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By University of Miami

August 4^th, 2025

February 5, 2026

Students from the Marine Laboratory—later renamed the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science—wear early diving gear as they prepare to go underwater off Key Biscayne during a class field trip in the 1930s. Photo: University of Miami Archives

A vintage black and white photo shows a group of people preparing to dive. Several women in light-colored swimsuits wear large diving helmets. Men in shorts and swim trunks stand nearby, tending to the air pumps and hoses. The scene takes place outdoors near trees.

January 30, 2026

Merit scholars meet with a faculty member on the Coral Gables Campus in 1980. Photo: University of Miami Archives.

A black and white photograph shows a group of office workers gathered around a desk. A man sits at the desk, looking at the camera. Other workers stand behind him, some holding papers or folders. The office has filing cabinets and a window with curtains.

January 23, 2026

Students gather at the Student Club patio by Lake Osceola for a “Howdy Dance” sponsored by Student Affairs to help first-year Canes get acquainted during orientation in 1952. Photo: University of Miami Archives.

Large crowd gathers in a circle outdoors, black and white photo. A band plays on a balcony in the background. Two people embrace in the center of the crowd.

January 16, 2026

Former football coach Howard Schnellenberger celebrates after leading the Miami Hurricanes to a national championship win over Nebraska at the Orange Bowl on Jan. 1, 1984. The Miami Hurricanes will make their ninth national championship appearance when they play in the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. Photo: University Athletics

Football coach in a suit and tie is hoisted up by players in orange jerseys, holding a helmet and football aloft. Stadium lights shine in the background.

December 4, 2025

Students study in the Otto G. Richter Library on the Coral Gables Campus in this photo from 1961. Photo: University of Miami Archives

November 20, 2025

In this undated photo, students take a break in the University cafeteria, located in the soda shop of the student union on the Coral Gables Campus. Photo: University of Miami Archives

November 14, 2025

A married World War II veteran focuses on his studies in his on-campus apartment, built to house married veterans attending the University after the war. Photo: University of Miami Archives

November 7, 2025

On convertibles and motorcycles, University students roll through the streets of Miami in a lively 1927 Homecoming parade, with the iconic Sears Tower standing tall in the background. Photo: University of Miami Archives

October 31, 2025

Students show off their creative costumes during a Halloween party in 1960. Photo: University of Miami Archives

October 24, 2025

Members of the University’s touring choir, the Singing Hurricanes, pose for a group photo by Lake Osceola on the Coral Gables Campus in 1974. Photo: University of Miami Archives

October 17, 2025

With the aid of a scaler, professor Alfred P. Mills, seated, and Harry R. Elden Jr. take readings on a radioactive sample in the Department of Chemistry during the 1930s. Photo: University of Miami Archives

October 10, 2025

Members of the Aeolian Choir pose for a photo at the Miami Conservatory of Music, the University’s first music school that was established in 1927 and later renamed the Frost School of Music. Photo: University of Miami Archives

October 3, 2025

Jane Goodall—the world’s leading primatologist and a U.N. Messenger of Peace—addresses a crowd of 2,300 at the BankUnited Center, now the Watsco Center, during her 2013 visit to the Coral Gables Campus. Goodall, who passed away Oct. 1, was awarded an honorary degree by the University in 1993. Photo: University of Miami Archives

September 26, 2025

Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity members—recognized as the University’s 1947-1948 Intramural Champions—unwind in their living room between classes. Photo: University of Miami Archives

September 19, 2025

In this 1951 photo, the Miami Hurricanes face the Florida Gators at the Burdine Stadium, which was later renamed the Miami Orange Bowl. Photo: University of Miami Archives

September 12, 2025

Sue Hastings, renowned puppeteer and founder of the Sue Hastings’ Marionettes, assists drama students in making puppets for a Hopalong Cassidy burlesque show in 1951. Her company toured both nationally and internationally, performing at venues such as the London Palladium, the White House, and Broadway from 1924 until her retirement in 1942, when she began teaching at the University. Photo: University of Miami Archives

September 5, 2025

Members of the Hurricanes’ 1926 football backfield pose for a group photo at the Coral Gables Campus. Photo: University of Miami Archives

August 28, 2025

Members of the 1928-1929 Honor Science Club. Photo: University of Miami Archives

August 22, 2025

Students gather for lunch at the University cafeteria in the Anastasia Building in 1935. Photo: University of Miami Archives

August 14, 2025

In this undated photo, students enjoy quiet time on the first floor of the Otto G. Richter Library. Photo: University of Miami Archives

August 1, 2025

Members of the University’s Water Ski Club prepare to launch off the water ski ramp in Biscayne Bay, 1953. Photo: University of Miami Archives

July 18, 2025

An artist works on a mural on the side of the Student Union at the Coral Gables Campus in this undated photo. Photo: University of Miami Archives

July 11, 2025

A group of first-year university students bond over a game of football in the shallow waters off Key Biscayne. Photo: University of Miami Archives

June 27, 2025

Female aviation students from the College of Engineering meet at their training planes at the Embry-Riddle seaplane base in 1961. Photo: University of Miami Archives

June 13, 2025

Marine students from the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science conduct field research in the waters off Key Biscayne in this undated photo. Photo: University of Miami Archives

June 6, 2025

University students and U.S. Navy V-12 officers enjoy an afternoon at the Venetian Pool in Coral Gables in 1944. Seated left to right: Pat Malloy, Sid Josepher, Roberta Crim, Scottie Chandler, and Fairfax Harr. In the water: Roselyn Lustig and Sam Lowe. Photo: University of Miami Archives

May 23, 20250

Jay F. W. Pearson, President of the University of Miami, and students holding an American flag 1950’s

May 16, 2025

University employee working in the state of the art computer center in 1963. Photo: University of Miami Archives

May 2, 2025

University students make their way to Coral Gables Elementary School for the 1943 commencement ceremony. Photo: University of Miami Archives

April 25, 2025

University of Miami Business School seminar January, 1981

April 18, 2025

Students study on the second floor of the University’s library, located in the Solomon G. Merrick Building from 1949 until 1962, when the Otto G. Richter Library opened. Photo: University of Miami Archives

April 4, 2025

Psychology students from the College of Arts and Sciences collaborate on a project at the Coral Gables Campus in the 1950s. Photo: University of Miami Archives

May 28, 2025

Drama students participate in a dress rehearsal for a Shakespearean festival at the Coral Gables Campus in 1965. Photo: University of Miami Archives

March 21, 2025

Student members of the University’s Flying Club gather around a faculty member on an airfield at the former Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport in this undated photo. Photo: University of Miami Archives

March 14, 2025

Two members of the University’s Ski Club show off their skills in Biscayne Bay during the 1950s. Photo: University of Miami Archives

March 7, 2025

Eugene Cohen and Tommy Hilbisi, members of the University’s basketball team, practice their sport in this photo from 1939. Photo: University Archives

Febuary 28, 2025

University students watch as their professor cues the record player for their lesson in the language lab in the 1940s. Photo: University of Miami Archives

February 21, 2025

Students walk toward the Memorial Classroom Building on the Coral Gables Campus in 1966. Photo: University of Miami Archives

February 14, 2025

Beverlee Wills, Miss Tempo 1950, poses for the award-winning student-publication, which ran from October 1949 to April 1971. Tempo was patterned after Life magazine and featured photos and articles written by student journalists. Photo: University of Miami Archives

February 7, 2025

Employees sorting books in a back room of the bookstore 1965.

January 31, 2025

Guest conductor Frederick Fennell rehearses with members of the University’s Symphony Orchestra at the School of Music in 1971. Photo: University of Miami Archives

January 24, 2025

University students dance at a party on the Coral Gables Campus in 1942. Photo: University of Miami Archives

January 17, 2025

Members of the “Singing Hurricanes,” the University’s touring choir, rehearsing on stage before a performance in 1966. Photo: University of Miami Archives

December 13, 2024

University of Miami 1953 commencement ceremony at the Dinner Key Auditorium in Coconut Grove. Photo: University of Miami Archives

December 16, 2024

Richard Sorgini, graduate student and Delta Theta Phi member, speaks with students at the International Law Seminar in 1952. Photo: University of Miami Archives

November 22, 2024

Students working by the Otto G. Richter Library on the Coral Gables Campus in 1972. Photo: University of Miami Archives

November 15, 2024

Members of the University’s touring choir, the Singing Hurricanes, perform on the Coral Gables Campus in 1974. The group toured widely—in Europe and Asia—and helped build the reputation of the University of Miami School of Music, which was renamed in 2003. Photo: University of Miami Archives

November 8, 2024

Quincy Jones, left, and Celia Cruz, right, celebrate with Gloria Estefan after receiving honorary degrees at University of Miami’s graduation ceremonies on May 14, 1999. The prolific music producer and composer died Nov. 3 at his home in Los Angeles. Photo/Courtesy the Miami Herald

November 1, 2024

University students take part in Derby Day parade, 1964. Photo: University of Miami Archives

October 25, 2024

A baton twirler at the University of Miami versus Florida State football game in 1962. Photo: University of Miami

October 18, 2024

Tim Flanagan, Hurricane All-Time Letterwinner (1978-1980), rallies the crowd as he lifts the football high during a game in the 1980s. Photo: University of Miami Archives

October 11, 2024

Students thumbed through periodicals on the third floor of the Otto G. Richter Library in 1985. Photo: University of Miami Archives

October 1, 2024

Students lined up at the cafeteria during lunchtime at the Coral Gables Campus in the 1950s. Photo: University of Miami Archives

September 27, 2024

Cuban teachers fleeing communism in the 1960s attend the University, where information sessions for recertification were provided to thousands of newly arrived professionals. Photo: University of Miami Archives

September 27, 2024

Students posed for a group photo while reading the Miami Hurricane, the University’s newspaper, in the 1930s. Photo: University of Miami Archives

September 13, 2024

University of Miami students compete in a bicycle derby on the Coral Gables Campus in 1960. Photo: University of Miami Archives

September 6, 2024

First-year students register for classes at the University of Miami in 1950. Photo: University of Miami Archives

August 30, 2024

Miami Hurricanes take on Michigan State Spartans in a 1982 game. Photo: University of Miami Archives

August 23, 2024

Diane Horner, right, dean of the School of Nursing and Health Studies in 1992, works in a nurse-managed primary care clinic set up by the University in Homestead following Hurricane Andrew. Photo: University of Miami Archives

August 9, 2024

University architect Robert Murray Little, right, works on an architectural model with a colleague in 1951. Little played a key role in designing several buildings on campus, including the Lowe Art Gallery, the Ring Theater, Eaton Residential College, the School of Law, and the School of Music. One of his most notable achievements was the completion of the Solomon G. Merrick Building in 1951, a project that began in 1926. Photo: University of Miami Archives