University of Miami News

Being a fashion designer was an unexpected journey for Rae Williams. As a film and English major at the University of Miami, pursuing a career in the fashion industry was not her priority.

You will want to get your tickets early for the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, which will kick off the 27th season of the Coral Gables Congregational United Church of Christ's Community Arts Program's 2012 Summer Concert Series.

A new University of Miami study shows that one in three children who have an older sibling with an Autism Related Disorder have higher levels of autism-related behaviors or lower levels of developmental progress.

David Grant Medical Center commander Col. Brian Hayes' first duty station in the Air Force is about to become his last.

It's been nearly a half century since Ray Bellamy broke the color barrier of major college football in the south when he signed to play for the University of Miami.

Miami's Downtown Development Authority last week voted to pay up to $230,000 each year for two years to help fund the creation with the University of Miami of a "Launch Pad Accelerator Program" in downtown Miami.

Despite reports that the University of Miami had reached out to the Big 12 conference to gauge interest in a possible move in case several ACC members leave for more Midwestern pastures, athletic director Shawn Eichorst has broken his silence on the matter and claims the U is "committed to the ACC." Eichorst also clarified that the school has not ... (more)

About ten preschool students spent their morning picking carrots and lettuce from a garden.

When Hurricane Andrew roared across South Florida 20 years ago this August, it flattened homes, uprooted trees and destroyed surburban blocks for miles around.

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Downtown Louisville absorbs and re-radiates heat, helping to create an urban heat island.

And it's in tune, and it's played on real instruments, and it doesn't include kazoos or fart noises! Here's the story in a nutshell.

Leadership Marco scholarship winners are from left, Camille Richie, Marissa Anguilano, Frances Baumler, Vanessa Feola, Kit Fowler, Alexandra Meurgue, Vanessa Grisko, Emma Raistrick and Alexandra Diaz.

U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords from Arizona addressed a local audience in Tucson in January 2011 and took a bullet in the brain from a deranged gunman.

Cleveland is one of the cities a report from the Natural Resources Defense Counsel has identified as most vulnerable to spikes in heat-related deaths through the rest of the 21st century as the climate warms and population ages.

The primary benefit of LGBT visibility is the consequent ability to demand services, equal rights and protections at the local, state and federal levels.

Two of Veronica Kish's children are ill. She is taking care of them while going through tough times herself: Stage 4 breast cancer.

The New Hampshire attorney general says one of three defendants in the disappearance and death of a Maine mother whose body was found in a ski area pond last year will plead guilty.

Court records obtained by The Associated Press indicated that 20-year-old Joaquin Amador Serrapio Jr.

May 23, 2012 -- The National Science Foundation announced that it has awarded the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science a grant for the application of the latest cloud computing technologies to climate and natural hazards research.