Miami RedHawks

$A new $1 million community service program will start when classes at Miami University resume next month and it will benefit both participating students and local assistance agencies, said school officials. The $1 million over three years for Miami’s “Service+ AmeriCorps” program comes from the state’s “ServeOhio” commission on community service and volunteerism and in its initial school year of 2022-2023 will pay 41 students to serve at 18 nonprofit organizations throughout Butler County. (File Photo\Journal-News)$

Miami University among area schools staying with optional student masking - for now

Miami (Ohio) coach Chuck Martin stands along the sideline during the second half of the team's Frisco Football Classic NCAA college football game against North Texas in Frisco, Texas, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Strasen)

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Martin set to begin ninth season at Miami

Miami (Ohio) quarterback Brett Gabbert looks for a receiver during the second half of the team's Frisco Football Classic NCAA college football game against North Texas in Frisco, Texas, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Strasen)

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Miami football picked to win MAC East

A 2015 Miami University graduate is the latest recipient of student-controlled venture fund to help his airline ticket discount app that could save travelers nationwide millions of dollars. Miami alum Alex Malebranche, founder and CEO of the PlaneAhead app, says the idea of a continuously updated airline ticket cost app was something he created after saving himself and his family thousands of dollars on flights. CONTRIBUTED

Miami University grad wins funding for new airline ticket app

Miami University has broken a record and not one of its usual academic excellence honors but rather about fund raising money. School officials recently announced a record-breaking fund-raising total of more than $98.7 million garnered by the end of its fiscal year on June 30. The goal for the university was to reach $75 million. FILE PHOTO

Miami University fundraising breaks record, reaches all-time high

FILE - Miami (Ohio) quarterback Brett Gabbert looks to throw a pass during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Sept. 14, 2019. Gabbert is the younger brother of Blaine Gabbert, who is Tom Brady's backup in Tampa Bay and was the 10th overall draft pick by Jacksonville in 2011. The younger Gabbert has thrown for 1,475 yards and 15 touchdowns in the past four games. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

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Miami RedHawks: Gabbert chosen for Maxwell Award watch list

New community help program launched for Miami students

Ex-Michigan coach who started at area high school, Miami U. dead at 81

Miami University students investing funds through rare undergrad program

The Miami University Board of Trustees recently approved tuition hikes for new, in-state and out-of-state students student starting fall semester classes in August. The tuition increases will also impact new students attending classes at Miami's regional campuses in Hamilton and Middletown. FILE PHOTO

Miami University tuition hike attributed to inflation and new mental health fees

This week during some of the hottest days of the year, Miami holds youth hockey camps to beat the heat.

Youth hockey players skate away from heat at Goggin Ice Center on Miami campus

LA Rams Head Coach Sean McVay will soon have his own statue at Miami's Cradle Of Coaches.

Work started on LA Rams, Miami grad coach McVay’s statue for famed Cradle Of Coaches

ZAPP 5 -- Brian Zapp, playing with his club team back in Canada, the Great Lakes Canadians. Now a Miami University infielder, he was featured 10 days ago in video by the Toronto Blue Jays as part of their Pride Month celebration. An alum of the annual Blue Jays Showcase for the best players in each Canadian province, he was also celebrated at a Blue Jays game early this month. Last December. after years of silent struggle. he announced in a powerful Instagram post that he was bisexual and in so doing became one of the first college baseball players ever to do so while still playing. He has had Miami coach Danny Hayden and his RedHawk teammates rally around him and support since the announcement and has drawn encouragement from other college and Major League baseball players since. CONTRIBUTED

Archdeacon: For Miami’s Brian Zapp, pride replaces a secret

As some Miami University’s faculty continue their efforts to form an employees’ union, some instructors at the school are complaining they were given misinformation as they were enlisted into the process. School officials have rejected a proposal by a teachers’ group suggesting the school’s quick recognition of a collective bargaining unit of professors and other instructors would be helpful to both sides and the future of the school. But while Miami officials rejected that idea, some instructors at the university have complained about the how the Faculty Alliance of Miami has gone about eliciting their participation in the unionizing effort. FILE PHOTO

Some Miami University faculty criticize pro-unionization efforts

$An effort to unionize Miami University professors and other classroom instructors now sees its advocates asking the school to “to avoid a drawn out and costly election by voluntarily recognizing the union.” But Miami officials countered Tuesday they are under no obligation to hasten the process of faculty unionization nor are they inclined to supersede the faculty’s options should they eventually want to vote on creating a labor union. (File Photo\Journal-News)$

Advocates want Miami University instructors union certified, but school says no

Miami University President Gregory Crawford has purchased a house outside of Oxford but says the official president's home on campus is his primary residence.

Miami’s president buys house outside Oxford, says required on-campus home still primary...

The Miami softball team hammered Bowling Green 11-0 last week to win the Mid-American Conference tournament and an automatic bid in the NCAA Tournament. Miami lost to Kentucky on Friday in the NCAA Blacksburg Regional. WCPO photo

Miami falls to Kentucky in NCAA softball regionals

The Nationals’ Adam Eaton slides into third base against the Reds on Opening Day on Friday, March 30, 2018, at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. David Jablonski/Staff

Adam Eaton’s MLB career is over, and he ‘wouldn’t change anything’

The Miami softball team hammered Bowling Green 11-0 on Saturday to win the Mid-American Conference tournament and an automatic bid in the NCAA Tournament. WCPO photo

Miami softball set to face Kentucky in first-round NCAA game

Miami softball wins MAC tourney, earns NCAA bid

The death of a hospitalized family member in Ghana, West Africa due to a shortage of nurses both haunted and motivated Effe Addae, who later to come to America to earn a degree in nursing to ensure those suffering will never again lack those who care. Now an American citizen and married mother of four, Addae - shown her helping to instruct a nursing class - will step on to a stage this weekned during commencement at the Goggin Ice Center in Oxford and receive her Bachelor of Science in Nursing diploma earned through classes at Miami University’s Hamilton regional campus. CONTRIBUTED

Relative’s death from nursing shortage spurs mother of four to earn degree from Miami...

Cincinnati quarterback Desmond Ridder (9) is chased in the backfield by Miami (Ohio) defensive lineman Dominique Robinson (11) during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)

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Bears draft Miami standout Robinson

Picture this: Miami University job seekers love school’s first headshot photo booth

Miami football held itsannual Spring Showcase at the David and Anita Dauch Indoor Sports Center on Saturday, April 23, 2022. Miami Athletics photo

‘This was an awesome day’ -- Miami football wraps up spring season

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College football: Miami preps for Spring Showcase

Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields gets hit by Clemson linebacker James Skalski during the first half of the Sugar Bowl NCAA college football game Friday, Jan. 1, 2021, in New Orleans. Skalski was ejected from the game for targeting. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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College football: Opportunity to appeal targeting suspension added

Miami introduces Steele as men’s basketball coach

Xavier coach Travis Steele stands next to the home bench during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against DePaul, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)

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Miami names new men’s basketball coach

Miami University's head coach Jack Owens cheers on his team during their basketball game against University of Cincinnati Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021 at Millett Hall. JN FILE PHOTO

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Owens out as Miami men’s basketball coach

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College football: Miami RedHawks open spring practice

$Liza Skyryzhevska, associate dean of Miami University Regionals and a professor at the school, says communications with family and friends from her homeland includes descriptions of frightened Ukrainians preparing for possible bombardment from invading Russian troops. Skyryzhevska, who is pictured in Ukraine during a Miami student study trip in recent years, says she is told the situation is especially grim for elderly citizens who lack the mobility to evacuate their homes. (Provided photo\Journal-News)$

Miami University professor with family in Ukraine hears of grim scenes

Miami's Dae Dae Grant fires a shot during a game vs. Lamar earlier this season at Millett Hall. Miami Athletics photo

‘New season’ for Miami, which opens MAC Tournament vs. Kent State