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April 19 , 2024

UM announces Jacqueline Travisano as new COO

  University of Miami President Julio Frenk announced in a message to the UM community Thursday that Jacqueline Travisano will be the new executive vice president for business and finance ...

Student plans counter-information session during Islam Awareness Week

Update, 9:37 a.m., March 19: Samuels said she was was given administrative approval on Friday afternoon to host The Truth of Being a Woman of Islam: Counter Info Session. The event will take place on ...

Student awarded for work with NGO abroad

When senior Alice Woods left Cape Town in May 2015 after studying abroad for a semester, she knew she wanted to return. After studying abroad again in spring 2016, she still couldn’t let go of Sou...

Freshman arrested with stock of marijuana, suspected cocaine, illegal pharm...

Haralambos “Bobby” Spiro Geroulanos, a freshman from New York, was arrested Feb. 23 for possession of cocaine, marijuana and prescription pills he intended to sell. The incident began when two ...

Police-involved shooting near campus causes traffic delays

Update, Feb. 15:  The suspect has been identified as 21-year-old Richard Grissom-Rodgers. Rodgers was charged with aggravated assault of an officer, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, premeditat...

‘Sugar Babies’ seek way to keep up with Miami standard

In 2008, both of Julia’s* parents lost their jobs during the Recession. She was 13 at the time and remembers her family monitoring how much they were spending, even on food. When she came to the Un...

Trump’s crackdown on immigration creates uncertainty

In his first week, President Donald Trump has already followed through on a number of promises he made to his supporters during the election cycle. By Wednesday, which Trump called a “big day” for nat...

9th ‘Tunnel of Oppression’ creates immersive educational experi...

The depiction of a real-life terror attack in U.S. history in one of the rooms of the annually held Tunnel of Oppression left many University of Miami students with a lasting impression. Tunnel...

Hopeful, defiant atmosphere pervades Women’s March

An estimated 1.2 million women, men and children marched through the streets of Washington, D.C. on Saturday. Some expressed frustrations about the up-in-the-air status of women’s healthcare. Othe...

Candlelight vigil memorializes compassionate, innovative business student

Tahir Alikhan Kurji died the night of Dec. 15 on the University of Miami Coral Gables campus at the age of 22. Kurji was an industrial engineering and economics major from Tampa, Fla. He served...

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