Miami City Ballet is an American ballet company based in Miami Beach , Florida , led by artistic director Lourdes Lopez .
69-454: MCB was founded in 1985 by Toby Lerner Ansin , a Miami philanthropist. Ansin and the founding board hired Edward Villella , former New York City Ballet principal dancer to be the founding artistic director. A bulk of the company's repertoire is made up of the work of George Balanchine , though the company also performs works by Jerome Robbins , Martha Graham , José Limón , Twyla Tharp , Trey McIntyre , Mark Morris , Jimmy Gamonet , who
138-780: 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
207-498: 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,
276-454: 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
345-540: A number of intensive summer programs that students are eligible to attend. As of February 2024, the Miami City Ballet Dancers are: Toby Lerner Ansin Toby Ansin (née Lerner ; born January 3, 1941) is the founder of Miami City Ballet and widow of Edmund Ansin , co-founder of Sunbeam Television In 1985, she founded Miami City Ballet , a dance company that altered the cultural landscape of
414-526: A professional dance company. After he left she called 6 friends, each of whom, along with Ansin contributed a thousand dollars, the seminal funds that resulted in the creation of the founding board of trustees and the recruiting of Villella, initially as a consultant, then on a one-year contract as artistic director. Once a professional administrative staff was in place, she focused her efforts on fund raising, special events, and public relations. In 1987, she flew to Monte Carlo, Monaco and personally arranged for
483-763: 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
552-794: 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
621-573: 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,
690-694: 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
759-712: 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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#1732851330477828-742: 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 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,
897-644: 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,
966-438: 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
1035-557: Is greatly influenced by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. Miami City Ballet features an international ensemble of over 50 dancers. The company has an active repertoire of 88 ballets, including 9 world premiers, and performs over 75 times annually. Miami City Ballet serves as the resident ballet company in theaters in the Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and West Palm Beach areas. In addition, the company regularly tours both domestically and internationally. Its North American appearances include
1104-638: 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
1173-554: Is split into three divisions: Children's division (ages 3 to 7), Student division (ages 8 to 13), and Pre-Professional division (ages 14 to 18). Students must audition to be placed in a division. Like the company, the school focuses on the Balanchine method (or Balanchine technique ). MCB school students have the opportunity to perform in the yearly Nutcracker performance that the Miami City Ballet company puts together, and there are
1242-736: The Kennedy Center , the 1996 Olympic Arts Festival , Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival , the Los Angeles Music Center , Spoleto Festival USA , Harris Theater (Chicago) , the New York City Center , and the Lincoln Center ; while theaters and festivals in Europe, Central America, and South America have hosted the company. Along with the ballet company, Miami City Ballet hosts a ballet school for students aging between 3 and 18. The school
1311-510: 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
1380-617: The University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida , graduating cum laude in 1963 with a B.A. in American History. From 1976 to 1981 she was Chairperson of The Fine Arts of Beth David, Miami, Florida. Under her leadership in 1978 she presented the Pearl Lang Dance Company; in 1979 pianist Emanuel Ax ; and in 1980 cellist Nathaniel Rosen . In September, 1980, in collaboration with art dealer, Barbara Gillman, Ansin organized
1449-410: 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
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#17328513304771518-633: 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 ,
1587-550: The Dance Umbrella and a colleague of Ansin's, aware of her interest in creating a professional ballet company in South Florida, suggested she meet and consult with Edward Villella on what were the necessary steps to form a ballet company. On May 14, 1985, Villella came to Ansin's home in Coral Gables, Florida and met with her for three hours to discuss the specific artistic, administrative, and financial steps required to form
1656-508: 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
1725-707: The Miami Theater Center. Toby Lerner Ansin and Edmund N. Ansin were divorced in November 1983. Her brother Bennett Lerner is a concert pianist who made his debut at the Carnegie Recital Hall in New York City in 1976. Since 2013, she has been in a committed relationship with Sanford Evans, a retired, multi-award winning New York advertising creative director. University of Miami The University of Miami ( UM , UMiami , Miami , U of M , and The U )
1794-481: 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,
1863-625: 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
1932-684: 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
2001-537: 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
2070-491: 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
2139-409: 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
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2208-468: 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
2277-403: 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
2346-541: 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
2415-825: The board of directors), to care for him until his death ten months later. Today she remains an active board member. Every year, since 2010, The Toby Lerner Ansin Scholarship Award is given to the most promising dancer in the MCB school. Toby Lerner Ansin was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Dr. Henry H. Lerner, a radiologist and Helen (née Kruger) Lerner. She married Edmund N. Ansin on June 11, 1961, and had three children with him: Andrew Lerner Ansin, who works at Sunbeam Properties; James Lerner Ansin, who works at Sunbeam Television Corporation (both companies owned by their father, Edmund); and Stephanie Lerner Ansin, founder and artistic director of
2484-646: 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),
2553-950: The city of Miami and which subsequently acquired a national and international reputation. Ansin has continuously served on the Board of Trustees since its founding. Miami City Ballet is the largest South Florida arts organization reaching an annual audience of over 125,000 in four Florida counties. It includes a ballet school with over 1500 students and adults. Ansin attended Brookline High School in Brookline, Massachusetts for her freshman year, then transferred to Buckingham School, now Buckingham Browne & Nichols , in Cambridge, Massachusetts, graduating in 1959. She attended Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts from September 1959 until June 1961. Shortly after marrying Edmund Ansin she transferred to
2622-544: 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
2691-522: 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),
2760-527: 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
2829-541: 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
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2898-506: 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
2967-473: 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
3036-420: 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 ,
3105-532: 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,
3174-406: 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
3243-427: 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
3312-486: The personal appearance of Andy Warhol in Miami and the world premiere of his Ten Portraits of Jews of The 20th Century . From 1982 to 1987 she was a councilperson on the Dade County Council of Arts and Sciences, and assisted in creating, implementing, and serving as liaison to The Dance Umbrella, a service organization for the dance companies of Dade County, Florida. In 1985, David Eden, artistic consultant to
3381-545: 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
3450-473: 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
3519-468: 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
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#17328513304773588-652: 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
3657-402: 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
3726-404: 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
3795-533: 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
3864-442: 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
3933-407: 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
4002-639: 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
4071-412: 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
4140-460: 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
4209-605: 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
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#17328513304774278-475: The visit of her Serene Highness Princess Caroline of Monaco to Miami the following April to benefit Miami City Ballet , Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo , and the Princess Grace Foundation . For 27 years she worked without compensation, until her longtime companion, Leonard J. Rapport, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, requiring her to retire from active participation at MCB, (except for remaining on
4347-401: 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
4416-454: 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,
4485-408: 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,
4554-537: 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
4623-422: 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,
4692-460: Was the company's founding Resident Choreographer and Ballet Master from 1986 to 1999, Christopher Wheeldon , Justin Peck , and others, in addition to traditional full-length works including " Giselle ," "Don Quixote ," and " Swan Lake ." In 2012, Lourdes Lopez was chosen to replace founding artistic director Edward Villella. Much like Villella, Lopez was a soloist and principal dancer at NYCB . Lopez
4761-487: 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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