printing. 3-D printing is the process of making a physical object from a three-dimensional digital model. Recently, UM’s Richter Library and UMIT’s Academic Technologies team collaborated to upgrade the library’s Digital Media Lab by adding three new Ultimaker 3-D printers.