Join us on May 2 at 6 p.m. in Shoma Hall, CIB 3053, for the 74th Annual UM Student Media Awards with introductions by Javier Morgado, award-winning news producer, and this year's Communicator of the Year, Jorge Ramos, award-winning anchor, journalist, and author. Sponsored by: UMTV, NBS-AERho, and the Department of Journalism and Media Management.
Miami-Dade County’s pioneer eco-artist and inaugural artist-in-residence, Xavier Cortada, will celebrate Earth Day 2023 at the University of Miami’s Cosford Cinema by working with his team at the Xavier Cortada Foundation to engage guests in a series of thought-provoking and solutions-oriented art projects that explore our deep interconnectedness with the rest of the planet. Cortada will invite everyone in attendance to participate in The Underwater, a countywide campaign that’s catalyzing action on sea level rise through elevation-driven public art installations. After receiving their personalized Elevation Marker, participants will have the [...]
Join us in the courtyard for a celebration honoring the School of Communication's May 2023 graduates.
Join us in room CIB 3055 where Professors Ana Francois, Jon Gorchow, Antonio Mora, Gina Presson, and Boriana Treadwell will respond to all of your questions about job application and interview tips.
A hack-a-thon is a competitive event hosted by tech companies for participants to collaborate on an innovative project. Participants build prototypes of software applications like web or mobile apps. On April 15, UHack convenes, challenging creators to develop a solution to an existing problem using technology. The caveat? You have from 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. to complete the solution. Join us for what is sure to be an exhilarating day.
The theme of this year’s Research Day is “Conversations and innovations: Creating positive social change.” We will be celebrating the excellent work being done across the School of Communication that is making the world a better place. Come out and learn more about how successful community-based partnerships are forged and how they have led to measurable impacts. The url for the in-person event is https://www.eventbrite.com/e/557019730007 and for the virtual event please visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/557052748767.
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, [...]
Join us for our second 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. 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, Dec. 10, at 5 p.m. [...]
Join Leonard Pitts Jr. and Bill Cosford Cinema manager Rene Rodriguez for a free screening and discussion of the 1992 Oscar-winning western ‘Unforgiven’ (1992). Pitts began writing for the Miami Herald as the pop music critic in 1991. He later became a nationally syndicated columnist and won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 2004. He is a three-time recipient of the National Association of Black Journalists’ Award of Excellence, and was chosen NABJ’s 2008 Journalist of the Year. In 2001, he received the American Society of Newspaper Editors prestigious Award [...]
Join us for a new breakthrough film series at the Cosford Cinema focusing on current world issues such as migration and social inclusion, peace and security, ageing 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. 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 launches on Saturday, Nov. 5, at 5 p.m. with “Together” (2021), a comedy-drama [...]
