Focus On South Florida: One-On-One With Dr. Julio Frenk
On this episode of Focus on South Florida we sit down for a one-on-one interview with the new President of the University of Miami – Dr. Julio Frenk.
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On this episode of Focus on South Florida we sit down for a one-on-one interview with the new President of the University of Miami – Dr. Julio Frenk.
Even in a losing effort, the University of Miami women's basketball team is starting to turn some heads.
Guard Ja'Quan Newton came off the bench to set career highs in points and rebounds to spark 15th-ranked Miami to an 85-63 victory over College of Charleston Saturday.
Miami (Fla.) returns from a 10-day break on Saturday as it hosts Charleston, which is riding a five-game winning streak that includes a 12-point victory over LSU and freshman phenom Ben Simmons. The 19th-ranked Hurricanes showed an improved defense in their last game, a 66-55 victory over Florida.
'Tis the season for giving. And if you're Jan Moran and the Jim Moran Foundation, that means a $100-million gift to Florida State University to create the nation's largest interdisciplinary and degree-granting school of entrepreneurship.
The Miami Hurricanes' men's basketball team is off to a great start this season, but not quite as good as the school's women's team.
University of Miami's new president is speaking out against some of Donald Trump's controversial comments.
As the Miami Hurricanes continue preparing for their battle with Washington State at the Hyundai Sun Bowl, some of the Canes players were recognized for their respective strong seasons.
The Soffer family, which owns the The Fontainebleau Resorts and founded Turnberry Associates, has donated $25 million to the University of Miami's Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute.
When the Miami Hurricanes fired head coach Al Golden midway through the 2015 football season, many fans were hoping that a former Canes coach would be hired to run the team again.
The No. 17 Miami Hurricanes defeated cross-state rival Florida on Tuesday night at the Bank United Center, improving the Canes record to 8-1 on the young season.
Sheldon McClellan scored 24 points Tuesday, and No. 17 Miami overcame an off night offensively with scrappy defense in a 66-55 victory over rival Florida.
Miami Hurricanes quarterback Brad Kaaya joined the Joe Rose Show to discuss new head coach Mark Richt and the team's selection to the Sun Bowl against Washington State.
The No. 17 Miami Hurricanes are heading into a tough battle at their home arena.
New Miami Hurricanes head coach Mark Richt joined the Joe Rose Show on Monday to discuss taking the job and his plans with the team moving forward.
For the third consecutive season the Miami Hurricanes are bowl bound.
There has been a lot to be happy about on the University of Miami campus lately.
Welcome home Mark Richt. That's the huge message from the University of Miami to the Hurricane alumnus as he became the 24th head football coach on Friday.
The Miami Hurricanes will wait another day before making the official announcement that Mark Richt will be the next Hurricanes head football coach.
The Miami Hurricanes will hold a press conference on Friday morning to announce the school's next head football coach.
Much of the attention surrounding the Miami Hurricanes football team is about the school hiring Mark Richt to be its next head coach.
The Miami Hurricanes are expected to announce the hiring of head coach Mark Richt sometime this week.
Past and present Miami Hurricanes flexed their thumbs, took to Twitter and typed away their reactions to Mark Richt's decision to coach UM.
The University of Miami may have gotten their guy.
The Miami Hurricanes coaching search has really shifted into gear over the past week, with four prime candidates emerging.
The Highway 41 Fire in west Miami-Dade has grown to a staggering 6,700 acres and is still 0% contained.
The former Miami Central standout and 2022 Nat Moore Trophy winner returned home Thursday to celebrate with the community that helped shape his journey after hearing his name called 15th overall in the first round by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The video shows City of Miami police officers finding 37-year-old Adrian Venereo with a gunshot wound to the head and attempting to save him by performing CPR.
The suspect, identified by police as Abraham Recinos, was seen snatching tools from one home, then tossing them next door before walking to Bruce Casey's residence.
Cell phone video captured the emotional moment Gabriela Lozano walked out of the Baker County Detention Center in Jacksonville.
The Highway 41 Fire in west Miami-Dade has grown to a staggering 6,700 acres and is still 0% contained.
The former Miami Central standout and 2022 Nat Moore Trophy winner returned home Thursday to celebrate with the community that helped shape his journey after hearing his name called 15th overall in the first round by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The video shows City of Miami police officers finding 37-year-old Adrian Venereo with a gunshot wound to the head and attempting to save him by performing CPR.
The suspect, identified by police as Abraham Recinos, was seen snatching tools from one home, then tossing them next door before walking to Bruce Casey's residence.
Cell phone video captured the emotional moment Gabriela Lozano walked out of the Baker County Detention Center in Jacksonville.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
The Trump administration is subjecting broad categories of immigrants applying for green cards and citizenship to enhanced FBI checks, and is pausing some cases while those changes are implemented, according to documents obtained by CBS News.
Saying he felt the "weight of history" on his shoulders, King Charles became the first British monarch in 35 years to address Congress on Tuesday.
The State Department is planning a limited-edition redesign of the American passport with new artwork that features a portrait of President Trump, according to a department official.
A federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration's policy of making immigrants subject to mandatory ICE detention without bond, including those who have lived in the U.S. for years.
Former FBI Director James Comey is again facing federal charges after the government's previous case against him was dismissed.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
The center – which was promised to voters back in 2004 – would take mentally ill individuals out of the jail and move them into a place where they can receive comprehensive treatment and support.
Luna said she expects Florida Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick to be the next member who either resigns or gets expelled.
Uthmeier was asked several times during a press conference in Miami this week if he had formally requested the judge overseeing the grand jury to keep the findings secret.
Seventy-three percent of Americans say delays and denials of medical treatment by healthcare insurers are a major problem. Now, a company called Sheer Health says they will fight insurance battles on behalf of their clients.
An unlicensed cosmetologist from Florida has been found guilty in a California court for providing an injection that killed a model who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Jake was at the funeral for one of his closest friends when he learned of his parents' deaths, he said.
Michael Tilson Thomas, the 12-time Grammy Award winning composer and famed conductor who led the San Francisco Symphony for a quarter century, has died.
Afrika Bambaataa, a rapper and producer, was best known for breakthrough tracks like 1982's "Planet Rock" and for founding the Universal Zulu Nation art collective.
The moon music tradition started more than 50 years ago, NASA said as it shared the Artemis II crew's playlist this week.
The rapper formerly known as Kanye West being denied entry into the U.K. has raised questions over the star's upcoming performance in Italy.