• How Women and Health NGOs Use Communications Strategically to Advocate for Gender Equality and Reproductive Health

    Center for Communication, Culture, and Change 5100 Brunson Dr., Coral Gables, United States

    Please join us for “How women and health NGOs use communications strategically to advocate for gender equality and reproductive health” to mark the launch of Carolina Matos’, Ph.D., book "Gender, communications and reproductive health in international development," which presents the research findings of a funded Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) project. Panelists include Karin Wilkins, dean of the School of Communication, Professors Suzanne Clibsy (University of Coventry, UK) and Rosalind Gill (City, University of London), and the CEO of NGO Reprolatina, Margarita Díaz. A hybrid event, it will be attended [...]

  • Family Weekend

    School of Communication Courtyard 5100 Brunson Dr., Coral Gables, FL, United States

    Family Weekend invites you to reconnect with your student, meet other 'Cane families, and interact with University faculty and staff while getting a preview of daily life on campus.

  • Freeing the Press in Guatemala

    Bill Cosford Cinema 5030 Brunson Drive, Dooly Memorial 225, Coral Gables, FL, United States

    Organizers: Reporters Without Borders, The UM Hanley Democracy Center and the Department of Journalism and Media Management in the School of Communication José Rubén Zamora is a Guatemalan journalist, publisher and founder of three newspapers. His work has exposed political corruption for two decades, but he was arrested and sentenced to six years in prison for a trumped up money laundering charge. Zamora's imprisonment is emblematic of the outgoing administration's crackdown on press freedom, but also an opportunity for a new president to turn over a new leaf. This panel [...]