The Latest Breaking News from UM

MINNEAPOLIS — Five young women had just left Karmel Mall after getting henna applied for a friend's wedding when they were struck and killed Friday night in south Minneapolis by a speeding motorist who authorities say ran a red light on Lake Street.

MIAMI — Nearly 1,000 faculty, staff and students at the University of Miami have signed an open letter opposing a state bill moving through the Florida Legislature that they say is an “unprecedented attempt to exert political control over free thought and professional expertise in higher education.”

The University of Michigan's Board of Regents has requested court intervention in what is now a four-day strike by the university's Graduate Employee Organization, arguing the unionized graduate student instructors are legally required to return to the classroom.

HOUSTON — Sports cannot be predicted, or explained. Games are unscripted, how they go is performance art, and how they end is the whim of fate. Spirits will be lifted or crushed, and the fans watching — so invested, heart and tears — but have no say in the matter.

HOUSTON — The buzz around the University of Miami team hotel was palpable for days leading up to the Hurricanes’ Final Four game against Connecticut late Saturday night.

MIAMI — In the mid 1980s, as the HIV/AIDS epidemic was spreading rapidly, Haitians were stigmatized and being Haitian was erroneously labeled by the U.S. government as one of the four risk factors for contracting the disease.

Miami Hurricanes forward Norchad Omier suffered a sprained ankle in the opening minutes of UM’s ACC tournament semifinal loss to Duke, throwing his status for the NCAA Tournament into doubt.

Late in Miami’s Elite Eight contest against Texas, Hurricanes sophomore guard Wooga Poplar had to remind UM coach Jim Larrañaga of a key mantra the veteran coach has for his team.

A new initiative from the Rideau Hall Foundation aims to bolster existing work and make connections across the country in order to help address the Indigenous teacher shortage.