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Leadership Leadership Summit will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 2 in the Wellness Center. The 2013 theme, “Driven,” challenges students to look within themselves and discover their own moti...

Hollywood film crew trains UM students

University of Miami students worked with a Hollywood film crew on Robert Townsend’s shoot on Jan. 12. The film, “Playin’ for Love,” was filmed in Overtown.Photo Courtesy Jenny Abreu  Univ...

Academic calendar and vital apps for the semester

Spring 2013 Academic Calendar Wednesday: Last day to add a course Jan. 30 - Last day to drop a course without receiving a “W” Feb. 27 - Academic Alerts sent out March 8 - Last day to apply...

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Study Abroad Students interested in studying abroad in London during the fall 2013 semester can attend an information session in the Toppel Career Center Library from 2 to 3 p.m. Thursday. Students...

Sign confusion leads to recycling revamp

Sophomore Lindsey Bergholz peers out of her dorm room window, which overlooks a trash dumpster outside of Pearson Residential College. To her dismay, she sees pre-sorted recyclables that have been tos...

Students combat lengthy approval process for new student organizations

Sophomore Merrick Stein hoped to bring together students who work as disc jockeys and produce music through a university-affiliated student organization. This brought Stein before the Committee on Stu...

News Briefs – 11/19

Quechua culture The Quechua and Andean Studies Club is hosting Quechua Cultural Night at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday in the first-floor lounge of the University Center. The event will feature Andean music, g...

Campaign reaches $1 billion mark, UM nears elite higher education status

UM has already raised more than $1 billion in funds as part of its record-setting Momentum 2 campaign – the effects of which can already be seen by students at the university. Students will benefit...

News Briefs – 11/8

Tournament Now through Tuesday, students can register for the Wellness Center’s FIFA tournament, which is taking place on Wednesday starting at 6 p.m. For more information, call the intramural hotl...

MTV’s “The Buried Life” to visit UM’s campus

The stars of MTV’s reality documentary series “The Buried Life” are coming to UM’s BankUnited Center Fieldhouse Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. in an event organized by Student Government (SG). Ben Nemtin and Du...

Lyssa Goldberg

Lyssa Goldberg is online editor of The Miami Hurricane. She is a senior majoring in journalism and political science with a minor in math. She has interned at Mashable and the Miami New Times, and her work has also been featured in The Huffington Post.