By Julia Berg THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI’S ALMA MATER IS SUNG WITH PRIDE, at homecoming and athletic events and with bittersweet emotion at commencement ceremonies. Yet most of us don’t know anything about its creation by two people who wended very different ways to the University of Miami soon after its founding. The Tunesmith: Gifted […]
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Juicing Creativity
Students in the U’s Orange Umbrella Consultancy gain career skills by providing communication services to real clients. By Michael R. Malone Illustration By Nicole Andujar “SIX MINUTES ’TIL STATUS REPORT,” a student shouts into the sleek ambiance of the School of Communication’s Koenigsberg and Nadal Interactive Media Center. The heads-up rallies his fellow members of […]
Reaching Out, Lifting Up
Citizen ’Cane Reaching Out, Lifting Up Recognized by Teach For America during Black History Month this year as one of 13 Black Leaders Who are Shaping the Future of their Communities, Courtney Cross-Johnson, A.B. ’11, sees her years at the U as the catalyst for her service-oriented career. “The U bred me into a leader,” […]
Multicultural Maven
Citizen ’Cane Multicultural Maven Gulnar Vaswani, B.B.A. ’91, M.B.A. ’93, specializes in inclusivity—that elusive but essential value that helps today’s multicultural business world hum. Vaswani travels throughout Asia and the United States consulting with clients that range from Fortune 500 companies to non-governmental organizations and academic institutions. Within these varied settings, she says, “I help […]
Making Imaginative Leaps into Reality
Citizen ’Cane Making Imaginative Leaps into Reality For Rony Abovitz, B.S.M.E. ’94, M.S.B.E. ’96, technology is a humanistic art fueled by imagination. His father was an Air Force flight engineer, entrepreneur, and inventor; his mother an accomplished painter and educator. All of those impulses found a home in Abovitz. “They were, and still are, one […]
Banding Together
Band of the Hour to celebrate 85th reunion It may be called the UM Band of the Hour, but its legacy of rousing music and ’Canes spirit spans decades. The UM Band of the Hour Alumni Reunion, held as part of this fall’s Alumni Weekend, Nov. 1-3, 2018, will celebrate the band’s 85th year. Events […]
Family Ties
Nine accomplished young people from one extended family have embraced UM It all started with Aunt Monica. The Madrid physician would bring her nieces and nephews with her on vacations to South Florida, including tours of the University of Miami. “We never knew why or when she fell in love with UM, just that she […]
The X Factor
The art of alumnus Xavier Cortada illuminates science and inspires action With its drug wars, riots, and mass infusions of Cuban refugees, the 1980s Miami in which Xavier Cortada came of age was the ideal breeding ground for a globally renowned artist whose work embodies his longstanding advocacy on behalf of social justice and environmental […]
Alumni Stars Shine
New acclaim for famed ’Canes Multi-Grammy- and Tony-winning composer and lyricist Jerry Herman, A.B. ’53, has achieved yet another milestone in his boffo Broadway career. The 2017 Tony-winning revival of Hello, Dolly! starring Bette Midler grossed more than $73.5 million in its eight-month run, repeatedly breaking house records at the Shubert Theatre. The production was […]
