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Noteworthy Numbers: Stats from a year of reporting
From President Julio Frenk’s Roadmap progress to the football team’s performance, the 2016-17 year provided many tidbits of numerical information. Click here to check out this collection of statistics from The Hurricane’s reporting this year.
Interactive: Student Government 2017 Election Guide
Click here to check out The Miami Hurricane’s guide to the Student Government election.
Map: Miami-Dade County early voting locations
As early voting begins in Miami-Dade County, organizations at the University of Miami take steps to facilitate getting students to the polls.
Best of UMiami 2016
Between balancing school, work, your social life and “me” time, life can sometimes feel like a piece of performance art. It’s easy to fall into the routine of hanging out at your favorite, familiar spots and tourist traps, forgetting to explore everything that the 305 has to offer. Miami’s wide variety of festivals, clubs, restaurants,…
Senior Profiles: Tanner Wilfong
Tanner Wilfong has made waves on the swimming and diving team, even representing Team USA in Malaysia in 2014 – but his interests extend far beyond the pool. The Pennsylvania-born senior has a passion for the auto industry and a dream of becoming a DJ, and he was also UM’s first openly gay athlete. With a…
Senior Profiles: O’Shane Elliott
O’Shane Elliott has made a name for himself both on campus and on national television. At UM, the political science major has held various leadership roles including vice-chair for the Committee on Student Affairs, co-chair of the Black Awareness Month Committee and chair of the 2014 Homecoming Executive Committee. Elliott also appeared on the Food Network…
Senior Profiles: Natalie Hamilton
Natalie Hamilton is a neuroscience major from Hollywood, Florida, who has excelled in scientific research. With resources from UM programs funded by both the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and the National Institutes of Health, Hamilton has been researching for two years with Dr. Philip McCabe’s lab at UM. Hamilton received the Lois Pope Neuroscience…
Senior Profiles: Shifa Akhtar
Shifa Akhtar is a neuroscience major hailing from Tallahassee, Florida, who has made her mark on campus with her passion and dedication to women’s issues and her leadership in UM’s nationally-ranked Model United Nations team. She was this year’s recipient of the university’s Louise P. Mills Award, which recognizes a student each year who has…
Senior Profiles: Sophie Doughty
Sophie Doughty will walk across the stage and receive her bachelor’s degree from the School of Architecture’s five-year program. Born and raised in Marblehead, Massachusetts, Doughty was recruited by the University of Miami for rowing. Through her first four years at UM, she was the coxswain for the women’s rowing team where her responsibilities included…
Senior Profiles: Keelin Bielski
Keelin Bielski is graduating with a major in neuroscience and minors in sociology, chemistry and geography during her time at UM. She became a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority as a freshman and led it through suspension and reinstatement in 2015. She is the vice president of No Zebras: ‘Canes Against Sexual Assault and also has…
Senior Profiles: Sean Ormond
Sean Ormond, a B.F.A. musical theatre major, has won Best Actor at the Miami Film Festival as well as several other festivals he has attended across the country. He has held lead roles in musicals at the Jerry Herman Ring Theatre, and will be starring in a show at the Adrienne Arsht Center this summer as well as attending…