Legal Aid for Neighbors
other institutions and garnered
Bettering the
national recognition.
Built Environment
devastated Haiti’s capital city
Unique learning opportunities
Well-being in the West Grove
12, 2010, Miller School medical
abound in the law school’s
to the School of Architecture,
When a powerful earthquake of Port-au-Prince on January
teams and other members of
and impressive achievements
clinics. Students working in the
also has been improved thanks which defines its mission in
altruistic as well as architectural terms. The school’s Center for
Urban and Community Design has worked with the Coconut
waterfront, making highly
detailed drawings of parks,
tion of a gay man to his home
20 University of Miami 2011 President’s Report
in the School of Law’s Health and Elder Law Clinic were
helping Haitians living in South Florida to file for Temporary
Protected Status (TPS), which
allows them to live and work legally in the U.S. They were
soon joined by law students
from eight universities across
the nation, including Yale and
Stanford. The program spawned a comprehensive training and processing model for use by
> Hornsby Returns to His Roots Frost School of Music alumnus and multiple Grammy Award-winner Bruce Hornsby returns to UM to officially launch the new Creative American Music Program, which was funded by an endowment from Hornsby.
marketplaces, water taxi stations, retail shops, and other amenities. More recently, a
collaborative study between
days after the quake, students
in 2009, prevented the deporta-
ing for Hispanic elders living
in Miami’s East Little Havana neighborhood.
Lending a Hand
the earthquake and tsunami of
for reinvigorating Miami’s
action (see next page). Just ten
to better physical function-
in the neighborhood.
semester developing a plan
Immigration Clinic, established
contact with residents—lead
As the international commu-
ture students spent an entire
the UM community sprang into
ability of passersby to make eye
homeownership through the
In 2007 hundreds of architec-
as a model for similar efforts nationwide.
tural features that increase the
across Hemispheres
creation of affordable homes
Clinic helped Haitians living in South Florida file for permission to stay and work in the U.S., serving
“eyes on the street”—architec-
Grove Collaborative to help
families realize their dream of
> After an earthquake devastated Haiti in January 2010, the School of Law’s Health and Elder Law
Studies revealed that so-called
the architecture school and the
Miller School’s Center for Family
nity rushed to Japan’s aid after
March 2011, the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute dispatched the
renowned eye hospital’s Vision Van to the Japanese city of
Sendai. Outfitted with ophthalmic equipment and stocked
with eyeglasses donated by Eye
Care Centers of America, the van was used by Japanese ophthal-
mologists and served as a training site for volunteers helping
people with vision problems in the wake of the disaster.
country of Jamaica, which is intolerant of homosexuals.
Other pro bono initiatives at the law school include the HOPE
Public Interest Resource Center,
which facilitates legal advocacy projects in South Florida and
numerous other settings, and
the Center for Ethics and Public
Service, which has spearheaded several programs on behalf of the historic community of
> UM architecture students spent a semester in 2007 developing detailed proposals to
reinvigorate Miami’s waterfront.
West Coconut Grove.
’09
> Getting Down to Business The School of Business Administration convenes the University’s highly successful inaugural Global Business Forum.