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News Briefs 3/9

NEWS BRIEFS 3/9-3/23   Alicia Garza #BlackLivesMatter Lecture When: 7 p.m. March 9 Where: Student Center Grand Ballroom Cost: Free   Activist and co-creator of the #Blac...

Seniors reflect on challenges faced as first-generation students, pave way ...

Each year, more than 2 million high schoolers endure the dreaded college application process, often guided by counselors and parents, people who most likely went through the same experience. But f...

News Briefs 2/16

Drag Out WHEN: Feb. 16 at 8 p.m. WHERE: Donna Shalala Student Center Center Ballroom SpectrUM will hold its fourth annual DragOut, an event composed of a drag show, competition and charity fu...

Former Neo-Nazi Visits Hillel

Racist, full of hate and scared. These are all words author, Frank Meeink, used to describe himself throughout his presentation to members of the University of Miami community as he detailed his j...

Wellness Center evacuated after suspicious device found

Students were evacuated from the Patti and Allan Herbert Wellness Center Friday night as a precaution after a suspicious device was found inside the building. Employees of the Wellness Center were in...

ACA repeal could alter professional landscape for students entering health ...

Students graduating with degrees from the Department of Nursing and Health Sciences will be faced with a health care system in potential transition as a result of the repeal and replacement of the Af...

Housing plan to increase capacity, foster on-campus community

Rooftop gardens, a 200-seat auditorium, kitchenettes and living rooms. These are the new amenities students living on the University of Miami’s Coral Gables campus will have access to upon the com...

University of Miami aims to build $155-million residential college

Cranes, excavators and a lot of drilling could be coming to the University of Miami if plans for proposed construction of a new $155-million residential college is approved by the City of Coral Ga...

Students express concern, interest in effects of ACA repeal

President Donald Trump vowed to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — commonly referred to as Obamacare — throughout his presidential campaign and wasted no time taking steps to do so during his firs...

Men play role at Women’s March on Washington

Despite the name of the march that brought together hundreds of thousands of people to the nation’s capital being the Women’s March on Washington, thousands of men participated in the movement to ...

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