Golden Panthers move into their habitat

» More than 3,000 students move back onto FIU campuses » Faculty invited to participate in ‘Food for Thought’ program Packs of FIU students with parents in tow returned to University Park’s residence halls Friday, Aug. 22, traveling in vehicles crammed with everything from clothes and bedding to stereos and [...]

Women’s soccer heads west

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In the first meeting between the two schools, FIU takes on Fresno State and Cal Poly in non-conference play FIU’s women’s soccer team travels west this weekend to take on the Fresno State University Bulldogs (1-4) and the Cal Poly Mustangs (2-4) in a pair of non-conference games. The Golden [...]

FIU/UM to screen documentary on Cuban hip-hop movement

MIAMI – Florida International University’s Cuban Research Institute and the University of Miami’s Latin American Studies Program and Center for Latin American Studies are pleased to announce the screening of a cutting edge documentary that depicts the lives of three young rappers as they lead Cuba’s underground hip-hop movement. ‘East [...]

FIU College of Business among the best in U.S. News & World Report ranking for International Business

MIAMI – Florida International University’s College of Business Administration is the only Florida school to earn a top fifteen spot in the category of international business programs in U.S. News and World Report‘s “America’s Best Colleges 2009.” The eleventh-place ranking marks the fifth consecutive year the college-well-known for its international [...]

National Institutes of Health say FIU HIV researcher has “MERIT”

MIAMI – The National Institutes of Health have given the prestigious MERIT (Method to Extend Research in Time) Award to Madhavan Nair, professor and chair of Immunology at the Florida International University College of Medicine and Associate Dean of Biomedical Research at  FIU. The MERIT award will extend an existing [...]

FIU spikes the competition

FIU’s volleyball team opened the 2008-’09 in winning form with back-to-back victories over Charleston Southern, Syracuse, Clemson and Furman on Aug. 29-Sept. 1. The Golden Panthers kicked off the long Labor Day weekend with a 3-0 win over Charleston Southern on Aug. 29 in Clemson, S.C. FIU followed that with [...]