[3] It is distributed free of charge on the University of Miami campus and at several nearby off-campus locations each Tuesday.

[4] The newspaper provides timely updates on its online news site and issues an email newsletter twice weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The Miami Hurricane is an also an affiliate of UWIRE, which distributes and promotes its content to their global network.

[5] The University of Miami's first campus publication, The University News, was founded in October 1927 but ceased publication the end of that year after confronting financial challenges.

With support from many of its original staff members, The Miami Hurricane was launched two years later, in 1929.