University of Miami such as Cespedes, along with Joanna Slochowski and Lee Fredette, have taken on the challenges that face college students with disabilities - and won.

University of Miami sophomore Scott Monat died Tuesday evening while studying abroad, prompting fellow student to gather and remember his impact on their lives.

Research at Little Salt Spring, an underwater archeological site gifted to UM in 1982, has landed the school a feature on nationalgeographic.com and a possible upcoming feature on nytimes.com. The site is anticipated to provide new insight into early Native American life.

Posters advertising the University of Miami's Bill Cosford Cinema’s weekend showing of “Che,” a film about militant revolutionary Che Guevara, were vandalized Thursday evening. "Asesino," meaning murderer, were scrawled across cases housing the two posters.