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Obituaries

Freshman remembered for smile, passion

University of Miami freshman Eitan Samuel Stern-Robbins passed away Thursday morning. Stern-Robbins, originally from Cambridge, Mass., lived on campus at Hecht Residential College. According to Coral Gables police, his roommate found him dead. The official Facebook page of Alpha Epsilon Pi at the University of Miami released the following statement shortly after the discovery: “The...

Miller scientist dies at age 70

Professor Walter A. Scott, a researcher at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine since 1975, passed away Jan. 28. A professor for biochemistry and microbiology, Scott was an exceptional developer in HIV/AIDS research funded by the National Institutes of Health. “His first love was the laboratory,” his wife of 42 years, Dr. Gwendolyn...

Physics professor passed away Wednesday

Professor Josef Ashkenazi, known to some as “Yossi,” passed away last Wednesday. Ashkenazi, who was born in Beit Hanan, Israel, in 1944, had been teaching at the University of Miami for the past 24 years. Ashkenazi attended Hebrew University in Jerusalem, graduating with a Ph.D. in physics. In 1988, he came to teach at the...