BARRY UNIVERSITY

A phase three clinical trial is underway at Barry University for diabetics with often life or limb threatening foot ulcers.

There was a scare at Barry University on Thursday following reports of an armed and active shooter.

Miami women’s basketball kicked off its season with an impressive 88-28 exhibition win over Barry University on Wednesday evening at the Watsco Center. From the jump ball to the final buzzer, Miami was in total control of this game both offensively and defensively. Miami forced 28 total turnovers while allowing Barry to shoot only 19.3% from the field. They were also able to turn their defense into offense, scoring 32 points off turnovers. Miami will begin its regular season against Maryland Eastern Shore on Nov. 7 at 4 p.m. at the Watsco Center.

Miami Shores police are investigating a robbery after a medical student at a university in Miami-Dade County said his laptop was stolen inside the school’s library.

Lucia Baez-Geller said Thursday disinformation about anti-LGBTQ rhetoric won during the latest Miami-Dade School Board meeting. A Barry University expert agreed with her.

Barry University played host to active shooter drills Thursday, as Miami Shores police brushed up on best practices for responding to a mass shooting.

Submitted by Fran FolicNeil Nelson, bass baritoneMartin Nusspaumer, tenorBrittany Graham, sopranoRehanna Thelwell Mezzo-Sopranoand the South Florida Symphony ChorusHandel’s masterpiece is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 1, at The Parker in Fort Lauderdale and Saturday, Dec. 4, at the Broad Performing Arts Center at Barry University in Miami Shores. The evening will open with an extraordinary “Behind the Music” story incorporating a reenactment of the dramatic struggle faced by composer George Fredric Handel as he toiled to complete this holiday masterpiece. Regally costumed actors narrating meaningful work passages will truly add another enchanting dimension to the concert experience! Please RSVP to Fran at fran@goodmanpr.com

The Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science is hosting the 5th annual Spooky Science Monster Mash on Saturday in downtown Miami.

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – Joining This Week in South Florida are Karla Hernandez-Mats, who represents United Teachers of Dade, Anna Fusco heads the Broward Teachers Union, past president of the Miami-Dade Parent Teacher Association Joe Gebara, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Broward State Attorney candidate Gregg Rossman, FIU professor of politics Kathryn DePalo-Gould and Barry University political science professor Sean Forman. The full episode can be seen at the top of this page.

Later that night came the actions that led to the charges against the Barry University student – named on the arrest form as Georg Simon Simon but on another incident report as Georg Simon Trompler. Simon Trompler, the victim and another student, identified as a witness, went to the victim’s dormitory room last Saturday night. The witness told police Simon Trompler did leave to go to his own dorm room across the hall. The victim told police that her door was unlocked, but closed, and she had not invited the man to return. Scared, she said, she then ran to a friend’s dorm room.

Not so for some universities that are graduating health care students early. Seventeen Barry University students will be graduating five weeks early so they can head straight to the front lines in helping treat patients during the pandemic. “They’re ready, they’re willing, they’re able,” said Dr. John McFadden, dean of Barry’s College of Nursing and Health Sciences. There’s people that need me.”McFadden said the school made the decision to speed up graduation based on what it heard from hospitals and health care partners. McFadden said all 17 students graduating early have met or exceeded requirements.

MIAMI SHORES, Fla. – A Barry University student was arrested Monday after a gun was found inside his dorm room, authorities said. According to his arrest report, a resident assistant at the university in Miami Shores saw multiple people who were not students at the dorms on Monday. Only students and employees are currently permitted on campus because of the COVID-19 outbreak. Police said the resident coordinator and an officer went to Donald Preston Brown’s dorm room and found three people there who were not students. The resident coordinator ordered the people to leave the property and searched the room, ultimately finding a gun underneath a blanket on top of Brown’s bed, the arrest report stated.

MIAMI, Fla. – Barry University is pushing up the graduation of some health care students so that they can quickly join the front lines in battling the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of graduating May 9, seniors in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences Cardiovascular Perfusion Program will now graduate on April 11. “Cardiovascular perfusionists are specialists who work in operating rooms and critical care units with heart and lung machines and other mechanical support machines. The scope of their practice includes long term support for respiratory and cardiac failure,” the school said. I know that every bit helps, even the most junior team member.”ALSO SEE: Doctor at University of Miami developing rapid coronavirus test

This was the Universitys second annual 5K/8K timed race with many runners dressed as nuns adding laughs. Other wonderful nominees included Linda Hartwell, from Coral Gables Womans Club; Amy Spadaro, Homestead Womans Club; Sylvia Heller, Womans Club of Coconut Grove; Joyce Windhorst, Cocoplum Womans Club; Zamira Diaz, El Portal Womans Club; Lorraine Harris, Northeast Womans Club; and Shirley Padron, Miami Womans Club. The GFWC Coral Gables Womans Clubs Gringo Bingo at Clutch Burger on Giralda Avenue in the Gables will be held on Tuesday, Mar. This months party will benefit the Coral Gables Rotary Clubs International Committee programs in Haiti. This is a chance to visit select private gardens in the great Coral Gables and Pinecrest areas.

Miamis Community Newspapers was proud to participate with numerous other sponsors including the GFWC Coral Gables Womans Club, Figurella and HV Designs who donated all the back pack bags for the runners. The event also provided an opportunity to announced the District 11s Volunteer of the Year winner, Elizabeth K. Fisher, from the Miami Springs Womans Club. Other nominees included Linda Hartwell, from Coral Gables Womans Club; Amy Spadaro, from Homestead Womans Club; Sylvia Heller, from the Womans Club of Coconut Grove; Joyce Windhorst, from the Cocoplum Womans Club; Zamira Diaz, for El Portal Womans Club; Lorraine Harris, from the Northeast Womans Club; Lorraine Harris, of Northeast Womans Club; and Shirley Padron, from The Miami Womans Club. In other club news, the GFWC Coral Gables Womans Club Gala to benefit their free children dental clinic is days away, Leap Day, February 29, 6 p.m. to midnight. Looking for lots of Rotary Clubs and organization/ businesses from around Miami-Dade to participate with their best chili recipes including Community Newspapers.

So begins the We Keep Us Safe Summit, an all-day conference discussing mass incarceration, pretrial detention, and cash bail in Miami. The October event was an early kickoff to the Dream Defenders' new campaign, Free the Block. Dream Defenders, a Florida-based community organization fighting racial injustices in the state, demand an end to the use of cash bail and pretrial detention in Miami. As part of the campaign, Dream Defenders is hosting regular court-watching sessions, modeling the work of other national organizations working on abolitionist reforms. Dream Defenders, however, says building an additional county jail, even to replace a crumbling one, would create a financial incentive for more people to be jailed.

MIAMI SHORES, Fla. – One of the MLK Rideout groups stopped to show off some stunts Monday afternoon next to Barry University in Miami Shores. MLK Rideout participants perform stunts on Monday afternoon in Miami Gardens. Some MLK Rideout participants were breaking the ATV law on Monday afternoon in Miami-Dade County. Full Screen 1 / 23 Some MLK Rideout participants were breaking the ATV law on Monday afternoon in Miami-Dade County. Dozens of MLK Rideout participants were breaking the law with dirt bikes Monday afternoon in Miami-Dade County.

Joining co-hosts Michael Putney and Glenna Milberg are Barry University professor of political science Sean Foreman, U.S. Navy veteran and labor lawyer Pam Keith, and attorney Marili Cancio.

Google EarthMIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. - Barry University will be closing Florida campuses on Friday ahead of Hurricane Dorian. According to Jeremy Jones, a spokesman for Barry University, one of the largest Catholic universities in the southeast territory, the campuses in Miami-Dade and Orange counties will close at 5 p.m. The closure affects the campus at 11300 NE 2nd Ave., in Miami Shores and the Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law at 6441 E. Colonial Drive, in Orlando. The campuses in Nassau and Freeport, Bahamas, remained closed on Thursday. Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.

Google EarthMIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. - Barry University will be closing Florida campuses on Friday ahead of Hurricane Dorian. According to Jeremy Jones, a spokesman for Barry University, one of the largest Catholic universities in the southeast territory, the campuses in Miami-Dade and Orange counties will close at 5 p.m. The closure affects the campus at 11300 NE 2nd Ave., in Miami Shores and the Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law at 6441 E. Colonial Drive, in Orlando. The campuses in Nassau and Freeport, Bahamas, remained closed on Thursday. Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.

Mike Allen: New president weighs Barry University growth trajectoryWritten by Jesse Scheckner on August 6, 2019AdvertisementOn Friday, Mike Allen celebrated one month as Barry Universitys seventh president, a role and responsibility he treats with patient optimism and deep respect. Weve been around since 1940, so the board of trustees and everybody on campus wants to make sure we get this right, he said. I knew from the get-go there were a lot of strong points of connection between Barry and myself and why Id be a good fit. Im going to embrace the things they put in place [and what] we do well, he said. To read the full article and the rest of the Miami Today issue, subscribe to e-MIAMI TODAY, an exact replica of the printed edition.

The Aqua Foundation for Women (AFW) has released its 2019-20 slate of scholarship winners. Schwartz also shares that for the first time Aqua has a new, named scholarship especially for law students. The 2019 Aqua Foundation for Women Scholars are: Kaylin Diaz, Melissa Drown, Ashauni Frazier, Aiyana Angeni Gonzalez, Jack Jordan, Pamela Lopez, Cathy Ng, Kelly Nair Rojas, Afton Seeley and Mery Yanez. The scholarships were given to promising LGBT women and trans/NB students who were selected due to their outstanding academics, consistent commitment to the community, and their leadership potential, says Aqua Scholarship Committee chair Gisela Vega. The Aqua Foundation for Women Scholarship Program continues empowering LGBT people to grow personally and professionally by reducing their financial burden and by providing them with a mentor for guidance and support.

MIAMI SHORES, Fla. – Yunio Barrueta is this close to becoming a dunk championThe Barry University basketball star is locked in a heated battle to win ESPN's Dark Horse Dunker contest and needs your help to get him over the top. Barrueta cruised past the first three rounds, and is now facing off against Dwaun Anderson of Wagner. With voting coming to a close at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Barrueta trails Anderson by just the narrowest of margins, so he needs your help to make the finals. Let's all vote and turn the tide for Barrueta and Barry!