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.

Officials last year expressed interest in building a new multi-purpose arena closer to the center of campus to replace the long-standing Millett Hall, which opened in 1968.

Neuralink selected the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine as its second site to conduct clinical trials on the innovative idea. Levi is a neurosurgeon and clinical director for the school.

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.

Former Lakota West High School quarterback Mitch Bolden is one of 12 transfers joining the Miami University RedHawks ahead of spring ball, head coach Chuck Martin announced. Bolden spent two seasons at Army,