With support from the School of Communication, the City of Miami, and community partners, Townsend is collaborating with UM filmmaking students on a Miami-based feature film production that employs some 20 Overtown-area students

"...It is vitally important that as a society we actively support the humanities and arts and engage in the ongoing national dialogue regarding their significant value to a truly global education...."

UM President Donna E. Shalala; Mihoko Suzuki, director of UM’s Center for the Humanities; UM alumna Gloria Estefan; and other UM alumnae and community leaders were among the participants in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences' Humanities and Civil Society Forum held September 14 at Miami Dade College's Wolfson campus

The New Mexico-based writer, recipient of numerous awards and honors and executive director for New Mexico-based arts organization Littleglobe Inc. will serve as a visiting faculty member throughout the 2012-2013 academic year.

MFA Exhibit at CAS Gallery Features Works in Varied Media

Faculty members' mixed-media pieces include playful homages to 20th-century cultural icons and abstract explorations of nature's fragile grandeur

The initiative celebrates scholarship, research, community engagement, and creative expression in the humanities and the arts at UM. 

The Frost School of Music’s gala fall event, slated for Oct. 2 – Nov. 4, features more than 25 music concerts, lectures, and master classes.

This multifaceted theater festival honors the work of controversial Cuban playwright Virgilio Piñera.

Faculty book talks, visits by noted authors, a conference focusing on West Indian literature, and other activities are on tap this year.

Highlights include topflight productions of the Broadway farce Boeing Boeing, Shakespeare’s King Lear, and the legendary musical South Pacific.

Special ticket packages for the Frost School of Music’s annual festival offer reduced admission to dazzling performances in three popular musical genres.

The University of Miami’s exhibition space moved this spring to a new facility in the historic Wynwood district.

The Otto G. Richter Library is now home to a rich collection of archival materials related to Venezuelan composer Aldemaro Romero.