Signs of the Times

THE MIAMI DOLPHINS have pledged $75 million to the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center on the UM campus. This is the second major gift to the cancer center; earlier this fall, an anonymous gift of $126 million was made. Both donations will be used to support over 300 doctors and researchers at UM Sylvester. UM will rename the Sylvester Courtyard in honor of the Dolphins Challenger Cancer (DCC) program.

THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI has announced they are conducting a pilot study for a new, rapid Covid test that examines air droplets from a person’s breath. Similar to the breath test for drunk drivers, the Israeli-produced COVID-19 Breath Analyzer is “as simple as a kazoo—you just blow into it,” says Roy E. Weiss, chair of the Miller School of Medicine Department of Medicine and chief medical officer for COVID-19. “And if it works, it will be a game changer.” ■