After a disappointing 2019 season where the Hurricanes went 6-7 and ended the year on a three-game losing streak, second-year head coach Manny Diaz went searching for answers outside of Coral Gables.
Campus Life, Cover, News
Tik Tok video shows UM students partying in dorms
This screenshot from a Tik Tok video is one of multiple social media posts that have shown UM students partying in close confines.
Cover, Football, Sports
Greg Rousseau opts out of 2020 college football season
Defensive end Greg Rousseau is opting out of the 2020 football season, Miami head coach Manny Diaz confirmed to reporters during a pre-fall camp media conference on Thursday.
Cover, Op-Ed, Opinion
UM should reopen. Here’s why
Another semester of doing everything through Zoom is not a feasible alternative for many students.
Cover, Football, Sports
D’Eriq King named Hurricanes starting quarterback
“D’Eriq’s hard work both on and off the field has earned him the starting quarterback position,” Diaz said in a statement Monday.
Administration, Campus Life, Cover, News
Students petition to rename Merrick Building on campus over George Merrick’s segregationist ideas
“Working with local Miami-based historians, our group investigated Merrick’s past and discovered much evidence confirming that George E. Merrick boldly held and acted upon, racist segregationist beliefs throughout his life, including in his role as head of the Miami-Dade Planning Board,” the petition read.
Academics, Administration, Cover, Health, News
‘Get in that classroom; hope you don’t die’: UM faculty raise concerns over return to campus
UM faculty are pushing to be given a choice as to whether their classes will be conducted remotely or in-person. Concerned for their own personal health, many feel a return to campus this fall is not the right move.
Academics, Community, Cover, Health, News
Here’s what South Florida universities are planning for fall semester
Local universities are facing tough decisions about whether to reopen this fall, and many are forging ahead with either a mixed use of both in-person and online learning or plans to return fully in person.
Here are South Florida universities’ current plans to reopen during the pandemic.
Administration, Community, Cover, News
President Frenk unveils plans for racial justice
President Julio Frenk first arrived at the University of Miami in 2015 during a moment when its students, faculty and staff were grappling with racism on its very own campus.
Now, five years later, his administration is working once again to move UM towards racial justice.
Community, Cover, Health, News
Coronavirus places UM workers under financial stress, health risk
Amid layoffs, risk of exposure to COVID-19 and threats to their benefits, the University of Miami’s subcontracted facilities and dining workers report that they have been hit hard by the pandemic.
Administration, Campus Life, Cover, News
Black student leaders present letter to university administration calling for change
Students put together a list of 11 recommendations for the university, including requests to increase the number and retention of Black faculty, staff and students through a strategic hiring plan, to implement diversity and sensitivity training across the university and to allocate more money to infrastructure dedicated to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Cover, Multimedia, Video
Canes Chat: Student leaders discuss being Black in positions of leadership
In this episode of Canes Chat, our video editor Tre’Vaughn Howard is joined by Abigail Adeleke, president of the University of Miami Student Government, and Landon Coles, president of United Black Students, to discuss being Black in leadership and the impact the lack of representation has on people of color.