Spoken word poet and musician Mecca, also known as Grimo, performed at the USpeak Open Verse and Short Story open-mic event Tuesday night. At USpeak, participants can read their written works and play their music, and the performances are open to the public. The University of Miami literary journal, Mangrove, hosted the poetry readings. Mecca…
CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves visited campus on Monday and discussed some of his thoughts on the future of broadcast journalism and shared his experiences from the course of his career. Here are some of the highlights from his press conference with student media. In a time when our country is so polarized politically, what…
The Homecoming Executive Committee (HEC) aimed to set a new standard with the Opening Ceremonies for Homecoming 2013’s festivities. With the brand new Student Activities Center (SAC) and patio area, the Opening Ceremonies held at the UC Patio were able to expand the celebrations, including more people than previous years.. “It’s a special year because…
A memorial service for two University of Miami graduate students who were killed by a car in Pinecrest will be held at 4 p.m. Monday at the Student Activities Center third-floor Grand Ballroom. The graduate students Hao Liu and Ying Chen were international students from China, beginning the first year of their doctoral degree in…
[imagebrowser id=16] [fresh_divider style=”solid”] The UM Republicans beat out their competition at the Committee of Student Organization’s (COSO) Rumble on the Green on Friday as they worked through a variety of obstacles and tasks to win a $150 cash prize towards their organization. “It was very shocking, I was out of words,” said Mathew De…
The opening of the new Student Activities Center brings a new venue for the Rathskeller to call home. Opened in 1972 to promote the interest and welfare of the university, the Rat has been a campus staple ever since. Over the years, the Rat has been through many changes in order to best serve the…
Students will embark on the first-ever two-day fall break this semester, taking place from Thursday to Sunday. Student Government’s (SG) Senate passed a bill stating that students wanted a longer fall break and Thanksgiving break. Fall break used to just be one day, and the Thanksgiving holiday was only two days – the Thanksgiving Thursday…
It’s one thing to aspire to attend law school, but it’s another to know how to make it there. “I’m pre-law,” sophomore Chloe Ruffel-Smith said. “And I don’t know where to find good information about the application and admissions processes.” So members of the University of Miami School of Law chapter of Phi Alpha Delta…
In November, the School of Architecture and the American Institute of Architects will be holding a unique competition focusing on adapting Miami buildings to the rising sea level caused by climate change. The competition was created by four architecture students who are a part of UM’s chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council. “Recent storms,…
Alumna Sabrina Taldone and her mother Suzanne Taldone found a way for students to never forget their time at the University of Miami, all while allowing them to win prizes and participate in UM traditions. It’s called UM Tradition Keeper Program, an online guidebook and memory keepsake that students can use to have a personalized…
Dava Sobel, New York Times bestselling science writer, visited campus Thursday to talk about her new book and play, “A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos.” The Humanities Center invited her to speak at a public lecture as part of the Stanford Distinguished Professors series. On Wednesday, Sobel also met students in the…
Juniors Grant Harris and Joseph Picozzi started with a concept film created for a class in the University of Miami’s School of Communication. They quickly realized that their class project would become a web series about their experiences as film students. “We wanted to do a project that showcased our ability to write television rather…