UMTV airs its first-ever series designed to showcase the experience and excellence of black students “The media often depict black people and people of color in a stereotypical and negative way. We want to provide a space for black excellence to be shown,” said sophomore broadcast journalism and sport administration major Rachel Smith during the […]
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Avenue Q co-creator encourages musical theatre students with souvenirs of his success Broadway composer and writer Jeff Marx arrived at the University of Miami carrying a black duffle bag. Its contents—“Nicky,” a puppet from his Tony Award-winning musical, Avenue Q—thrilled the musical theatre students who had gathered to hear about Marx’s experiences in the industry […]
Focus on Palliative Care
Felicia Marie Knaul leads landmark study of unmet global need for pain relief Each year, some 61 million people around the world suffer from life-threatening and life-limiting illnesses. More than 80 percent of them have little or no access to palliative care or pain relief. The vast majority of them live in low- and middle-income […]
Not Lost in Vain
UM students honor lives lost in Parkland and lead advocacy for gun safety The February 14 slayings of 17 students and educators at Marjory Stoneman Douglas (MSD) High School in Parkland, Florida, hit the ’Canes community hard—and none felt the impact more acutely than UM students who are alumni of the stricken high school. They […]
Out of the Darkness
Students create a multisensory, multimedia tunnel to shed light on oppression Each room told a different story, using videos, social media posts, and other interactive displays to get their narratives across. Like the 25-year-old woman abducted on her way to work in Yunnan, China, and sold into sexual slavery, and the 50-year-old Christian convert murdered […]
Enhancing Philosophical Discourse
UM names nation’s first endowed chair for the study of atheism and secularism Over the course of history, religious differences have provoked debate, disagreement, and deadly conflicts. Today, however, religious faith is in worldwide decline. As a National Geographic report put it, the world’s newest religion is “No Religion.” To explore the profound implications of […]
UML Expands Florida Presence in National Digital Trove
University of Miami co-leads launch of Sunshine State Digital Network To expand access to its extraordinary collections, University of Miami Libraries (UML) has in recent years not only digitized thousands of its holdings but uploaded them to the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). DPLA increases the visibility and searchability of art works, archival documents, […]
For the Common Good
Richter Library’s Learning Commons is a one-stop shop for student services and technology resources University of Miami students who need help with writing an essay, solving a differential equation, analyzing and managing data, or completing a class assignment—or who simply seek a congenial setting for collaborating with classmates—are finding all of these things and more […]
They’ve Got It Covered
New outdoor BuildLab shelters architecture students creating large-scale projects Students in Professor Rocco Ceo and Jim Adamson’s Design-Build Studio have typically been exposed not only to inspiring ideas, but the vagaries of heat, humidity, and rain. The tarps and canopies used from time to time by Ceo and Adamson, the School of Architecture’s Miller Design-Build […]
Technology That Heals
Symposium explores the role of engineering-medical partnerships in improving healthcare Alyssa Basdavanos plans to become a physician. The neuroscience major’s desire to both care for patients and pursue new cures drew her to join some 150 attendees at Engineering and Medicine: A Critical Partnership in Technobiology, held in February on UM’s Coral Gables campus. At […]
