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The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, sometimes known as the Office of Planning and Institutional Research and now named the Office of Planning, Institutional Research, and Assessment (PIRA), engages in a wide range of institutional research and assessment activities as part of its mission to support planning, policy analysis, institutional management, and assessment by analyzing student, faculty, and other data to address issues related to a wide range of topics. The Office provides services in two areas: 1) planning and institutional research and 2) assessment and accreditation for the university. PIRA publishes a pocket-size Fact Finder each fall summarizing key statistics about the institution; in addition, the office produces a more comprehensive Fact Book, available in the fall, spring, and summer, that includes five-year trends and data by school, college, and department.

The Faculty Senate is the vehicle by which the Faculty is authorized to share in planning and governance of the university. Through its committees and as a deliberative and legislative body, the Senate plays an important role in dealing with academic policies, new program and degree approvals, compensation and the annual budgets, reviews of chairs and deans, and countless other matters of collegial concern and interest.

Theresa Gesse, PhD, CNM, MSN, BSN ’69, RN, received the 1999 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Miami's School of Nursing and Health Studies.

Theresa Gesse, PhD, CNM, MSN, BSN ’69, RN, was an alumna and a former faculty member of the University of Miami's School of Nursing and Health Studies.  She received the school’s Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1999.

Arnaldo Ravelo de Avellaneda (1929-1979) was a Cuban visual artist and writer. In his early years, he studied art at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro in Havana, Cuba. Along with exhibiting his paintings and sculpture in various galleries in Cuba and abroad, Ravelo taught art and art history in Güines, Cuba, New York City and Miami. In the late 1950s, Ravelo studied on fellowship at La Moncloa in Madrid, Spain and returned to Cuba only to then go into exile in New York City shortly thereafter. In exile, Ravelo continued to teach and create art, securing a fellowship at the Cintas Foundation in Miami for the 1977-1978 cycle. Ravelo died in Miami in 1979.

Jumbo's Restaurant was a local institution in the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami. Owned and operated for 59 years by the Flam family, the diner was one of the first Miami restaurants to integrate, hiring black employees and allowing black customers to eat in the same dining room as white customers. It remained a popular favorite for locals, including politicians, throughout its history.

Jumbo's Restaurant was a local institution in the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami. Owned and operated for 59 years by the Flam family, the diner was one of the first Miami restaurants to integrate, hiring black employees and allowing black customers to eat in the same dining room as white customers. It remained a popular favorite for locals, including politicians, throughout its history.

The Conchita Espinosa Academy is a private K-8 school located in Miami, Florida.

Althea "Gerry" Lister was secretary to V.E. Chenea, general traffic manager of Pan American World Airways, Assistant to Mr. Harold W. Houston, passenger service manager, Historian and Curator of Clipper Hall (the Pan Am museum at John F Kennedy International Airport), and a charter member of the Ninety-Niners (99ers) (the female pilot’s group). She retired from Pan Am in 1974.

Arturo Artalejo was a Cuban actor and radio personality. As one of the earliest popular radio figures to leave Cuba following the Cuban Revolution, he became a founding voice of Cuban exile radio in Miami. He became a political commentator on WMIE in Miami, where he was one of a very small number of early exiles who argued that the Castro regime would last more than a few years.

The Department of Microbiology and Immunology is a basic science, research-oriented unit within the University of Miami School of Medicine. The department consists of 42 faculty members, approximately 45 postdoctoral fellows and graduate students, and a technical staff of 45. Departmental research efforts are supported by a number of core units including flow cytometry, transgenic/knockout, sequencing, imaging, and stem cell/hematopoiesis facilities. In addition to studying basic microbiological and immunological questions, the department also directs the Gene Transfer Immunotherapy Program together with physicians from the Division of Hematology and Oncology and maintains close ties with the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Diabetes Research Institute through collaborative projects. Members of the department share a common belief that complex biological and medical questions are best solved by integrating investigators with differing expertise and perspectives.

Alvaro de Villa was a Cuban writer and journalist most notable for his work with the American sitcom ¿Qué pasa, U.S.A.? Before moving to Miami, he wrote for Cuban radio and television. He also wrote several novels, short stories, screenplays, nonfiction works, and radio scripts.

Rosendo Rosell was a Cuban actor, writer, and entertainment journalist. He starred in a number of movies in pre-Revolutionary Cuba, as well as working in Cuban radio. He emigrated to Miami, where he became known for his talk show "El Show de Rosendo Rosell." He was also a producer, writer, and journalist who wrote about Cuban television and radio.

Artifacts Artist Group was founded by Howard Davis in June, 1984. According to Davis, "Artifacts was conceived with four goals in mind:

1. To provide a showcase for emerging as well as more established artists in Miami/South Florida

2. To provide a framework for artistic collaboration

3. To engage the various cultural communities in South Florida

4. To promote the 'demystification of art, i.e. presenting multimedia art happenings and installations in unconventional settings and venues, e.g. nightclubs, etc.'"

To that end, Artifacts would set up art salons and events in galleries and nightclubs throughout Miami, in neighborhoods such as the Design District and Miami Beach, places that were just then beginning to experience the renaissance that would eventually bring them to the forefront of the global arts community with contemporary events such as Art Basel.

The StoryCorps oral histories project began in 2003 as an effort to “provide people of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share and preserve the stories of our lives.” As of 2015, the project has recorded more than 50,000 interviews with more than 90,000 participants. The work of StoryCorps provides an “invaluable archive for future generations,” and is housed at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.