As students and guests filled the Center Ballroom of the Shalala Student Center Tuesday evening, they were faced with a royal setting. Deep-red and navy drapes hugged the illuminated stage where Miss University of Miami 2016 was crowned just hours later. The annual pageant continues a university tradition that dates back to 1949. Miss University of…
The annual Women’s Leadership Symposium (WLS), organized by the Butler Center for Service and Leadership in collaboration with other sponsors, reached a new milestone on Saturday. Thanks to an anonymous donation, the one-day symposium was endowed to honor one of UM’s most accomplished senior administrators, Vice President for Student Affairs Patricia Whitely. Provost Thomas LeBlanc…
The University of Miami Honor Council recently launched a new outreach program to incentivize students to report cases of cheating. After talking to faculty, students and members of other universities, the council found that cheating is still a prominent problem in the classroom setting, and students are not doing enough to solve it. Their campaign…
Twenty-year-old mechanic Dominic Abreu has loved cars since he was a little boy, influenced by his father’s background as a mechanic and recreational racer. The two Chevy lovers describe themselves as Muscle guys to the bone, and they have been working on their 1992 Camaro and 1984 Corvette to experience the new age of drag…
Sascha Barboza (“Sascha Fitness”), a Venezuelan fitness and nutrition coach, has 1.7 million Instagram followers. One of her most recent posts? A vegan pancake breakfast forming the word “vote” and the date “December 6” reminding her followers of Venezuelan elections. The picture exudes bright colors as the organic peanut butter and the sugar-free strawberry jam…
Energy & Conservation Organization (ECO) of Student Government held its annual Green Fair on Nov. 4. As its members walked past the Lakeside Patio, ECO brought a taste of its environmental initiatives to students around campus. During the event, attendees had the opportunity to learn about recycling, make their own detergent and grocery bags…
University of Miami junior Erick Lorinc has filmed and produced short horror movies since he received a video camera in middle school. As a motion pictures major, he has always seen the genre as the most creative one in the industry and as a way to escape to different worlds. “Horror movies, generally, are the…
The graduate school and the Center for the Humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences presented a panel on the opportunities available to graduate students in libraries on Friday. It was the latest session in their series of informational sessions and workshops for graduate students, called Expanding Career Opportunities for PhDs in the Libraries….
The University of Miami ranks highly in national standards for diversity, but that does not mean that the process of adjustment is an easy one for the 3,750 international students and scholars who attend the school each year. With that in mind, UM’s Counseling Center decided to create a support group for international students to…
The University of Miami Police Department’s (UMPD) annual Safety Fair took over the Rock on Thursday afternoon and brought together a variety of educational resources for students, faculty and staff. This year’s fair was unique because it generated awareness for UMPD’s new UGuardian app. The free app, available for iOS and Android devices, allows users…
Comprised of more than 100 student members, the Band of the Hour is one of UM’s oldest student organizations, dating back to 1933. The band is comprised of woodwinds, brass, percussion, the Color Guard and the Hurricanette dance line, making it both a musical and visual experience. When the Hurricanes kick off their football season…
Striving to raise awareness about domestic violence and sexual assault, the sixth annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event took place on Monday around the Foote Green and the Rock. The event is an international march, where men walk in red high heel shoes to show empathy for female victims of assault and abuse….