University of Miami Civic Engagement Initiative

  1. Lecture with Professor Rivka Carmi

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    February 07, 2012
    At the Miller Center Auditorium, 105 Merrick Building, Coral Gables Campus.
    Re-imagining the Ivory Tower: The Responsibility of Academia to Society

  2. Screening of “The Pruitt-Igoe Myth”

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    February 06, 2012
    Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center Glasgow Hall, 1215 Dickinson Drive, Coral Gables, FL
    Free screening of "The Pruitt-Igoe Myth" hosted by the Office of Civic and Community Engagement, February 6th at 6 PM.

  3. Food Day 2011

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    October 24, 2011October 24, 2011
    Multiple Locations - Coral Gables Campus
    Join us as we work towards a more healthy, sustainable, and just food system. Programming scheduled all day!

  4. Financing Affordable Housing Panel

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    October 12, 2011
    Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center, 1215 Dickinson Drive, Coral Gables, FL
    A panel on financing affordable housing in Florida that will address methods for obtaining subsidies for building affordable housing, how the political climate nationally and locally affect availability of subsidies, and methods used by other states.

  5. Lecture with Dr. Alexander von Hoffman

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    September 12, 2011
    Glasgow Hall, School of Architecture
    Housing Matters: America's Quest for Decent Homes

  6. Miami Poverty Conference

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    April 15, 2011April 16, 2011
    Whitten University Center

    The Miami Poverty Conference was a student-initiated and student-led conference, co-sponsored by the William R. Butler Center for Volunteer Service & Leadership Development and the Office Civic & Community Engagement. It focused on raising awareness about the extent of poverty as it exists and continues to grow, and empowered students with the knowledge to take action. The conference consisted of guest speakers, a hunger banquet, a poverty simulation, a networking lunch that…

  7. Faculty Panel

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    April 05, 2011April 05, 2011
    McLamore Executive Dining Room
    Civic Engagement in the Liberal Arts

  8. Dr. David Scobey

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    April 04, 2011
    Glasgow Hall, School of Architecture
    In Here/Out There: The Art of Citizenship in a Diverse Democracy

University of Miami Civic Engagement Initiative