Tag: University of Miami
University of Miami expansion plan faces first public vote
By Coral Gables Gazette staff The University of Miami is asking Coral Gables for substantially more room to grow: greater development capacity, permission for enrollment to rise to 17,500 students…
UM 100-bed campus hospital would not require separate use vote
By Coral Gables Gazette staff When the University of Miami asked Coral Gables last month to allow hospital use on its campus, the request arrived as one element of a…
Beaux Arts gift pushes Lowe Art Museum support past $10 million
By Coral Gables Gazette staff More than seven decades after 50 women strung a clothesline across the grounds of the Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery and hung paintings for…
University of Miami helps welcome the world at FIFA Fan Festival
By Robert C. Jones Jr.University of Miami It wasn’t the hope of securing tickets to the biggest sporting event on the planet this year that convinced Leo Sa to travel…
From Warsaw to Coral Gables, Chopin laureates and jazz converge at Frost festival
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Forty-five years separate the Warsaw breakthroughs of the two pianists at the center of the 7th Frost Chopin Academy & Festival at the University of…
Below-average hurricane season expected, but uncertainty lingers
By Robert C. Jones Jr.University of Miami Mimi Taylor typically spends weekends grocery shopping, but on one recent early Saturday morning, the 52-year-old Liberty City resident visited a local hardware…
From 700 crimes a year to fewer than 80: a UM police captain marks 40 years keeping the campus safe
By Coral Gables Gazette staff When William “Bill” Gerlach arrived at the University of Miami in 1981, he came as a freshman from upstate New York looking for a way…
University of Miami opens the vault on literary treasures hidden in its Special Collections
By Barbara GutierrezUniversity of Miami The delicate folding book has several understated color photographs that explore themes of memory, nature, and transformation through visual storytelling. Its name is “Once it Bursts…
UM commencement marks a centennial, a farewell and 4,500 degrees
By Coral Gables Gazette staff The University of Miami concluded its Spring 2026 Commencement on May 11, marking the end of four days of ceremonies that brought together more than…
From the NFL to the federal bench, University of Miami’s commencement speakers span worlds
By Coral Gables Gazette staff A former NFL star, a rising Hollywood actor, a federal judge and a global public health leader will address more than 4,600 graduates as the…
