The first day of Ramadan begins April 12 this year, and Miami University students who celebrate are looking to campus dining halls to help break their fast after sundown.
A recent housing needs assessment conducted by Bowen National Research found the majority of renters in Oxford fall into the same category, with 54% of non-student residents considered housing cost burdened.
Students living on campus at Miami University received an email on March 16 from the Office of Residence Life warning them that they will lose access to their residence hall and meal plan if they fail to comply with the school’s COVID testing policy.
Uptown has recently seen the return of a banner reading ‘Love not Hate’ in response to recent violence against Asian and Asian American communities.
It was a karaoke night at Brick Street Bar and Grill on March 23.
While students have used various methods to get themselves vaccinated, a vaccination plan at the university level has yet to be seen besides a scheduled clinic for selected students, faculty and staff.
Miami University’s Associated Student Government (ASG) passed a sense of senate resolution condemning the recent rise in anti-Asian violence at its March 23 meeting.
At 9 a.m. on Thursday March 25, Miami University students were already participating in Green Beer Day (GBD) festivities.
Miami University sent out its final admission decisions on March 15, and the class of 2025 has begun to fill up as students accept their offers of admission. Due to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, for many, their arrival to campus this fall will be the first time they set foot in Oxford.
Founded in 2010 under the name OxFam America at Miami, Ox-Wee was an initiative launched by a Miami student after she visited Uganda on a study-abroad trip.
Biracial Leaders Embracing & Nurturing Diversity (BLEND) amplifies the voices and experiences of biracial and multiracial students at Miami through service, awareness and education.
Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins, Western College for Women alumna and lifelong educator and activist, was announced as this year’s commencement speaker in February.
Between the Miller Center, Office of the Dean of Students and the BCare program, many resources are available to injured students who need accommodations.
The Butler County Regional Transit Authority (BCRTA) made its Regional, Middletown and Oxford/Miami University bus routes free for all riders this year.
Although students fill out evaluations each semester, they don’t have access to what other students have submitted in previous semesters.
Miami University is one of nine universities to receive the inaugural Jesse L. Moore Supplier Diversity Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine.
President Joe Biden signed an executive order on March 8, ordering the Secretary of Education to review changes made to the Title IX process under the Trump administration. Miami University students and administration await this review in hope for more protection for sexual assault survivors.
Some Miami faculty use testing software when administering exams online, but a student petition alleges Proctorio, the most popular software, is ineffective, problematic and insecure with data. Miami teaching faculty and Proctorio officials weighed in on the controversy.
Oxford City Council approved a resolution during its March 16 meeting to mark a location Uptown to remember Simon Garnet and Henry Corbin, two Black men who were lynched in Oxford in the late 1800s.
Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many Miami University students still plan to celebrate Green Beer Day (GBD).