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Dear Members of the University Community: I hope everyone had an enjoyable and restful Thanksgiving holiday. This past weekend, the Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum hosted approximately 800 visitors as part of its grand-opening weekend that has been years in the making. It was a milestone in FIU’s history [...]
Realizing that all meals are not created equal, Fresh Food Company has partnered with Aramark to introduce Just4U, a dining initiative aimed at allowing customers to make more informed choices about their food selections. By Grant Smith The cafeteria (Fresh Food Company) is making it easier for students to [...]
ALMA ABDEL-MOTY of occupational therapy had her paper “Engagement in Web-Assisted Learning Activities: The Relationship between Participation and Academic Achievement” accepted for presentation at the 2009 American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference. KATHY ANDERSON presented at the NIH Summit on Health Disparities in Washington, D.C., in December 2008 about the [...]
November 17, 2008 Florida International University President Modesto A. Maidique, the longest serving university president in Florida, on Friday announced he will step down once a successor is appointed. Maidique made the announcement at a Board of Trustees meeting at FIU University Park. The university’s Board of Trustees will appoint [...]
November 17, 2008 MIAMI – For 40 fierce seconds, the violent earthquake that rocked San Salvador in January 2001 crumbled buildings, ripped streets and destroyed neighborhoods. Most of the 844 people who died in El Salvador’s disaster, however, came from a newly-built middle class neighborhood in the capital’s suburb of [...]
October 31, 2008 MIAMI – Florida International University was ranked among the top 85 in the world by the Financial Times, which this week released its annual ranking of global Executive MBA programs. A part of the university’s Chapman Graduate School of Business, FIU’s Executive MBA program was ranked 82nd [...]
October 22, 2008 MIAMI — As construction continues on the new College of Nursing & Health Sciences (CNHS) building on Florida International University’s University Park, project leaders and college officials have announced that the new facility has been officially LEED registered, and all steps are being taken in order to [...]
In an annual rite of passage that began 20 years ago, Jaime Canaves’ architecture students create shoes that allow them to walk on water. At least that’s the idea. By Sissi Aguila Professor Jaime Canaves’ sophomore architecture students had a seemingly impossible assignment this semester. In order to pass the [...]
Florida International University President Modesto A. Maidique and Board of Trustees Chairman David R. Parker will make a major announcement concerning FIU’s future on Friday, Nov. 14th at 10:30 a.m., immediately following the Board of Trustees meeting. A press conference will be held at the Graham Center West Ballroom, at [...]
MIAMI – Graduates of Florida International University College of Law placed second in passage rate for the July state bar exam among Florida’s ten law schools. FIU’s 90.6 percent passage rate among first time takers of the July exam-58 graduates-placed the young law school in second place, while the University [...]
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