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UM Debate Ranking Rises to Fourth Place

The University of Miami Debate Team completed its competition in Policy Debate ranked fourth nationally by the American Debate Association for 2014-15, rising two spots from sixth place in 2013-14. The nationally ranked second place Novice Debate squad and the nationally ranked second place Individual Novice Debate team drove this impressive performance. UM’s Junior Varsity squad placed fifth in the nation. Despite relying almost exclusively on students with no prior debate experience, UM’s team excels against programs with more coaches and more experienced high school debaters by relying on a [...]

April 21, 2015|Communication Studies|
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UM Debate Hosts Irish Collegiate Debate Champions

On April 6, University of Miami’s Debate Team hosted a public debate with three collegiate debate champions from Ireland. The Irish debaters were winners in the Irish Times National Debate Championship earning them a tour of the United States, during which they participate in a series of audience debates. The Irish Debaters, Hugh Guidera and his partner Rónán O’Connor of Trinity College in Dublin, and Eoin MacLachlan of University College, also in Dublin, began their tour in early March in Spokane, Washington. After stops in Kansas City, Los Angeles, Denver, [...]

April 20, 2015|Communication Studies|
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Canes Film Fest Hype

On Thursday, April 9, PREP students took over the UC breezeway to promote the University of Miami’s 18th annual Canes Film Festival. PREP students tabled to raise awareness of the upcoming event by engaging with students and faculty passing by throughout the day. Event flyers and popcorn were distributed while the students answered questions about the festival. “Tabling in the breezeway is a great way of letting people know what is happening on campus,” said PREP manager Sarah Driks. PREP students were also tasked with taking pictures of students holding up a Canes Film [...]

April 13, 2015|Motion Pictures, Public Relations|
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One Water, UNDP and SIWI Partnering for a Documentary on Water and Sustainable Development

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) have partnered with One Water to develop a film on water and sustainable development. As UN's Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson says, "Water is a precondition for human existence." This documentary is a collaboration with Professors Sanjeev Chatterjee, Ed Talavera and Ali Habashi from the School of Communication's Cinema and Interactive Media Department. The full version will be completed for World Water Week taking place in Stockholm, Aug. 23-28, 2015. Click here to learn more about One Water.

2019-12-16T18:45:15-05:00April 9, 2015|Interactive Media|
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Traveling Haitian Film Series Culminates with the Screening of La Belle Vie: The Good Life and Papa Machete

Ayiti Images, a traveling Florida film series, ends its successful 2014-2015 run with a double-feature screening about the Haitian experience. The concept of Ayiti Images birthed from a burning desire to educate and project an authentic voice that depicts the Haitian experience from a humanistic perspective through the use of film and discussion. The screenings will be held at six locations beginning with the University of Miami at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, April 20, at Shoma Hall. A Q&A session with the film’s directors about the making of the films [...]

April 8, 2015|Motion Pictures|
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Cops and Rubbers

Professor Lien Tran makes games for social change, a fun and interactive way to raise awareness for global issues. On March 24, Tran invited students and professors to play a game called “Cops and Rubbers,” which teaches about condoms being used as contraband in countries like South Africa, Russia, and the U.S. In these countries, police use condoms as evidence that those carrying them are sex workers. This is a problem because it makes sex workers scared to carry around condoms, putting both them and their clients’ health at risk. [...]

2019-12-16T18:46:01-05:00April 8, 2015|Interactive Media|
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Media Management Expert Feels the Thrill of Changing Times, and Helping Others

Professor Michel Dupagne, Ph.D., recognizes the importance of scholarships in helping talented students in the School of Communication achieve their dreams. In 2005, he and his brother Alain established the Lucy Chatelain Endowed Communication Scholarship in memory of their mother. “I believe that providing scholarships to those in financial need is critical to the long-term success of the University of Miami,” he says. “I have been privileged to serve on the faculty for more than two decades, and it is a pleasure to support our future scholars.” Dupagne is a [...]

2023-10-26T13:27:16-04:00April 6, 2015|Media Management|
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Brigadier General William Salamanca Presents on the Topic of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

Director of Protection and Special Services for the Colombian National Police, Brigadier General William Salamanca, spoke at the University of Miami School of Communication’s Shoma Hall on April 2. His presentation “Prevention, Intervention, and Action: The Colombian National Police and the Security of Children” discussed Colombia’s efforts to stop and prevent abuse of its children. Salamanca shared the national police’s success working to ensure the protection of children, including a service started in 2006 that designated 5,000 specialized police to children’s safety and prevention of abuse, including violence, sexual abuse [...]

2019-12-16T18:47:23-05:00April 3, 2015|Doctoral|
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Spencer George Makes His Mark on UM Debate Team

By Lizzie Wilcox Senior Spencer George has been a member of University of Miami’s debate team since the fall semester of his freshman year. He started debating a little in high school, but really got into it once he came to UM. George just wrapped up his debate career over spring break at the American Debate Association Nationals, where he was one of three finalists for the Julia Burke Award. “It’s an award given to individuals who are successful in debate competitively and also focus on reaching out to others, [...]

March 30, 2015|Communication Studies|
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Prevention, Intervention, and Action: The Colombian National Police and the Security of Children

Brigadier General William Salamanca, Director of Protection and Special Services (DIPRO) for the Colombian National Police (CNP), will visit the University of Miami School of Communication’s Shoma Hall on April 2 at 1 p.m. to present on the issue of commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC). His presentation, titled Prevention, Intervention, and Action: The Colombian National Police and the Security of Children will highlight CNP’s existing effort and the organization’s introduction of creative methods to tackle critical societal issues that affect the country’s most vulnerable – its children.  The presentation [...]

2019-12-16T18:48:21-05:00March 25, 2015|Doctoral, Interactive Media|
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