Basic Blackboard
2023-02-02 11:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom
This Blackboard for Beginners class will help new faculty, adjuncts, or anyone who hasn’t used Blackboard previously. It will cover how to set up your gradebook, how to take attendance, how to upload your syllabus, assignments, and other coursework. Depending on how comfortable the group is, we’ll move on include setting up tests/quizzes on Blackboard, how to calculate a grade dropping the lowest grade(s), how to create a portal for students to submit their work via Blackboard, etc.
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Media Management Association Meeting
2023-02-02 18:30 - 19:30 | Shoma Hall, CIB 3053, 5100 Brunson Dr., Coral Gables, 33146, United States
Anthony Santana, chief marketing officer at Hardcore Advertising, will share his professional insights into the evolution of social media marketing.

Global Frontiers Screening Series: 'A Life On Our Planet'
2023-02-04 14:00 - 16:30 | Bill Cosford Cinema, 5030 Brunson Drive, Dooly Memorial 225, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
Join us for our third installment in a new breakthrough monthly film series at the Cosford Cinema focusing on current world issues such as migration and social inclusion, peace and security, aging populations, democracy, climate change, and artificial intelligence.
Each screening will be preceded by a wide-ranging, multi-media conversation between Bill Cosford Cinema manager Rene Rodriguez and a special guest.
The series continues on Saturday, Feb. 4, at 2 p.m., with “David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet” (2020), a visually stunning but terrifying documentary about the crises that threaten the survival of Earth: deforestation, global warming, pollution, and other issues plaguing our planet.
The 97-year-old Sir David Frederick Attenborough, brother of the Oscar-winning director Richard Attenborough, has devoted much of his adult life exploring the natural wonders of our planet and advocating for ecological causes such as reducing meat consumption and switching to renewable energy.
He has earned 32 honorary degrees from British universities. At least 20 species of plants and arthropods are named after him. In 2022, he was recognized as a Champion of the Earth by the United Nations Environment Program.
The screening will be preceded by a 20-minute discussion between Rodriguez and Jennifer Jacquet, visiting professor of global climate change at the University of Miami. The conversation will focus on anthropogenic climate change, its accompanying psychological barriers and the need for social approval in generating cooperation. The discussion will include clips from other movies exploring similar subject matter.
Admission is free but registration is required at link.

The Sight & Sound Top Ten: 'Vertigo' (1958)
2023-02-05 13:00 - 15:30 | Bill Cosford Cinema, 5030 Brunson Drive, Dooly Memorial 225, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
The Cosford Cinema is proud to present a screening series of the top 10 films of the 2022 Sight & Sound Top 100 Poll: The Greatest Films of All Time.
Launched in 1952 and conducted every 10 years since, the poll includes filmmakers, critics and journalists from around the world. The results are published in Sight & Sound, a monthly film magazine published by the British Film Institute.
VERTIGO | YEAR: 1958 | DIRECTOR: Alfred Hitchcock | 4K Digital projection | RUNNING TIME: 128 minutes | RATED: PG (for adult themes)
An ex-police officer (James Stewart) who suffers from an intense fear of heights is hired to prevent an old friend’s wife (Kim Novak) from committing suicide, but all is not as it seems. Hitchcock’s haunting, compelling masterpiece is uniquely revelatory about the director’s own predilections and hang-ups and is widely considered to be one of his masterworks.
“Vertigo” took the number two spot in the Sight & Sound poll. Admission is $5 per film or $40 for a series pass. Students with Cane card use code UMSTUDENT at checkout for free admission. Tickets available at link.
“One of the two or three best films Hitchcock ever made, ‘Vertigo’ is the most confessional, dealing directly with the themes that controlled his art. It is *about* how Hitchcock used, feared and tried to control women. He is represented by Scottie (James Stewart), a man with physical and mental weaknesses (back problems, fear of heights), who falls obsessively in love with the image of a woman–and not any woman, but the quintessential Hitchcock woman.
“When he cannot have her, he finds another woman and tries to mold her, dress her, train her, change her makeup and her hair, until she looks like the woman he desires. He cares nothing about the clay he is shaping; he will gladly sacrifice her on the altar of his dreams.” – Roger Ebert

Computational Methods in Public Relations: Doctoral Student Research Lecture Series
2023-02-10 13:00 - 14:00 | Wolfson Building, 1021
Dr. Xinyan (Eva) Zhao makes an in-person guest visit from UNC Chapel Hill.

Snapshots & Donuts
2023-02-10 14:00 - 15:00 | Wolfson Building, 1021
Student mixer where Ph.D. students can mingle and share photos of their time in the program, which will be projected. Donuts and coffee will be served.

Ribeiro Lecture Series: Stephanie Barish, CEO of IndieCade
2023-02-16 14:00 - 15:15 | Wolfson, 2040, 5100 Brunson Dr., Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
Guest lecture on the Climate Jam and founding IndieCade, by Stephanie Barish, CEO. IndieCade supports independent game development and organizes a series of international events showcasing the future of independent games. It encourages, publicizes, and cultivates innovation and artistry in all forms of interactive media, helping to create a public perception of games as rich, diverse, artistic, and culturally significant.
IndieCade’s events and initiatives are designed to bring visibility to emerging work and inspire and connect this global community of innovators.
IndieCade is organized by an expansive team of dedicated individuals who truly believe that we can make an impact on the industry and ultimately the way the world plays, understands, and is impacted by games. To this end, IndieCade supports independent game development as the future of games.
This event is funded by the Ribeiro Innovation Fund from the Department of Interactive Media and Cafecito and Conversation, a global engagement task force initative. Stephanie Barish will be visiting the university as part of the IndieCade Horizons festival on February 17th, an event free to the University of Miami community.
Visit http://www.indiecade.com/horizons/ for more information.

The Human Renascence in the Era of Robots: Alberto Levy
2023-02-16 15:30 - 16:45 | Otto G. Richter Library, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
As we watch incredible advances in artificial intelligence and robotics, machines get smarter and stronger every day.
Some say robots will take everyone’s jobs and we are doomed to live under harsh circumstances, but the reality is that humans are needed more than ever, and this is an opportunity for a “Human Renascence.”
Why not allow machines to do what they do better and further develop our human skills? Critical thinking, creativity, negotiation, emotional intelligence, and love cannot be developed by machines as humans do, yet those skills are fundamental in the construction of our future and in the design of robots.
In this lecture, Alberto Levy Macedo will talk about how we are educated to be robots, and will discuss about jobs, ethics in AI, and how to combine technology and humanity for a better future.
This event takes place at the Richter Library – 102B Learning Commons Flexible Program Space.

Debate Team UChat: Censorship
2023-02-16 17:00 - 18:00 | Shalala Student Center, 1330 Miller Dr., Coral Gables, 33146, United States
A discussion on the politics and morals of censorship including the banning of DEI and AP African American Studies. All UM Community members are welcome to participate!
Join us in the Iron Arrow Room at the Shalala Student Center.

IndieCade Horizons
2023-02-17 10:00 - 17:00 | Koenigsberg & Nadal Interactive Media Center, 5100 Brunson Dr., Coral Gables, FL, 33146
A full day conference with Keynotes, Panels, and AMA sessions on everything from portfolios, community building, studio culture, going solo, fundraising, preparing for a career in the industry, internships, and more.
Sessions include….
Welcome/ Introduction
Gameshow / LIVE FROM MIAMI
Announcing: Hidden Heroes Game Jam
Preparing for April Horizons Playtesting
Preparing for Horizons peer-to-peer portfolio review
Keynote Speakers
Preparing Your Portfolio: Perspectives from a Pro
Fostering Diversity in the Game Industry
Preparing for a career in the industry
Funding your game, Panel Perspectives
Effective Networking in Games & Beyond
Interning with Indies
Closing Address
Plus learn more about the Hidden Heroes game jam, prizes, and getting your game play tested and play testing games from all the schools, AMAs, a special Keynote session, and more.
Attend in-person or virtually. Contact Vivian Orellana at vxo46@miami.edu for access to the live stream.

Echoing Josephine Baker: 'Touki Bouki' by Djibril Diop Mambéty
2023-02-18 12:00 - 15:00 | Coral Gables Art Cinema, 260 Aragon Ave, Coral Gables, FL, 33134, United States
FILM + CONVERSATION EVENT
With a stunning mix of the surreal and the naturalistic, Djibril Diop Mambéty paints a vivid, fractured portrait of Senegal in the early 1970s. In this French New Wave–influenced fantasy-drama, two young lovers long to leave Dakar for the glamour and comforts of France, but their escape plan is beset by complications both concrete and mystical. Characterized by dazzling imagery and music, the alternately manic and meditative “Touki Bouki” is widely considered one of the most important African films ever made. Introduction by Dr. Patoimbasba Nikiema, assistant professor of French and Francophone Studies / Global Black and Afropean Studies.

Watching Movies with Mitch Kaplan: 'Days Of Heaven' (1978)
2023-02-18 14:00 - 16:30 | Bill Cosford Cinema, 5030 Brunson Drive, Dooly Memorial 225, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
Join Books & Books founder Mitchell Kaplan and Bill Cosford Cinema manager Rene Rodriguez for a screening and Q&A discussion of Terrence Malick’s Oscar-winning 1978 drama “Days of Heaven.”
Miami Beach native, Mitchell Kaplan, opened the first Books & Books in 1982 in Coral Gables, Florida. Now with five South Florida locations, Books & Books hosts over 400 events per year. In addition, two of the stores are home to well-established cafes and there are Books & Books affiliated stores at the Miami International Airport, and in Key West, where he collaborates with the noted author Judy Blume and her husband, George.
Among his honors, Kaplan served as president of the American Booksellers Association and he received the Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation. Books & Books was also Publishers Weekly’s bookstore of the year. He recently accepted an appointment to serve on the Board of the National Coalition Against Censorship.
As co-founder of the Miami Book Fair in 1985, Kaplan has served as the chairperson of its Board of Directors and continues to guide the programming team at the Fair which takes place on the campus of Miami-Dade College in the heart of downtown Miami. Each year, the Fair presents close to 500 authors over one week in November, along with a street festival, where bookstalls line the streets adjacent to the campus. Programs take place in Creole, Spanish, and English, reflecting the diversity of Miami.
Kaplan, with his partner Paula Mazur, established The Mazur Kaplan Company to bring books to the screen, both film and television. His most recent release is “Let Him Go” starring Diane Lane and Kevin Costner. Kaplan also hosts the podcast “The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan,” broadcast from Miami, where he lives with his wife, Rachelle. They have three children, Anya, Daniel, and Jonah.
DAYS OF HEAVEN | DIRECTED BY: Terrence Malick | USA | 1978 | 1H 34M | RATED PG | STARRING: Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, andLinda Manz | 4K digital projection
One-of-a-kind filmmaker-philosopher Terrence Malick has created some of the most visually arresting films of the 20th century, and his glorious period tragedy “Days of Heaven,” featuring Oscar-winning cinematography by Nestor Almendros, stands out among them.
In 1910, a Chicago steelworker (Richard Gere) accidentally kills his supervisor, and he, his girlfriend (Brooke Adams), and his little sister (Linda Manz) flee to the Texas panhandle, where they find work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer (Sam Shepard).
A love triangle, a swarm of locusts, a hellish fire—Malick captures it all with dreamlike authenticity, creating a timeless American idyll that is also a gritty evocation of turn-of-the-century labor.
Admission is FREE, but registration required at link, https://events.miami.edu/event/watching_movies_with_mitch_kaplan_days_of_heaven_1978.
“‘Days of Heaven’ is above all one of the most beautiful films ever made. Malick’s purpose is not to tell a story of melodrama, but one of loss. His tone is elegiac. He evokes the loneliness and beauty of the limitless Texas prairie. In the first hour of the film there is scarcely a scene set indoors. The farm workers camp under the stars and work in the fields, and even the farmer is so besotted by the weather that he tinkers with wind instruments on the roof of his Gothic mansion.
[The movie] has been criticized for its muted emotions: Although passions erupt in a deadly love triangle, all the feelings are somehow held at arm’s length. This observation is true enough, if you think only about the actions of the adults in the story. But watching this film again recently, I was struck more than ever with the conviction that this is the story of a teenage girl, told by her, and its subject is the way that hope and cheer have been beaten down in her heart.
We do not feel the full passion of the adults because it is not her passion: It is seen at a distance, as a phenomenon, like the weather, or the plague of grasshoppers that signals the beginning of the end.” — Roger Ebert

The Sight & Sound Top Ten: 'Tokyo Story' (1953)
2023-02-19 13:00 - 15:30 | Bill Cosford Cinema, 5030 Brunson Drive, Dooly Memorial 225, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
The Cosford Cinema is proud to present a screening series of the top 10 films of the 2022 Sight & Sound Top 100 Poll: The Greatest Films of All Time.
Launched in 1952 and conducted every 10 years since, the poll includes filmmakers, critics, and journalists from around the world. The results are published in “Sight & Sound,” a monthly film magazine published by the British Film Institute.
TOKYO STORY | YEAR: 1953 | DIRECTOR: Yasujirô Ozu | 4K DCP projection | RUNNING TIME: 136 minutes | UNRATED (no offensive material) | In Japanese with English subtitles.
A profoundly stirring evocation of elemental humanity and universal heartbreak, “Tokyo Story” is the crowning achievement of the unparalleled Yasujiro Ozu. The film, which follows an aging couple’s journey to visit their grown children in bustling postwar Tokyo, surveys the rich and complex world of family life with the director’s customary delicacy and incisive perspective on social mores.
Featuring lovely performances from Ozu regulars Chishu Ryu and Setsuko Hara, “Tokyo Story” plumbs and deepens the director’s recurring theme of generational conflict, creating what is without question one of cinema’s mightiest masterpieces.
“Tokyo Story” took the fourth spot in the Sight & Sound poll. Admission is $5 per film or $40 for a series pass. Students with Cane card use code UMSTUDENTS at checkout for free admission. Tickets available via https://events.miami.edu/event/the_sight_sound_top_ten_tokyo_story_1953.
“‘Tokyo Story’ has frequently been acclaimed by filmmakers and critics alike as the greatest film ever made, and it very arguably could be. Regardless of where you’d place it on the hierarchy of the “best evers,” ‘Tokyo Story’ is certainly the ultimate family film—that is, the ultimate film about family and what family actually means.
It is, of course, about a family, observing three generations in a single unit to analyze the vast differences that separate them. In movies like ‘Late Spring’ and ‘Early Summer,’ Ozu looks at the changing face of Japanese culture in the 1950s, when a younger generation challenged and defied traditions that were pivotal to older generations.
In ‘Tokyo Story’ he places a lot of value on family, but one that doesn’t necessarily place judgment upon those who abide by the inevitability of change. Each generation has its own set of cultural rules that they follow, without a single generation being right or wrong. It’s much more complicated than that, and Ozu tells the audience that family is just that: complicated.” — Adam Grinwald, “Collider”

AdTour Vol. 2
2023-02-23 10:30 - 12:00 | Republica Havas, 2153 Coral Way, Miami, FL, 33145, United States
Join us on our second AdTour of the year to Republica Havas! Sign up here, https://tinyurl.com/AdGroup-Republica.

Echoing Josephine Baker: Madame Satã
2023-02-25 12:00 - 15:00 | Coral Gables Art Cinema, 260 Aragon Ave, Coral Gables, FL, 33134, United States
Madame Satã is a fictionalized portrait of folk hero, João Francisco dos Santos (1900–1976). Santos was a drag performer and capoeirista who frequented the bohemian underground of early twentieth-century Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This screening will be followed by a conversation with Jordan Rogers, a Ph.D. student and UGrow Communications Fellow in the English Department, College of Arts and Sciences, at the University of Miami.

Global Frontiers Screening Series: 'Endangered' (2022)
2023-02-25 17:00 - 19:00 | Bill Cosford Cinema, 5030 Brunson Drive, Dooly Memorial 225, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
Join us for our fourth installment in a new breakthrough monthly film series at the Cosford Cinema focusing on current world issues such as migration and social inclusion, peace and security, aging populations, democracy, climate change, and artificial intelligence.
The series is intended to bring two types of audiences together: Movie lovers and people who care about current events.
The series continues at 5 p.m. on Sat., Feb. 25, with “Endangered,” a documentary that recounts the experiences of four journalists reporting in Mexico, Brazil, and the United States.The film documents a year in the lives of journalists who work in environments that challenge the freedom of the press. They risk their personal well-being and mental health to provide a sense of understanding in a world that is increasingly unbalanced.
Sallie Hughes, University of Miami professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Management and associate dean for Global Initiatives at the School of Communication, will engage in a thought-provoking conversation with Rene Rodriguez, manager of the Cosford Cinema, both before and after the screening, about the challenges confronting journalism and the necessary resilience to overcome them.
Admission is free but registration is required at link, https://events.miami.edu/event/global_frontiers_screening_series_endangered#.

The Sight & Sound Top Ten: ‘In The Mood For Love’ (2000)
2023-02-26 13:00 - 15:00 | Bill Cosford Cinema, 5030 Brunson Drive, Dooly Memorial 225, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
The Cosford Cinema is proud to present a screening series of the top 10 films of the 2022 Sight & Sound Top 100 Poll: The Greatest Films of All Time.
Launched in 1952 and conducted every 10 years since, the poll includes filmmakers, critics, and journalists from around the world. The results are published in “Sight & Sound,” a monthly film magazine published by the British Film Institute.
“IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE” | YEAR: 2000 | DIRECTOR: Wong Kar Wai | 4K DCP | RUNNING TIME: 98 minutes | RATED: PG (for adult themes)
Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo-Wan (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) and Su Li-Zhen (Maggie Cheung Man Yuk) move into neighboring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are formal and polite—until a discovery about their spouses creates an intimate bond between them.
At once delicately mannered and visually extravagant, Wong Kar Wai’s “In the Mood for Love” is a masterful evocation of romantic longing and fleeting moments. With its aching soundtrack and exquisitely abstract cinematography by Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping Bing, this film has been a major stylistic influence on the past two decades of cinema, and is a milestone in Wong’s redoubtable career.
“In the Mood for Love” took fifth place in the Sight & Sound poll. Admission is $5. Students with Cane card use code UMSTUDENT at checkout for free admission.

Top Network Executive and Producer to Share Media Career Insights with Students
2023-02-27 10:10 - 11:25 | University of Miami School of Communication, 5100 Brunson Dr., Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
It’s all about how to tell a good story. That’s the best way to describe Shannon High-Bassalik’s career which has spanned news, entertainment, documentaries, streaming, and social media. Starting as an associate news producer in Miami at WFOR, she came back to the station exactly 10 years later as VP of news and helped bring it from one of the worst stations in the country to an award-winning national leader.
At the networks, as creator and executive producer of CNN’s “Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien” and “Early Start,” she helped increase ratings by 20% year over year. As VP and managing editor of MSNBC, overseeing the content and programming of mornings, daytime, and weekends, she built a team that increased ratings to the highest they had ever been, and as SVP of programming for the short-lived Al Jazeera America network, she oversaw primetime shows and documentaries, including teams that won Primetime Emmys, Peabodys and Duponts.
Always on the hunt to learn new genres, she has worked in the entertainment industry as co-executive producer of the nationally syndicated daytime talk show “Tamron Hall” (current) to Peacock’s executive producer of development where she helped develop and pitch programs that landed on Discovery ID and NBC. She’s produced Emmy-award winning documentaries, helped streaming companies develop, produce, and launch content, and consulted with local news companies to help coach talent, producers, and managers. She is also a vice president of the University of Miami’s Alumni Board of Directors Executive Committee.
Join us in Studio C for this fantastic conversation.

Media Management Association Meeting: Lucia Sotres, Senior Client Partner at Condé Nast
2023-03-02 18:30 - 19:30 | University of Miami School of Communication, 5100 Brunson Dr., Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
Lucia Sotres, senior client partner at Condé Nast, will discuss how Condé Nast, a leading print media company, is adapting to the ever-changing media environment.
Join us in Shoma Hall, CIB 3053, for this engaging conversation.

Virtual Open House: University of Miami School of Communication Graduate Programs
2023-03-03 14:00 - 15:00 | FL
Learn more about graduate studies opportunities, meet with faculty, and ask questions about any of our exciting programs.
If you are a UM School of Communication graduating senior, you are eligible to receive an application waiver. Contact socgrad@miami.edu for more details about this and all of our programs.
To learn more, go to com.miami.edu/admissions/graduate-faqs/

https://miami.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAscumhrj8qGtACX2SUh5hQ5Bdd832paQWr

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Disinformation in the Global South: Issues, Responses, and Challenges
2023-03-06 13:15 - 14:45 | Center for Communication, Culture, and Change, 5100 Brunson Dr., Coral Gables, 33146, United States
Dr. Herman Wasserman, chair of journalism and media studies at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, discusses his new book and this global trend.

Workshop of Feminist Methodologies in Communication and Development
2023-03-08 10:00 - 11:30 | Center for Communication, Culture, and Change, 5100 Brunson Dr., Coral Gables, 33146, United States
In research that aims to address issues of social change and influence policy, can we conceive of a particular method that can further ’empower’ some of the communities that we engage with? In the current context where the use of mixed methods approach has become more popular, can we still talk about ‘feminist research methods,’ or a particular methodology praxis for engaging with research which aims to tackle issues of social injustice?
These are just some of the questions that the workshop lead by Carolina Matos, Ph.D., visiting associate professor in Global Communication and senior lecturer in Media and Sociology from City, University of London, engages with. Funded by the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), the project, Gender, communications and reproductive health in international development, made use of a mixed methods approach to examine the use of communications strategically by 52 health and feminist NGOs from both the north and the south, from the U.S. to Europe, Latin America, and South Asia.
The workshop centers specifically on the focus groups findings with a group of women from low-income backgrounds in the state of Campinas, Sao Paulo Brazil, which was conducted in partnership with the NGO Reprolatina during the summer of 2021. Designed for graduate students, Ph.D.s, and early career researchers, this workshop will be followed by a hands-on activity on methodology application to one’s own research, as well as critical thinking on methodology and feminist perspectives on qualitative and quantitative research, use of interviews, ethnography, and focus groups.

'Dying to Direct' Premiere
2023-03-09 18:30 - 20:00 | Silverspot Cinema, 300 SE 3 St, Miami, 33131, United States
World premiere of 30 min short film.
To purchase tickets visit, https://miamifilmfestival2023.eventive.org/films/63d8210109050900cfb004c1.

Media Management Association Meeting: Brian Norris
2023-03-23 17:00 - 18:00 | University of Miami School of Communication, 5100 Brunson Dr., Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
The next Media Management Association (MMA) meeting will take place on Thurs., March 23 at 5 p.m., in Wolfson 4027, and will feature Brian Norris, senior vice president, SMB Growth, NBCUniversal. Noris will discuss NBCUniversal’s advertising strategies to small and medium sized businesses.

'Air' Special Sneak Preview Screening
2023-03-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Bill Cosford Cinema, 5030 Brunson Drive, Dooly Memorial 225, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
Come catch a free early screening of “Air,” the story of how Nike pursued Michael Jordan to launch his own branded line of sneakers.
AIR | d. Ben Affleck | 4K DCP PROJECTION | Running time: 112 minutes | RATED R for pervasive language.
Matt Damon stars as Sonny Vaccaro, the salesman who signed Jordan to a contract in the mid-1980s that launched the multi-billion, global sneaker industry. Ben Affleck (who also directed the movie) co-stars as Nike co-founder Phil Knight. Viola Davis, Jason Bateman, Chris Tucker, Chris Messina, and Marlon Wayans co-star.
Admission is FREE but registration required at link. UM students get priority seating, so please arrive early. Ticket does not guarantee admission.

Global Frontiers: The Biology of Slowing and Reversing Aging
2023-03-25 17:00 - 20:00 | Bill Cosford Cinema, 5030 Brunson Drive, Dooly Memorial 225, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
We are excited to announce the fifth installment of our groundbreaking film series, Global Frontiers. The film “More Life: Decoding the Secret of Aging” chronicles the work of several cellular biologists who are tackling the underlying cause of aging, not just age-related diseases, but the aging process itself. The screening of this film will take place on Saturday, March 25th at 5 p.m.
Carlos T. Moraes, Ph.D., the Esther Lichtenstein Professor in Neurology and Cell Biology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, will lead an engaging and thought-provoking discussion both before and after the screening. Dr. Moraes will share his own research on the molecular basis of mitochondrial disorders and its impact on the aging process, as well as other exciting pathways to control, slow down, and potentially even reverse aging.
Admission is free, but registration is required via the link.

The Sight & Sound Top Ten: 'Beau Travail'
2023-03-26 13:00 - 15:00 | Bill Cosford Cinema, 5030 Brunson Drive, Dooly Memorial 225, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
The Cosford Cinema is proud to present a screening series of the top 10 films of the 2022 Sight & Sound Top 100 Poll: The Greatest Films of All Time.
BEAU TRAVAIL | YEAR: 1999 | DIRECTOR: Claire Denis | 4K DCP projection | RUNNING TIME: 92 minutes | RATED: Unrated (adult themes) | In French with English subtitles
With her ravishingly sensual take on Herman Melville’s “Billy Budd,” Claire Denis firmly established herself as one of the great visual tone poets of our time. Amid the azure waters and sunbaked desert landscapes of Djibouti, a French Foreign Legion sergeant (Denis Lavant) sows the seeds of his own ruin as his obsession with a striking young recruit (Grégoire Colin) plays out to the thunderous, operatic strains of Benjamin Britten. Denis and cinematographer Agnès Godard fold military and masculine codes of honor, colonialism’s legacy, destructive jealousy, and repressed desire into shimmering, hypnotic images that ultimately explode in one of the most startling and unforgettable endings in all of modern cinema.
Admission is $5 for the general public, free to UM students with Cane Card (use code UMSTUDENT at checkout).

James Hoffman Family Endowed Speaker Series: Why I Teach Hate Speech
2023-03-29 11:00 - 12:15 | University of Miami School of Communication, 5100 Brunson Dr., Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
The James Hoffman Family Endowed Speaker Series is supported by James Hoffman, A.B. ’80, a longtime UM volunteer and past president of the UM Alumni Association’s Denver Alumni Club. The series funds an annual lecture on the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The next speaker in the series is Sandy Bohrer, a First Amendment rights lawyer for almost 50 years, who also worked in the human rights arena. At the University of Miami School of Communication, he teaches Children and the Media, as well as Hate Speech and the Media. He has been heavily involved in the child welfare system and presently is on the Board and Executive Committee of Citrus Health Network. Bohrer is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Colgate University and received his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law. When he was practicing law, The Best Lawyers in America guide listed him in five separate categories, including First Amendment Law and Media Law.
Join us for this engaging conversation at the School of Communication in room CIB 2055.

UChat: Title IX, Double Standards, Sexual Assault Awareness
2023-03-29 20:00 - 21:00 | University of Miami School of Communication, 5100 Brunson Dr., Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
The UM Debate Team hosts our next UChat which is open to the entire UM community! Come engage in discourse and learn about the topics of Title IX, double standards, and sexual assault awareness.
This UChat is taking place at the School of Communication in Wolfson 4026.

Route 6 / Orange Umbrella's Sixth Birthday
2023-04-06 16:00 - 18:30 | Koenigsberg & Nadal Interactive Media Center, 5100 Brunson Dr., Coral Gables, FL, 33146
We invite you to take a trip along Route 6 to Orange Umbrella’s sixth anniversary event! You won’t want to get stuck in traffic and miss out on this opportunity to network and learn about our alumni’s experience with OU, including how it benefited their experience working in the real world and their current success stories.
