Don Elliott Helfman (October 21, 1926 – July 5, 1984), known as Don Elliott , was an American jazz trumpeter, vibraphonist , vocalist, and mellophone player. Elliott recorded over 60 albums and 5,000 advertising jingles throughout his career.
97-546: Elliott played mellophone in his high school band and played trumpet for an army band. After studying at the University of Miami he added vibraphone to his instruments. He recorded with Terry Gibbs and Buddy Rich before forming his own band. From 1953 to 1960, he won the DownBeat Readers' Poll several times for "miscellaneous instrument-mellophone." Known as the "Human Instrument", Elliott performed jazz as
194-792: A Zipcar service. In February 2018, rap artist Drake filmed substantial portions of the music video for his song " God's Plan " on the University of Miami campus. The University of Miami's main campus in Coral Gables houses 4,590 enrolled students, 89 percent of whom are freshman. The university's on-campus housing consists of five residential colleges and one apartment-style housing area available only to undergraduate degree-seeking students. The residential colleges are divided into two dormitory-style residence halls and three suite-style residence halls: The first, McDonald and Pentland Towers of Hecht Residential College (demolished in 2022) and
291-505: A 16-acre (6.5 ha) campus to house what would become the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS). Additional buildings were added in 1957, 1959, and 1965. From 1947 to 1959, the State of Florida funded the University of Miami Marine Lab on Virginia Key until the state completed construction of its own marine laboratory in St. Petersburg . Since 1951,
388-599: A 26–6 2008 season overall with a record of 14–6 in conference matches. Miami has won five NCAA team national championships. Below are 16 national team titles that were not bestowed by the NCAA: The University of Miami's traditional athletic rivals include the Seminoles of Florida State University and the Gators of the University of Florida . The Hurricanes have played more football games against
485-458: A five-year, $ 400 million campaign that began in 1984 and exceeded that goal, raising $ 517.5 million. Foote established three new schools: the School of Architecture, the School of Communication, and the School of International Studies. During Foote's tenure, the university's endowment increased nearly ten-fold, growing from $ 47.4 million in 1981 to $ 465.2 million in 2000. In November 2000, Foote
582-691: A perfect 12-0 record. They also went undefeated in the Big East Conference and capped off their amazing season by winning the Rose Bowl , which served as the BCS National Championship Game , defeating Nebraska 37-14. At the 2006 ACC Cross Country Championships, the University of Miami's men's cross country team finished in last place, 12th out of 12 participating teams, and the University of Miami's women also finished last out of 12. In July 2008, Amy Deem
679-797: A research facility on the eastern end of Barbados in the Caribbean . The facility researches the summertime transport of dust particles from the Sahara in North Africa across the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean Basin and South America . The school's origins date back to 1945 when construction began on Rickenbacker Causeway to make Virginia Key accessible by car. During the Causeway's construction, Miami-Dade County offered
776-798: A residential complex of 25 interconnected buildings, provides student housing for 1,115 sophomores, juniors, and seniors. The University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine campus, located on Northwest 10th Avenue in Miami 's Health District , has 1,523 full-time faculty and 819 students as of 2022. The campus includes 70 acres (280,000 m ) within the University of Miami Jackson Memorial Medical Center's 153 acres (620,000 m ) complex. The medical center includes three University of Miami-owned hospitals: University of Miami Hospital, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Anne Bates Leach Eye Hospital. Jackson Memorial Hospital , Holtz Children's Hospital, and Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center are based on
873-573: A shared bathroom. In addition to these five residential colleges, the university campus includes a student residential area called University Village, which consists of seven buildings with apartment-style annual contract housing including fully furnished kitchen facilities. University Village is available only to juniors and seniors; until 2009, it had also been open to graduate and School of Law students. The University of Miami has seven fraternity houses on San Amaro Drive. Sororities are housed in on-campus suites, not residences. Lakeside Village,
970-721: A south campus on the property but instead opted in 2014 to sell the 80 acres of land. The Richmond campus is a 76 acres (310,000 m ) site that was formerly the United States Naval Observatory Secondary National Time Standard Facility, which already had buildings and a 20M antenna used for long interferometry . The University of Miami's Rosenstiel School's Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing and Richmond Satellite Operations Center (RSOC) maintain their research facilities on part of this campus. The University of Miami maintains one of
1067-718: A trend that began in earnest under Foote. Roughly a year into Shalala's presidency, on November 5, 2001, an 18-year-old University of Miami fraternity pledge drowned while attempting to swim across Lake Osceola , the campus lake, while intoxicated. Police reports later cited the student's dangerously high blood alcohol content in conjunction with dropping water temperatures and exhaustion as primary factors in his death, and two fraternity members who accompanied him were criminally charged with "negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of duty to aid and/or rescue." The university responded by making swimming in Lake Osceola, which
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#17327977653951164-513: A vocalist, trombonist, flugelhornist , and percussionist. He pioneered the art of multitrack recording , composed prize-winning advertising jingles, prepared film scores, and built a thriving production company . He scored several Broadway productions, including James Thurber 's The Beast in Me and A Thurber Carnival , as well as Frank D. Gilroy 's The Only Game in Town . He also provided one of
1261-612: Is Sebastian the Ibis . The ibis was selected as the school's mascot because it is typically the last animal to flee an approaching hurricane and the first to reappear after the storm, making it a symbol of leadership and courage. The school's logo is the letter "U." Its marching band is the Band of the Hour . Aside from being an independent in baseball, the Hurricanes were a full member of
1358-679: Is a member of the Association of American Universities . The University of Miami's intercollegiate athletic teams are collectively known as the Miami Hurricanes and compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Its football team has won five national championships since 1983, and its baseball team has won four national championships since 1982. In 1925,
1455-505: Is about a 15-minute train ride from Downtown and Brickell. The Hurry 'Canes shuttle bus service operates two routes on campus, including to University Station, and weekend routes to various off-campus stores and facilities during the academic year; an additional shuttle route provides service to the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science campus on Virginia Key and Vizcaya Station . The university also has
1552-644: Is located on the northwest corner of the main Coral Gables campus. The Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center at the University of Miami's School of Architecture holds periodic architecture and design exhibitions. Transportation to the Coral Gables campus is provided by Miami Metrorail , whose University Station stop is within walking distance of the campus. The Metro connects the University of Miami to Downtown Miami , Brickell , Coconut Grove , Civic Center , Miami International Airport , and other Miami neighborhoods. The University of Miami's Coral Gables campus
1649-619: The College World Series 22 times in the 34 seasons since 1974. Multiple players for the Hurricanes baseball team have gone on to careers in Major League Baseball . The team plays its games on the University of Miami campus at Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field . The team mascot is the Miami Maniac . The team is currently coached by J.D. Arteaga . In 2006, former Hurricanes baseball coach Ron Fraser
1746-1030: The Big East Conference from 1991 to 2004. In 2004, the Hurricanes left the Big East Conference to join the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Dozens of Miami Hurricanes football players have gone on to excel in the NFL , and eleven to date have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame : Jim Otto in 1980, Ted Hendricks in 1990, Jim Kelly in 2002, Michael Irvin in 2007, Cortez Kennedy in 2012, Warren Sapp in 2013, Ray Lewis in 2018, Ed Reed in 2019, Edgerrin James in 2020, and Devin Hester and Andre Johnson in 2024. The University of Miami has won four national championships (1982, 1985, 1999 and 2001) and reached
1843-521: The Metrorail with direct stations at University Station for the main Coral Gables campus and Civic Center Station for the medical campus. The University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science maintains its 18 acres (73,000 m ) campus on the Biscayne Bay waterfront on Virginia Key . It is the only subtropical marine and atmospheric research institute in
1940-462: The Miller School of Medicine in Miami's Health District , the law school on the main campus, the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science on Virginia Key , and additional research facilities in southern Miami-Dade County . The University of Miami offers 148 undergraduate, 148 master's, and 67 doctoral degree programs. With over 16,000 faculty and staff as of 2024,
2037-511: The NBA . Rick Barry , who played his collegiate basketball at the University of Miami, is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame . Barry is the Hurricanes' only consensus All-American in basketball and led the nation in scoring his senior year with a 37.4 average during the 1964–65 season. The University of Miami men's basketball team was launched in 1926. In the middle of the 1970 season,
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#17327977653952134-647: The NCAA Championships. The team has twice won the AIAW national championship (in 1975 and 1976). The team's home meets are held at the Whitten University Center Pool on the University of Miami campus in Coral Gables. The University of Miami does not currently have a varsity men's swimming team. Home swimming and diving meets are held at the Whitten University Center Pool on the University of Miami campus in Coral Gables. One of
2231-472: The Watsco Center on the University of Miami's Coral Gables campus. The University of Miami is one of the most predominant college football programs in the nation. They have won five NCAA Division I national football championships, in 1983 , 1987 , 1989 , 1991 , and 2001 , and are currently tied for fourth on the list of all-time Associated Press National Poll champions. The Hurricanes have
2328-626: The Watsco Center , extending their home winning streak to 24 straight games. Despite a quarterfinal exit in the ACC Tournament, Miami's performance was enough to merit the program's first NCAA tournament bid since 1992. After cruising past Gardner–Webb in the first round, they lost to Oklahoma in the second. Head coach Katie Meier won National Coach of the Year, along with Connecticut's Geno Auriemma and Stanford's Tara VanDerveer. Junior guards Shenice Johnson and Riquana Williams were named to
2425-410: The government of Mexico , as the university's sixth president. On March 10, 2016, the University of Miami hosted the 2016 Republican presidential primary 's twelfth and final debate at BankUnited Center on the university campus, which aired nationally on CNN and drew 11.9 million viewers. On June 12, 2024, the University of California, Los Angeles announced that Frenk would be joining UCLA as
2522-564: The 16th-highest winning percentage in NCAA Division I history as of 2018, at .635, and hold the second longest streak of weeks ranked first in the nation's Top 20 from October 14, 2001, to October 28, 2002. As of 2019 , the University of Miami has produced two Heisman Trophy winners, Vinny Testaverde in 1986 and Gino Torretta in 1992. Twelve members of the College Football Hall of Fame either played or coached at
2619-588: The 2001 Sugar Bowl and the 2004 Chick-fil-A Bowl ). The Hurricanes and the Gators last scheduled meeting was a game in Miami on September 7, 2013. As of 2013, Miami holds a 29–26 series lead over Florida in the rivalry. The University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame is located next to the Hecht Athletic Center on campus. It houses many artifacts and memorabilia from the Hurricanes' athletic teams over
2716-535: The 2001–2002 season. For the 2009–10 season, Miami had a winning record overall (20–13), but finished last in the ACC with a record of 4–12. In the 2012–2013 season, the University of Miami defeated first-ranked Duke 90–63, won their first 13 ACC games, and attained the highest Associated Press ranking (second in the nation) in school history. However, the Hurricanes lost to Wake Forest 80–65, which ruined their perfect record in ACC play that season. Miami went on to clinch
2813-558: The 2003–04 season, the University of Miami's last season in the Big East, and replaced by Frank Haith . In the 2007–08 season, after being picked to finish last in the Atlantic Coast Conference , the Hurricanes finished the year 23–11 (8–8 in the ACC) and reached the second round of the NCAA tournament before falling to second seeded Texas . This was the team's first NCAA tournament bid since
2910-464: The 2012–13 ACC regular season title with a home triumph over Clemson. Miami entered the ACC Tournament as the top seed and won the tournament with a win over North Carolina. Multiple UM members were recognized that season, including starting point guard Shane Larkin (ACC Player of the Year), senior shooting guard Durand Scott (ACC defensive player of the year), and Jim Larranaga (ACC Coach of the Year). Miami
3007-601: The All-ACC first team, sophomore forward Morgan Stroman was named to the all-conference third team, and Johnson was a third-team All-American. The 2011–12 team returned every player from the 2010–11 squad and was picked in the preseason to win the ACC, though they finished 2nd. In the past seasons (2010–11 to 2015–16), they have made the NCAA Tournament five times. Like the University of Miami's men's basketball team, its women's basketball team plays their home games at
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3104-646: The Center for Advanced International Studies (1964), the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Evolution (1964), the Center for Theoretical Studies (1965), and the Institute for the Study of Aging (1975). In 1965, the University of Miami also began actively recruiting international students. Beginning with the 1968 football season, Stanford barred playing of " Dixie " by the university's band . In 1981, Edward T. Foote II , then dean of Washington University School of Law ,
3201-667: The Hurricanes have won 21 national championships and 83 individual national championships. The Miami Hurricanes field 16 total teams, including seven men's and nine women's athletic teams. Men's teams include baseball , basketball , cross-country , diving , football , tennis , and track and field . Women's teams include: women's basketball , cross-country, golf , rowing , soccer , swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, and volleyball . The University of Miami has approximately equal participation by male and female varsity athletes in these sports. The athletic department's colors are orange, green, and white. The school mascot
3298-467: The Hurricanes hold a 35–31 series lead over the Seminoles in the rivalry. The Hurricanes first played the Gators in football in 1938, and the teams played annually (except in 1943 when Florida did not field a team due lack of players due to World War II) until 1987. Since then, Miami and Florida have met only six times (four during the regular season in 2002, 2003, 2008, and 2013, and in two bowl games:
3395-516: The Merrick Building, was left half built for over two decades due to the economic difficulties, requiring that classes be held off-campus at the nearby Anastasia Hotel in Coral Gables. Partitions separated the classrooms, giving the university the early but long since discarded nickname Cardboard College. In 1929, University of Miami founding member William E. Walsh and other members of the university's board of regents resigned following
3492-489: The Rosenstiel School campus. In 1946, following the U.S. military 's deactivation of Richmond Naval Air Station in southwestern Miami, the University of Miami acquired the 12 mi (19 km) facility to accommodate its vast increase in post- World War II students. The property included classrooms, housing, and other amenities capable of accommodating approximately 1,100 students. Two years later, in 1948,
3589-643: The School of Engineering (1947), and the School of Medicine (1952). During World War II , the University of Miami was one of only 131 colleges and universities nationally to participate in the V-12 Navy College Training Program , which offered students a path to commissioning as a U.S. Navy officer. In 1952, Jay F. W. Pearson , one of Ashe's long-time assistants, was appointed the University of Miami's second president. A charter faculty member and marine biologist , Pearson held
3686-421: The Seminoles (66) than against any other opponent; the Gators are second at 56 games. In college football , the University of Miami-Florida State series began in 1951 and has been played annually since 1969. The teams' only bowl meeting was the 2004 Orange Bowl , prior to Miami leaving the Big East Conference to join the Atlantic Coast Conference , where Florida State has been a member since 1992. As of 2021,
3783-704: The South Campus and buried these radioactive materials, including animals eradicated in research, on the site. In August 2006, the University of Miami agreed to reimburse the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers $ 393,473 for clean up costs at the site made available under the 1980 Superfund law . Six buildings on the site provide 63,800 sq ft (5,930 m ) and currently house the Global Public Health Research Group, Miami Institute for Human Genomics, and Forensic Toxicology Laboratory. The University of Miami once considered building
3880-496: The University of Miami acquired Cedars Medical Center in Miami's Health District , renaming it University of Miami Hospital and giving the Miller School of Medicine its first dedicated in-house teaching hospital rather than having to rely on academic affiliations with area hospitals. In 2003, Shalala controversially chose to close the University of Miami's North-South Center , a university research organization dedicated to
3977-595: The University of Miami has played its home games at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens , roughly 21 miles (34 km) north of the university's Coral Gables campus. Prior to this, from 1937 until 2007, Miami played their home games at the Miami Orange Bowl in Little Havana , which was demolished in 2008. One of the remarkable highlights of the team is the 2001 season where they finished with
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4074-810: The University of Miami holds the all-time record for the most defensive linemen (49) and is tied with USC for the most wide receivers (40) to go on to play in the NFL. To date, eleven Miami Hurricanes have been inducted into the NFL 's Pro Football Hall of Fame : Jim Otto in 1980, Ted Hendricks in 1990, Jim Kelly in 2002, Michael Irvin in 2007, Cortez Kennedy in 2012, Warren Sapp in 2013, Ray Lewis in 2018, Ed Reed in 2019, Edgerrin James in 2020, and Devin Hester and Andre Johnson in 2024. Two former University of Miami players, Ottis Anderson and Lewis, have been named Super Bowl MVPs in Super Bowl XXV and Super Bowl XXXV , respectively. Since 2008,
4171-499: The University of Miami is the second-largest employer in Miami-Dade County. The university's main campus in Coral Gables spans 240 acres (0.97 km ), has over 5,700,000 square feet (530,000 m ) of buildings, and is located 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Downtown Miami , the heart of the nation's ninth-largest and world's 65th-largest metropolitan area. As of 2023, it is the 75th-largest research university in
4268-409: The University of Miami was founded by a group of citizens who sought to offer "unique opportunities to develop inter-American studies, further creative work in the arts and letters , and conduct teaching and research programs in tropical studies", according to the university's founding charter. They believed that a local university would benefit the Miami metropolitan area and were optimistic that
4365-472: The University of Miami when the University of Havana closed amidst political unrest in Cuba . While helpful to the University of Miami's early development, it still was not enough, and the university was forced to seek bankruptcy protection two years later, in 1932. The troubles, however, were short-lived. In July 1934, the University of Miami was reincorporated and a board of trustees was installed, replacing
4462-403: The University of Miami's Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute and its John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics . The University of Miami has completed a 2,000,000 sq ft (190,000 m ) Life Science Park adjacent to the university's medical campus that houses medical offices and laboratories. The University of Miami's medical campus is connected to the university's main campus by
4559-432: The University of Miami's assistant track and field coach and for 11 years as head coach, retired. Amy Deem, who had been the women's coach for 17 years, was appointed the University of Miami's director of track and field/cross country. The University of Miami track and field team plays its home meets at Cobb Stadium on the University of Miami's Coral Gables campus. The University of Miami's women's volleyball team had
4656-859: The University of Miami's libraries are located on the Coral Gables campus: Otto G. Richter Library, the university's primary interdisciplinary library, the Architecture Research Center at the School of Architecture, the Judi Prokop Newman Information Resource Center at the Herbert Business School , and the Marta and Austin Weeks Library at Frost School of Music . Miami Hurricanes The Miami Hurricanes , known informally as The U, UM , or The 'Canes , are
4753-661: The University of Miami's most notable track and field athletes is Lauryn Williams , who earned nine All-American honors. International in the 100 meter dash, Williams won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , the gold medal at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki , and finished fifth at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin . In July 2008, Mike Ward, who served for five years as
4850-511: The University of Miami: Bennie Blades , Don Bosseler , Hendricks, Don James (played at Miami but was inducted as a coach), Russell Maryland , Ed Reed , Testaverde, Toretta, Arnold Tucker , and coaches Andy Gustafson , Jack Harding and Jimmy Johnson . As of 2023 , at least one University of Miami player has been selected in the NFL Draft in 49 consecutive NFL drafts, dating back to 1975. Among all colleges and universities, as of 2022,
4947-545: The Walsh and Rosborough Towers of Stanford Residential College, (demolished in 2024) are commonly referred to as the "Freshman Towers". The removal of these two dorms makes way for Centennial Village, which opened its first phase to students in the fall of 2024. Phase 2 is set to open in the fall of 2026. The second, Eaton Residential College, which originally housed only women, and Mahoney/Pearson Residential Colleges have suite-style housing with double-occupancy rooms connected by
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#17327977653955044-406: The better basketball programs in the Big East and guided the team to three straight NCAA tournament appearances (1998, 1999, and 2000), including a second seed in the 1999 tournament and a Sweet 16 appearance in 2000. The 1998 tournament appearance was the University of Miami's first since 1960. Hamilton left at the end of the 2000 season to become head coach of the NBA's Washington Wizards and
5141-673: The board of regents. By 1940, community leaders were replacing faculty and administration as trustees. During Ashe's presidency, the university grew considerably, adding the School of Law (1928), the School of Business (1929, renamed the Miami Herbert Business School in 2019), the School of Education (1929), the Graduate School (1941), the Marine Laboratory (1943, renamed the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science in 2022),
5238-560: The city. The university was formally chartered April 8, 1925 by the Circuit Court for Dade County. But by 1926, as the first class of 372 students enrolled at the new university, the land boom had collapsed and hopes for a speedy recovery were dashed by the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 . For the next 15 years, the university struggled financially, bordering on insolvency. The first building on campus, now known as
5335-447: The collegiate and international levels. The University of Miami added a women's soccer team in 1998. Miami's soccer team and its men's and women's track and field teams each play their home meets at Cobb Stadium , which opened in 1998 on the University of Miami 's campus in Coral Gables. In 2009, the University of Miami's women's swimming team finished 8th nationally with 219 points at the ACC Championships and 24th with 25 points at
5432-437: The continental United States. The school is home to the world's largest hurricane simulation tank. The Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory , a federal research laboratory, maintains its headquarters next to the Rosenstiel School campus on Rickenbacker Causeway and collaborates on various academic projects with the Rosenstiel School. The school maintains the Barbados Atmospheric Chemistry Observatory (BACO),
5529-409: The decision. Prior to the 1985–86 season, however, the program was revived, though the University of Miami would be minimally competitive over the next several years. The program's fortunes turned around in 1990 when Miami hired Leonard Hamilton as head basketball coach and accepted an invitation to join the Big East . By the end of the decade, Hamilton had turned the University of Miami into one of
5626-527: The endowment's negative performance was limited, however, because the university receives over 98 percent of its operating budget from non-endowment sources. In 2011, the university was ranked the nation's most fiscally responsible nonprofit organization in a Charity Navigator report published in collaboration with Worth magazine. On April 13, 2015, the University of Miami announced the appointment of Julio Frenk , former dean of Harvard University School of Public Health and former Secretary of Health for
5723-486: The environment." On September 30, 2004, the University of Miami hosted one of three nationally televised U.S. presidential debates between presidential candidates George W. Bush and John Kerry during the 2004 presidential election . The debate, moderated by Jim Lehrer of PBS NewsHour , was held on the University of Miami campus inside the Watsco Center . It drew 62.5 million viewers. In February 2006, University of Miami custodial workers, who were contracted to
5820-449: The first collective bargaining unit in the university's history. The university raised wages for its custodial workers from $ 6.40 to $ 8.35 per hour and provided health insurance. In 2008 and 2009, partly stemming from the Great Recession , the university endowment experienced a loss of 26.8% of its capital and additional associated losses from diminished endowment income. The university responded by tightening expenditures. Damage from
5917-458: The first multitrack recording studios in New York City and in Weston, Connecticut, where he died of cancer in 1984. University of Miami The University of Miami ( UM , UMiami , Miami , U of M , and The U ) is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida , United States. As of 2023 , the university enrolled 19,593 students in two colleges and eight schools across nearly 350 academic majors and programs, including
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#17327977653956014-473: The first woman in the nation awarded an athletic scholarship when she accepted a University of Miami golf scholarship. Henry King Stanford , then president of Birmingham–Southern College , was appointed the University of Miami's third president in 1962. Stanford led an increased emphasis on the university's research, reorganization of its administrative structure, and construction of new campus facilities. New research centers established under Stanford included
6111-466: The head coaching position after coaching the Patriots for 14 seasons. In 2009, University of Miami women's basketball forward Shenise Johnson competed on the gold medal-winning USA Team at the 2009 U19 World Championships. In 2009–10, Miami finished last in the ACC. A year later, in the 2010–11 season, however, they went 26–3 (12–2 ACC) in the regular season to finish alongside Duke as regular season ACC champions. That season, Miami went undefeated at
6208-485: The intercollegiate sports teams that represent the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida . The Hurricanes compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association , the highest level of collegiate athletics. The University of Miami's football team has won five national championships (in 1983 , 1987 , 1989 , 1991 , and 2001 ) and its baseball team has won four national championships (in 1982 , 1985 , 1999 , and 2001 ). Across all sports,
6305-411: The last eight decades. The Hall of Fame inducts former athletes, coaches, and administrators annually at an annual banquet. To be eligible, former student athletes must have been out of the University of Miami for at least ten years. Since its inception in 1966, over 250 University of Miami athletes have been inducted in the Hall. The University of Miami is in compliance with Title IX . However, in
6402-420: The late 1940s, is located at the center of campus. The university's campus theater, Jerry Herman Ring Theatre , is named for University of Miami alumnus Jerry Herman , a composer and lyricist responsible for some of Broadway 's most successful productions, including Hello Dolly! , La Cage aux Folles , and other Broadway hits. The John C. Gifford Arboretum , a campus arboretum and botanical garden ,
6499-473: The medical center and maintain affiliations with the University of Miami but are not owned by the university. The heart of the School of Medicine campus, the original City of Miami Hospital that opened in 1918, is known colloquially as " The Alamo ", and has been named to the National Register of Historic Places . In 2006, the University of Miami opened a 300,000 sq ft (28,000 m ), 15-story Clinical Research Building and Wellness Center. In 2007,
6596-406: The nation with annual research expenditures of $ 456 million. As of 2023, the University of Miami has 229,710 alumni from all 50 states and 174 foreign nations. University of Miami faculty include a number of notable academics across nearly all disciplines, including four Nobel Prize recipients. The university is classified among " R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity " and
6693-427: The nation's largest university library systems, which currently hold in excess of four million volumes, over four million microforms , over 1.5 million electronic books, 153,648 active serials titles, 151,258 electronic journals, and 214,487 audio, film, video, and cartographic materials as of 2023. The University of Miami's libraries have a staff of 71 librarians, 33 professional staff, and 76 support staff. Four of
6790-405: The past, female athletes filed complaints with the federal government in the 1970s and 1980s alleging unequal funding and facilities for UM women's sports. Of the $ 46.8 million in annual University of Miami athletic expenditures, $ 23.9 million was spent on men's team, $ 9.8 million was spent on women's teams, and $ 13 million cannot be allocated based on gender. Miami has notable differences between
6887-476: The property was repurposed by the University of Miami as a research facility. In the 1960s, the university opted to lease some of its buildings to the Central Intelligence Agency . Another section of the property, established in 1948, was called South Campus and included a 350 acres (1,400,000 m ) plot used for university-sponsored agricultural and horticultural research. For 20 years, the University of Miami used radioactive isotopes in biological research on
6984-478: The school has published the Bulletin of Marine Science , a peer-reviewed scientific journal on ecology , fisheries management , geology , geophysics , marine biology , oceanography , meteorology , and related topics. In 2009, the University of Miami received a $ 15 million federal grant to help construct a 56,500 square feet (5,250 m ) Marine Technology and Life Sciences Seawater Research Building on
7081-474: The south campus. In 1961, the university dropped its policy of racial segregation and began admitting Black students and allowing their full participation in student activities and athletic teams. Five years later, in 1966, Ray Bellamy, a Black student at the University of Miami, became the first major Black college athlete in the Deep South to receive an athletic scholarship. Until the early 1970s, as
7178-682: The study of contemporary issues in Latin America and the Caribbean . The North-South Center was established by the U.S. Congress in 1984. It had secured a partnership with the Rand Corporation and was, as the Associated Press reported in 2003, "a respected public policy think tank specializing in Latin American and Caribbean issues including trade and economic policy, migration, security, public corruption, and
7275-402: The time, the University of Miami was founded as a coeducational institution but not yet open to Black students. In 1925, George E. Merrick , founder of Coral Gables , granted 160 acres (0.6 km ) and nearly $ 5,000,000 ($ 86.9 million, adjusted for current inflation) for the university's founding. The contributions included land contracts and mortgages on real estate that had been sold in
7372-404: The university a part of the island adjacent to Miami Seaquarium in exchange for it agreeing to assume operational management of the aquarium. In 1951, however, the aquarium's construction was delayed following the failure of a bond referendum designed to fund it, and the university instead chose to begin leasing the land from the county. In 1953, the university built classroom and lab buildings on
7469-533: The university established a Women's Commission, which issued a 1974 report on the status of women on campus, leading to the university's first female commencement speaker, day care, and the launch of a Women's Study minor. Following enactment of Title IX in 1972 and over a decade of litigation, University of Miami organizations, including honorary societies, were opened to women's participation and inclusion. The Women's Commission also secured more equitable funding for women's sports. In 1973, Terry Williams Munz became
7566-442: The university purchased Cedars Medical Center and renamed it University of Miami Hospital. Situated in Miami's Health District, the hospital is close to Jackson Memorial Hospital, which is used by University of Miami medical students and faculty to provide patient care. In 2009, a LEED -certified nine-story biomedical research building, a 182,000 sq ft (16,900 m ) laboratory, and an office facility were opened to house
7663-407: The university through a Boston -based company, alleged unfair labor practices, substandard pay, lack of health benefits, and workplace safety concerns. They launched a strike that drew support from several University of Miami students, who began a hunger strike and on-campus vigil in support of it. The strike settled May 1, 2006 when a card count union vote was permitted and led to establishment of
7760-656: The university would be a beneficiary of future financial support, especially since South Florida was benefiting from the historic 1920s land boom . During this era of Jim Crow laws , there were three large state-funded universities in Florida for white male students, white female students, and black students: the University of Florida in Gainesville and Florida State University and Florida A&M University , both in Tallahassee . Like most private universities of
7857-412: The university's chancellor on January 1, 2025. The same day, the University of Miami announced that the university's chief executive officer, Joe Echevarria, had been appointed acting president of the University of Miami "effective immediately." On June 19, 2023, the University of Miami student newspaper, The Miami Hurricane , labeled Frenk's departure "shocking", and criticized his leadership. "Frenk
7954-466: The university's academic programs are based on its main Coral Gables campus, which houses eight schools and two colleges, including the Frost School of Music , Herbert Business School , and the University of Miami School of Law . The campus has over 5,900,000 sq ft (550,000 m ) of building space valued in excess of $ 657 million. Lake Osceola , a man-made freshwater lake developed in
8051-445: The university's board of trustees attempted to shut the program down, which forced Will Allen to organize his teammates and strike because it was not sufficient notice for the players to transfer schools. They held a press conference, which caught the attention of national media. In 1971, the university dropped the program, with the board citing inadequate facilities, sagging attendance, and serious financial losses as justifications for
8148-693: The university's presidency for a decade, until 1962. Under Pearson's leadership, the University of Miami began awarding its first Ph.D. degrees, and student enrollment increased substantially, exceeding 4,000. From 1961 until 1968, the university leased buildings on its south campus to the Central Intelligence Agency that were used in JMWAVE , a covert operation and intelligence gathering operation against Fidel Castro 's communist government in Cuba. The university no longer owns land at
8245-606: The voices for the novelty jazz duo the Nutty Squirrels . Elliott was a longtime associate of Quincy Jones , contributing vocals to Jones's scores for the films The Pawnbroker (1962), Walk, Don't Run (1966), In the Heat of the Night (1967), $ (1971), The Hot Rock (1972) and The Getaway (1972). Elliot also composed the score to The Happy Hooker starring Lynn Redgrave . Elliott owned and operated one of
8342-401: The widespread collapse of Florida's economy. The university's plight was so severe that students went door to door in Coral Gables collecting funds to keep it open. A reconstituted ten-member board chaired by the university's first president Bowman Foster Ashe included Merrick, David Fairchild , James Cash Penney , and others. In 1930, several faculty members and more than 60 students entered
8439-477: The women's intercollegiate individual golf championship , held by the Division of Girls' and Women's Sports from 1972 that was succeeded by the current NCAA women's golf championship. The team plays its home golf matches at Deering Bay Yacht and Country Club in Coral Gables. In July 2009, Andrew Carter, a former assistant coach at Clemson University , was selected as the University of Miami's head rowing coach. Carter has over 20 years of experience coaching at
8536-454: Was already prohibited, punishable by expulsion. In 2002, the University of Miami launched a new and even more ambitious multi-year fundraising campaign that ultimately raised $ 1.37 billion, the most ever raised by any university or college in Florida history as of 2008. From these proceeds, over half, $ 854 million, was allocated to construct and improve the University of Miami's Leonard M. School of Medicine medical campus. In November 2007,
8633-408: Was appointed the University of Miami's fourth president. Under Foote's leadership, the university focused on attracting high-quality faculty and students, and consciously limited or reduced undergraduate admissions as part of its strategic plan. Foote also oversaw the conversion of on-campus student housing into residential colleges and the university launch of its largest fundraising campaign to date,
8730-695: Was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame . The University of Miami baseball team holds the NCAA record for the most consecutive post season appearances (44 from 1973 through 2016). This streak is the longest of any major NCAA Division I men's sport, topping NCAA football's post-season streak of 35 seasons ( Nebraska 1972 through 2006) and the NCAA basketball streak of 27 seasons ( University of North Carolina 1974 through 2001). The University of Miami 's men's basketball team has produced several players who have gone on to play professionally in
8827-1074: Was promoted to director of track and field and cross country, heading both the men's and women's cross country running programs. She was head women's track and field coach for the prior seven years. At the 2009 ACC Cross Country Championship, the University of Miami's men's cross country team and women again finished last out of 12 teams. The University of Miami tennis program has produced several men's and women's players who have gone on to amateur and professional accomplishment, including current Brazilian professional player Monique Albuquerque , Israel team player Maya Tahan , 1960 Wimbledon Singles champion Rod Mandelstam , 1987 Pan American Games Doubles gold medal winner Ronni Reis , 2006–07 NCCA Women's singles champion Audra Cohen , 1947 Wimbledon Doubles champion Doris Hart , and former professional tennis players Jodi Appelbaum-Steinbauer , Julia Cohen , Gardnar Mulloy , Ed Rubinoff , Michael Russell , Pancho Segura , and Todd Widom . As of 2009 , Kevin Ludwig
8924-537: Was rarely a prominent influence on UM’s campus," the student newspaper reported. Under Frenk's nine years of leadership of the University of Miami, the university slipped notably on U.S. News & World Report 's ranking of national universities, which ranked the university 48th in the nation upon his arrival in 2015 and 67th in the nation upon his departure in 2024. The University of Miami's main campus spans 240 acres (0.97 km ) in Coral Gables , 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Downtown Miami . Most of
9021-418: Was replaced by Perry Clark. During Clark's second season (2001–02) the team won 24 games and was seeded fifth in the NCAA tournament. With the 2002–03 season, the team moved into its newly completed on-campus arena, the Watsco Center . Despite a win over powerhouse North Carolina to christen the new arena, Clark's teams performed woefully over the next two seasons. Clark was dismissed as head coach following
9118-571: Was selected as the second overall seed in East Region of the NCAA Tournament. In the tournament, they defeated Pacific University 78-49 and then defeated the University of Illinois 63–59, which advanced the team to the regional semifinals where they lost to Marquette . Both the University of Miami men's and women's basketball teams play their home games at the Watsco Center on the University of Miami's Coral Gables campus. On April 22, 2011, George Mason Patriots head coach Jim Larranaga accepted
9215-422: Was succeeded by Donna Shalala , former chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 1988 to 1993 and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services from 1993 to 2001, who was appointed the University of Miami's fifth president. Under Shalala, the University of Miami built new libraries, dormitories, symphony rehearsal halls, and classroom buildings. The university's academic quality continued improving,
9312-417: Was the head coach, and there were nine men and seven women on the tennis team. The men's team is coached by Mario Rincón , and women's team by Paige Yaroshuk-Tews. The University of Miami's women's golf team has won the national golf championships five times, in 1970, 1972, 1977, 1978, and 1984. In 1959, 1965, 1972 and 1977, Judy Street, Roberta Albers, Ann Laughlin and Cathy Morse , respectively, won
9409-491: Was widespread practice at colleges and universities nationally, the university regulated female student conduct more strictly than that of male students, including employing a staff under the Dean of Women charged with watching over female students. Under Pearson, however, the university began incrementally liberalizing these policies. In 1971, he consolidated the separate Dean of Men and Dean of Women positions in one. The same year,
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