FIU launches news web site


MIAMI (Jan. 26, 2009) – Florida International University has launched News@FIU, a multimedia web site designed to engage and inform the community regarding issues and events that affect the university.

Members of the media are welcome to visit the site for regular updates at http://newsarchives.fiu.edu.

“This is part of our ongoing efforts to ensure everyone in the FIU community has easy access to FIU news and event information,” said Sandy Gonzalez-Levy, vice president for University and Community Relations and head of the team that runs the web site.

FIU news releases will be posted on the site (in the Top Stories section) as well as links to published news stories that contain an FIU element (in the FIU in the Media section).

Results of a survey sent last summer to FIU faculty and staff were used to create the site, a repository for articles, videos and photos. The communication survey was sent to approximately 4,000 FIU faculty and staff via email last July. In all, 385 individuals answered the anonymous survey.

In the near future, a link to an online Expert Sourcebook will be added so that members of the news media can search for FIU experts easily and quickly.


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About FIU:
Florida International University was founded in 1965 and is Miami’s only public research university. With a student body of more than 38,000, FIU graduates more Hispanics than any other university in the country. Its 17 colleges and schools offer more than 200 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations and law. FIU has been classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a “High Research Activity University.” In 2006 FIU was authorized to establish a medical school, which will welcome its first class in 2009. FIU’s College of Law recently received accreditation in the fastest time allowed by the American Bar Association.

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