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University of Miami School of Communication Joins Toppel Career Center to Enhance Career Connections

The University of Miami’s School of Communication and Toppel Career Center are hosting Communication Meet-Up, a day of career connections and networking on Wednesday, March 30, 2016. Building off of the success of the 2015 Communication and Interactive Media Meet-Up, the School of Communication is introducing a new program, the Recruitment Pavilion. Taking place at 5100 Brunson Drive from 3-6 p.m., the Recruitment Pavilion presented by the the Stein Family Office of Career Services at the School of Communication brings recruiters on campus to meet one-on-one with students to discuss job and [...]

March 24, 2016|Uncategorized|
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NYU Moving Image Archiving & Preservation Collaborates with University of Miami to Preserve the Work of Buky Schwartz

The Moving Image Archiving and Preservation (MIAP) program at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts and the University of Miami’s Norton Herrick Center for Motion Picture Studies have joined forces with the Estate of Buky Schwartz to preserve the late artist’s extensive archive of multimedia works. From the mid-1970s, Schwartz’s installations employed video and closed-circuit television to shape a viewer’s perception of sculpture and space. MIAP graduate student Eddy Colloton has cataloged, assessed, and planned for the preservation of Schwartz’s video works as part of a year-long thesis project, [...]

March 22, 2016|Motion Pictures|
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Preparing for the 2017 Miami Open… and the Real World

Re-innovating public relations, social media, marketing, and promotions behind the fifth largest tennis tournament in the world is just another class assignment for the 22 public relations students in Dr. Maria Scott’s campaigns class. The students are working in teams to develop every element of a public relations campaign for the 2017 Miami Open, presented by Itau. The campaign will be presented to the client in May and implemented next year. For many of the seniors, this is exactly the kind of work they hope to be doing upon graduation. But [...]

March 22, 2016|Public Relations|
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University of Miami’s Interactive Media Program Named to The Princeton Review 2016 List, “Top 25 Graduate Schools to Study Game Design”

University of Miami School of Communication’s Interactive Media Program has earned a #23 ranking on The Princeton Review's just-published list saluting the top 25 graduate schools to study game design for 2016. The Princeton Review chose the schools based on a survey it conducted in 2015 of 150 institutions offering game design coursework and/or degrees in the United States, Canada, and some countries abroad. The company's 40-question survey asked schools to report on everything from their academic offerings and faculty credentials to their graduates’ starting salaries and employment experience. Among [...]

March 17, 2016|Interactive Media|
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UM’s School of Communication to Host Coral Gables Comedy Festival

Comic Cure brings the Coral Cables Comedy festival to the University of Miami campus March 31. More than 20 local comedians take the stage at Cosford Cinema to compete for the title of “fan favorite.” A portion of the proceeds benefits the Public Relations Experience Program (PREP) in the School of Communication.  “As a UM alumnus, it’s not only rewarding to bring my work back to the very campus that taught me so much, but I feel it’s my responsibility to provide a learning opportunity for students,” explained co-founder Benjamin [...]

March 17, 2016|Public Relations|
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Gold Crowns for Ibis and Distraction

University of Miami’s printed editions of the 2014-2015 Distraction magazine and 2015 Ibis yearbook were named Gold Crown winners by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) at Columbia University during the College Media Association conference in New York City on March 13.  “This is a wonderful tribute to the two staffs. I am thrilled and honored to be able to work with such a talented and dedicated group of University of Miami students,” said Randy Stano, the editorial adviser for the two publications. Ibis was one of three college Gold [...]

2019-12-17T19:35:09-05:00March 15, 2016|Journalism|
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Faculty Wins Best of Competition for Mobile App at BEA

Running into high school friend Meghana Reddy in Manhattan sent Professor Clay Ewing on a journey that would eventually result in a 2016 Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Best of Competition award for ROC United Mobile Diners’ Guide.  In 2012, Clay Ewing, interactive media professor at University of Miami School of Communication, ran into Reddy at a subway stop by the Apple Store in Chelsea. At the time, Reddy was working for Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC United), a national organization dedicated to bettering the wages and working conditions of the [...]

2019-12-17T19:35:23-05:00March 14, 2016|Interactive Media|
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What the Debate Coach Thinks about Watching the GOP Debate at the University of Miami

The first televised debate between candidates vying for their party’s nomination for president during the primaries occurred in 1956 between Democratic contenders Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver. That first debate was broadcast from the WTVJ studio here in Miami. That year my co-author on Argumentation and Debate: Critical Thinking for Reasoned Decision Making, the late Dr. Austin J. Freeley led a group of professors of speech and debate to form the Committee on Presidential Campaign Debates to call on the candidates for the presidency to meet in debate in the [...]

March 9, 2016|Communication Studies|
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What Is the Future of Film and TV Consumption?

On February 29, 2016, media executive, attorney, lecturer, entrepreneur, and author, Jeff Ulin, shared his thoughts about the future of film and television consumption and the current trends influencing the media industry with the members of the Media Management Association.  Ulin has had more than 25 years of experience in the media business, including four years as senior vice president of business affairs and general counsel at Paramount and Universal Home Entertainment as well as 10 years as head of worldwide distribution at Lucasfilm. In addition, he has taught at [...]

March 8, 2016|Media Management|
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Ibis Wins Awards from ACP, CSPA

Ibis, University of Miami’s yearbook, was named one of the 14 college yearbook Pacemaker Finalists by the Associated Collegiate Press for its issue from the 2014 – 2015 academic year. According to Randy Stano, the editorial adviser for Ibis, the yearbook has received 13 Pacemaker Finalists and has won eight Pacemaker Awards. This is the top honor that a publication can receive from ACP. “This is outstanding news for the entire staff for all the hard work. The dedication and long hours have paid off,” Stano said. The editor-in-chief for [...]

2019-12-17T19:35:34-05:00March 7, 2016|Journalism|
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