Humanities
Changing the world, one word at a time
April is National Poetry Month, and while poets and poetry lovers the world over are celebrating the buzz for the craft they revere, for many the genre is a Rubik’s cube, a baffling, arcane puzzle.
Health and well-being tips from the Middle Ages
A millennium before Tik-Tok and podcasts added an express lane to the self-help industry superhighway, “regimen sanitatis”—the genre of handwritten texts prescribing health and wellness tips—circulated during the late Middle Ages.
Research “à la mode”
Students in a French course curated an exhibit on fashion in turn-of-the-century France.
From Hollywood to the University of Miami
Actors Carlos Gomez, Nestor Carbonell, and Shannon Carbonell shared industry wisdom with theatre arts students.
Digital imaging student designs commemorative centennial coin
Alián Martínez Rives, a Master of Fine Arts student, created a tangible icon celebrating the College of Arts and Sciences’ 100-year legacy.
Quintet of musicals to celebrate new performance space on campus
Twelve theatre arts students will perform five original musicals as a grand opening for the University’s new Theatre Arts Building.
Born in the USA: St. Patrick’s Day
A University of Miami professor who specializes in Irish culture traces the roots of the popular holiday to Irish émigrés who fled the “Great Hunger” in their homeland to seek a new start in America.
Inspiring the next generation of performers
Broadway star and University of Miami alumnus Joshua Henry shared his journey of artistic growth with students in the Department of Theatre Arts.
Uncovering new information about the Holocaust
Historian Hermann Beck is shedding light on previously undocumented violence in the early months of Nazi rule.
Redefining Haitian Vodou
Africana religions scholar Eziaku Atuama Nwokocha’s unique research endeavors make her a pioneer in the field of Haitian Vodou studies.
Reading: An act of empathy
As National Reading Month kicks off, faculty and staff highlight their favorite books and celebrate the magic of reading—especially novels and longer forms—to convey a shared sense of humanity and bridge divisiveness.
Sharing the ‘secular, sacred language’ of poetry
U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón has brought poetry to national parks and outer space. At the University of Miami, she spoke about the power of poetry in today’s world.
Curtain rises on the new Theatre Arts Building
Excitement builds in the Department of Theatre Arts during the first weeks of classroom instruction in the state-of-the-art space.
Art as a bridge to the past
By studying objects from the Lowe Art Museum, history students from across the University of Miami learned about the America’s early beginnings and its cultural influences.
The story behind ‘My Dead Friend Zoe’
The A-list Hollywood movie was co-written by A.J. Bermudez, a visiting assistant professor in the Department of English.
