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Miami Do Tank at University of Miami: Learn How Games can Prepare Communities for Climate Change

Living in South Florida, the detrimental effects of climate change may be inevitable in our lifetime. Co-sponsored by University of Miami’s Center for Communication, Culture, and Change and the Field Innovation Team, Miami Do Tank will demonstrate how gaming can move communities to prepare and become more resilient to the impact of rising sea levels.  On Feb. 5, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., come to the Student Activities Center to play two scientifically created games, find out where they are available as an open-source resource and learn how gaming can [...]

January 22, 2015|Interactive Media|
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Flourish Klink, Transmedia Writer and Producer, Speaking at the SoC

Come tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. to CIB 4053 for a presentation by Flourish Klink, a transmedia writer and producer for "East Los High," a popular entertainment education program targeting young Latinos.Flourish has been working with an interesting and accomplished interdisciplinary team of writers, producers and social scientists to create a highly interactive program that goes beyond mainstream television programming to incorporate interactive online elements to improve health and create social change.You can read more about Flourish and her work at flourishklink.com. Learn more about East Los High, which is [...]

January 21, 2015|Communication Studies, Electronic Media, Interactive Media, Journalism, Media Management, Motion Pictures|
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“Storming Papa Doc” Screening at University of Miami School of Communication

“Storming Papa Doc,” the new documentary directed by Mario L. Delatour, is a historical reenactment that depicts the story of former Haitian army officers who, in 1958, are exiled to Florida only to return with a vengeance and a plan to overthrow Haitian president, Dr. Francois Duvalier. Animated and intercut with interviews of friends and family members of the brigade, the film explores the lives of each officer. The viewer is transported to Haiti of the 1940’s and Florida, which became a temporary incubator for the opposition. This film chronicles [...]

January 13, 2015|Motion Pictures|
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Grant Funds New Educational Resource on Ocean Health

The University of Miami’s Department of Cinema and Interactive Media at the School of Communication has received a two-year grant of over $405,000 from the Friends of Stark Parks in conjunction with the Herbert W. Hoover Foundation. The funding will go towards the creation of a unique Open Educational Resource (OER) that will not only explain the science underlying ocean health management, but also help bring the specific work of top researchers from their worldwide field locations to university curricula. In an effort to develop “Media Building-Blocks of Ocean Health [...]

2023-10-26T13:27:44-04:00January 12, 2015|Interactive Media, Motion Pictures|
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Despite Making Sacrifices, Iris Barrios Still Earns Her Degree

Iris Barrios might have been a forgotten casualty—one of the youngest victims of the war that raged between the Contras and the Sandinista National Liberation Front in her native Nicaragua from 1981 to 1988. But the wisdom and efforts of a caring mother who wanted a better life for her children made it possible for Barrios to escape the atrocities of her war-torn country and emigrate to the United States at the age of 6.“She was the brave one,” Barrios said of her mother Maria, who fled Nicaragua’s capital city, [...]

December 17, 2014|Public Relations|
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Herrick Center Wins Knight Arts Challenge to Expand Cosford Classics

The Norton Herrick Center for Motion Picture Studies was selected from nearly 1,200 applicants to receive one of 47 South Florida Knights Arts Challenge grants. It will use the $15,000 award to expand the Cosford Cinema’s Cosford Classics series, which showcases films presented on 35 mm. According to center director Christina Lane, the Knight Foundation grant will enable the Herrick Center to enhance the classic series by inviting guest curators, including local film experts and internationally known scholars and filmmakers, to speak about each film, its cultural significance, and the importance of film preservation [...]

December 16, 2014|Motion Pictures|
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Projectionist Loves ‘Crazy Little Job’ at Cosford Cinema

By Sherman Hewitt - What do the movies “Frozen,” “Space Jam” and nearly every other film shown at the Cosford Cinema since 1982 have in common? Michael Blaine, the Cosford’s projectionist, has been responsible for displaying every single one on the big screen. “If there was any film – any film – in this theater during that time, I was the one who projected it,” he said. “I was the only projectionist. There hasn’t been anyone else.” Blaine, 70, has spent the last 32 years projecting movies at Cosford. Throughout his [...]

December 10, 2014|Motion Pictures|
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Professor Don Stacks Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

Don Stacks, a professor of public relations and a leader in public relations research and education, received the 2014 PRIDE Contribution to Public Relations Education Award from the National Communication Association’s Public Relations Division last week. He was nominated for the lifetime achievement award by five of his doctoral students. As they wrote in their nomination letter, “Few have done more to advance research as a major tenant of public relations education than Dr. Stacks. His Primer of Public Relations Research text, now in its 2nd edition, is considered the [...]

2019-12-17T19:41:44-05:00December 8, 2014|Public Relations|
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UM Debate Team Rankings for Fall 2014

The Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) and the National Debate Tournament (NDT) have posted their first rankings of the year. The University of Miami Debate Team is currently #19 on the CEDA list and #17 on the NDT list. These lists reflect overall squad performance. The American Debate Association (ADA), in which UM finished 6th in 2013-14, will post their ranks at the end of the debate year in March. The ADA established the Front Royal Award (named after the location where the ADA was founded) for the top 2-person [...]

December 4, 2014|Communication Studies|
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Professor Alberto Cairo Named Next Knight Chair in Visual Journalism

The Center for Communication, Culture and Change is excited to announce that Alberto Cairo will be named the next Knight Chair in Visual Journalism at the School of Communication!Cairo will bring his internationally-recognized expertise in multimedia data visualization to Center-related projects including interdisciplinary cancer communication initiatives. A potential project on the horizon for the new Knight Chair includes working on a website that would provide cancer patients with the information that they need about clinical trial participation and whether or not it is useful. This site would use infographics and [...]

December 1, 2014|Journalism|
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