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Statue revealed at Homecoming opening ceremonies

A new campus tradition was born during last year's Homecoming opening ceremonies. The U statue – a project three years in the making – was unveiled. The Cane-colored U encased by stainless steel...

Dining halls implemented green option

Freshmen leaving Hecht-Stanford Dining Hall with disposable to-go containers enjoy eating their meals outdoors, making conversation with friends outside of Stanford Residential College, and looking ou...

Hecht, Stanford stereotypes shape freshman perspective

As future members of the Class of 2017 rejoiced in their acceptances and interacted on Facebook, the rumors about the Hecht and Stanford Residential Colleges were already swirling. “Hecht or Stanfo...

Talented twirler energizes halftime performances

Twirling a baton to the rhythm of band music and dressing in a sequined orange-and-green costume is all in a day’s work for Lindsey Finkel. As UM’s feature twirler, she was the newest addition to hal...

Taking love from the classroom to the chapel

Students enter UM planning to leave with a college degree, but a lucky few also leave with a life-long partner. On campus, the Love Bridge leading to the Wellness Center is decorated with bricks comme...

Sugarcanes sweeten baseball experience

Sophomore Suzanne Ghannam emerges from the Hurricanes dugout and darts to home plate to retrieve the baseball player’s bat after he reaches first base. Ghannam is a Sugarcane – a bat girl at Miami ...

Stockholm course exposes students to media, environment

Sophomore Clinton Rodriguez took classes with fellow UM students in Stockholm last summer. There he was able to research the technological advances that have made Sweden one of the most environmentall...

SG used referendum money to create ECO Agency

Ready to reduce, reuse and recycle, the Energy and Conservation Organization Agency launched last fall as Student Government’s sixth and newest branch. ECO Agency is the university’s green initiati...

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  University of Mi...

Jane Goodall talks research, criticism, advice

Jane Goodall, the British primatologist and anthropologist, is best known for her study of social interactions between chimpanzees in Tanzania's Gombe National Park. Since first entering the Gombe in ...

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.