Mixed Media Worlds Wide Matt White and the Super Villain Jazz Band’s Worlds Wide (Ear Up Records, 2017) is the sophomore release from trumpeter and composer Matt White, M.M. ’06, D.M.A. ’11, who is also an assistant professor of music at Coastal Carolina University in South Carolina. Code Noir The 12 original tunes […]
’Cane in the Act Fall 2017
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Mixed Media Spring 2017
Mixed Media Hair to the Queen! When financial expert Tamara Beliard Rodriguez, B.B.A. ’01, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014, she struggled to find a way to speak about it with her young daughters. She published Hair to the Queen!, an illustrated children’s book, in 2016 to help other families begin the conversation in […]
’Cane in the Act Spring 2017
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Mixed Media Fall 2016
Mixed Media A Quien Quiera Escuchar Two UM alumni played big roles behind the scenes of Ricky Martin’s A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition), which won a 2016 Grammy for Best Latin Pop Album. Its producer was Julio Reyes Copello, M.M. ’00, an award-winning producer, composer, and pianist, and the founder of Art House Records. […]
The Shark ‘Doc’ Is In
Rafael Lima wanted to witness up close the critical role sharks play in our ecosystem. The School of Communication lecturer got his chance during an open water shark dive at the Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation (also known as the Bimini Sharklab), launched in 1990 by alumnus Samuel H. Gruber, B.S. ’60, M.S. ’66, Ph.D. ’69, an […]
Livin’ La Vida Sofía
Citizen ’Cane Livin’ La Vida Sofía Raquel Sofía’s road to a Latin Grammy “Best New Artist” nomination last year began when she was just 7, singing and writing songs about boys she had crushes on. In between, she discovered jazz and, later, a like-minded cadre of musically “obsessed” peers at the University of Miami. She […]
Out of This World
Citizen ’Cane Out of This World When the time comes, Elisa Mallis, B.S. ’95, will be decked out in a full space suit, carrying a picture of her husband and two young sons, as she rockets upward at three times the speed of sound, above the Karman Line to the edge of space. For Mallis, […]
Harnessing Emoji Mania
Citizen ’Cane Harnessing Emoji Mania Emojis have become so popular that the Oxford Dictionaries 2015 word of the year wasn’t a word at all. It was 😂. One person who knows exactly how popular emojis are is Travis Montaque, B.B.A. ’14. Instead of joining an investment firm after majoring in finance at the U, he […]