At a meeting of the Oxford City Council on Tuesday, Feb. 7, the council announced that Differdange, Luxembourg is being named Oxford's "Sister City," an agreement meant to signify the bond the cities share and improve cultural understanding between the two communities.
11:30 p.m., Havighurst Hall
Going to college is expensive. The high cost is not only due to tuition and other official billed items, but also to the unofficial costs of living in Oxford -- restaurants, club dues, bar covers. In light of this, Miami's ASG recently unveiled a unique scholarship.
Students and faculty gathered in the center of Harrison room 204, focused on two screens projecting a Skype session with Miami University alumnus and Moscow Times journalist, Matt Bodner, and his colleague, Alexey Kovalev, on Friday, Feb. 10.
"The stress of college got to us"
The harmful impact of dealing with first-year heartache
He saw her. And he made sure he sat at her table.
The Ohio Democratic Party (ODP) Chairman David Pepper is coming to Oxford on Tuesday, Feb. 14. He will speak from 7 to 8:30 p.m. about "The Most Important Cycle for Ohio Democrats in 50 Years"
Crawford calls emergency meeting with sorority, fraternity leaders
A female Miami University student sustained minor injuries after a firearm was discharged at 15 W High St., outside of Cellar Bar, around 1:25 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 11.
MUPD, OPD investigations ongoing
This fall, Miami's College of Engineering and Computing will be offering a new program in concert with their new Socially Engaged Engineering and Computing (SEEC) initiative.
Since 2013, there has been a 633 percent increase in the number of international students enrolled at Miami's Middletown campus. Only 30 international students were enrolled at Middletown in 2013, while 222 were enrolled as of fall 2016. International students now make up over 11 percent of the students enrolled at the Middletown campus.
Banafsheh Seyed-Aghazadeh, assistant professor of engineering technology, was recently named the first endowed professor at Miami's Regional campuses.
Miami University President Gregory Crawford joined 600 other college and university presidents in signing a letter to the Secretary of Homeland Security, John Kelly, expressing concern over President Trump's Jan. 27 executive order.
Alcohol was likely a contributing factor
Former Miami student and varsity football player Zach Smierciak was recently dismissed from the university after pleading guilty to a charge of reckless assault.
On Saturday, Feb. 4, members of Miami College Democrats, Oxford Students for Peace and Justice, Butler County Progressives and Miami and Oxford community members gathered near the Phi Delt Gates for a peaceful "Demonstration Against the Trump Agenda"
A lack of activism at Miami University has been a sore spot in the school's recent history. In light of the current rhetoric surrounding the field of science and climate change specifically, educational leadership graduate student Dustin Hornbeck decided something needed to give.
Miami University can now claim to have the most modern athletic complex in the Mid-American Conference, debuting its newest facility in a ribbon-cutting ceremony inside the Dauch Indoor Sports Center Wednesday evening.