Insomniacs look out: Miami pulls an all-nighter

Nov. 4 marks daylights savings time, so celebrate the extra hour with Miami's Sleepless Nights. Described as the cultural takeover of Miami Beach, Sleepless Nights includes 13 hours of music, dancing...

Miller School of Medicine awarded $3.6M for AIDS research

The National Institutes of Health has awarded the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine a five-year, $3.6 million grant to study AIDS. The money will be used to establish a Developmental Cent...

Why hip-hop isn’t feeling the love

True or false: If Woodstock were to occur today, would parents want their children there? Was John Lennon the kind of role model, and were The Beatles the sort of people, that were held up as modern d...

What’s going on?

October 29: Today The Homecoming Executive Committee is hosting the annual blood drive at 9 a.m. in the UC Ballrooms. Donors receive a free t-shirt and are eligible to win prizes. The Elections Depar...

October marks 80th year of university’s student newspaper

Eighty years ago, as this university celebrated its second anniversary, student pleas for a school newspaper gave birth to The University News, which first published on Oct. 4, 1927. "The long looked...

UM is not your mom

When Patricia A. Whitely, vice president of Student Affairs, finalized the no-go decision on the Halloween Ibis Ride, many Student Government members and students were unhappy, and for good reason. A...

Some students’ private data may not be so private

University of Miami students' private information may have been made available to loan lender giants such as Sallie Mae, the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times first reported in September. Yet it is not the...

Tapping the ‘Hotline’

Thursday nights at the Rathskeller may evoke many image-oftentimes involving happy-hour pitchers. But many students may not know that speaking directly to head football coach Randy Shannon could be o...

Nurses and needles, oh my!

Nothing strikes fear into the hearts of aichmophobics everywhere like the words "Blood Drive." But they're sure to hear it, at least twice a year - homecoming in the fall and Greek Week in the spring...

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