Prior to his lecture in a packed Harry T. Wilks Theater, Rick Steves sat down with The Miami Student in a humble Williams Hall conference room – professional writer to student journalist.
When she’s not baking pie, hiking or reading, Jayne Brownell is tirelessly managing Miami University’s Division of Student Life.
The new arena project on Cook Field has raised questions around the Miami University community since it was first announced in February 2025. While ROTC students worried about their facilities being moved, intramural sports teams debated a replacement location choice, students raised concerns over tuition impacts and faculty rattled about program cuts, the underlying question remained unclear: who will pay for the new arena?
The proposed Cook Field arena district project has left Miami University students, faculty and alumni wondering why that green patch on the eastern part of campus is significant to the Miami experience.
On Friday, protestors against President Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) crackdown climbed through a foot of snow while holding resistance signs in their gloved hands to reach the Miami University seal, located in Academic Quad. These demonstrators demanded for ICE to leave Ohio and had the goal of standing in solidarity with protestors in Minneapolis following the recent fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
The initial findings of a student-led community survey reveal that a large majority of respondents oppose the construction of an arena district on Cook Field, a current recreational green space. The results, based on over 3,347 responses, challenge the Board of Trustees’ historic decision from Feb. 2025.
A small town surrounded by cornfields, Oxford is often considered to be a tight bubble. Yet, 869 commuting students slip in and out of town largely unnoticed.
At the final University Senate meeting of 2025, the body discussed proposals to merge two departments, teacher evaluations, the regional campuses restructuring to polytechnic and potential new engineering majors.
Following a public hearing on Nov. 3 and a semester of sessions discussing how to adapt to Senate Bill 1 (S.B. 1), the Miami University Senate officially approved a new Enabling Act created by the ad hoc committee. The Enabling Act revisions will go before the Board of Trustees at their next meeting in December.
Last week, the University Senate executive committee was made aware of a proposal to disband the University Senate. This resolution was authored by Nicholas Barry as a member of Associated Student Government (ASG). Barry recently became a member of senate, the governing body he proposed to dissolve.