Miami University has signed head basketball coach T ravis Steele to a contract extension that runs through the 2031-32 season, according to a release sent out by the University Thursday morning.

If I was a GM, I would take me with the highest pick you got,’ Miami Gardens Monsignor Pace graduate Shemar Stewart told the NFL Network. “You don’t want to miss this.”

Miami sits at No. 12 in 247Sport's composite class rankings, one spot behind USC and ahead of Penn State. Headlining their 21 December signees are some of the top players in Florida like Girard Pringle Jr., Joshua Moore, Bryce Fitzgerald, and Malachi Toney — as well as several others that had standout seasons on the way to a state championship.

Miami's current arena, Millett Hall, which houses the school's basketball and volleyball teams along with other events such as commencements, plays and concerts, opened its doors on Dec. 2, 1968. According to Miami, Millett has accumulated more than $80 million in deferred maintenance costs.

The University of Miami on Monday announced that it will be the second U.S.-based site for Elon Musk’s Neuralink’s PRIME Study.

Elon Musk’s Neuralink has selected Miami as a clinical trial site for its brain-computer interface. Musk’s Neuralink makes devices that link the human brain to computers, focusing on giving people with quadriplegia or paralysis the ability to control computers and devices with their thoughts.

Musk’s startup company Neuralink has tapped the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine to be the second site in the country to test whether its brain chip can give people who are paralyzed the ability to use mind to wirelessly control computers, smartphones and other electronic devices.

Former Mandarin star quarterback Carson Beck headlines the list of the top players from Florida in the transfer portal this offseason.

Cameron Ward, 2024’s national leader in touchdown passes as well as the NCAA Division I record-holder for career touchdown passes, has been selected as the winner of the 2024 Manning Award, presented by the Allstate Sugar Bowl to the top quarterback in the nation.

The University of Miami's new Theatre Arts Building officially opened its doors for the Spring semester, bringing the theatre department back to the Coral Gables campus since its relocation to First United Methodist Church in 2022.

Margaret Cardillo, an award-winning author, filmmaker and University of Miami professor, earned the top $50,000 prize from the Miami Film Festival’s The Louies competition, to create her upcoming documentary.

A Miami-Dade School District police officer and a sheriff’s deputy were injured in a car crash near Liberty City during rush hour late Wednesday afternoon. The crash happened around 4:50 p.m. at NW 10th Avenue and 67th Street, said Lt. Pete Sanchez, with the city of Miami Fire Rescue.