Dear members of the university community: As we prepare for the Board of Trustees budget workshop scheduled for this morning, we find new and unexpected elements factoring into our decision-making process regarding program closures. As you may have read in the media, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has come forward [...]
Rain
05/29/2009 By
A Golden Panther seeks refuge under her colorful umbrella on a rainy Friday afternoon at University Park.
FIU co-hosts state seminar on federal stimulus money for business owners
05/29/2009 By
WHAT: Florida Economic Stimulus Special Advisor Don Winstead will join senior-level state officials for a public seminar, “Energizing Florida’s Economy: Seminar on Florida Stimulus Package”, co-hosted by the Florida Department of Management Services’ Office of Supplier Diversity and Florida International University. Participants will discuss how the American Recovery and Reinvestment [...]
Expo to feature latest in disaster housing
05/29/2009 By
WHAT: Disaster Housing Exhibition, which will feature temporary housing solutions for government entities to house disaster survivors and responders. Models on display for housing survivors will include Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant models, Park models, a disaster mobile home unit, and travel trailers for residential lots. Student volunteers will [...]
Employees play pivotal role in helping FIU weather challenging economic times
05/29/2009 By
By remembering the quick, simple measures outlined in this checklist, you can help the university reduce operating costs. By Trudy Fernandez The upcoming 4/10 Summer Schedule, which begins on June 19, 2009, presents a great opportunity for everyone at FIU to pitch in and do their part to reduce energy [...]
NIH awards $1.2 million to benefit FIU College of Nursing and Health Sciences students
05/29/2009 By
Federal funding allows the college to continue innovative research abroad program, which is one of only two in Florida, to continue through 2013. By Mary Sudasassi The National Center on Minority Health & Health Disparities (NCMHD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $1.2 million to fund the Minority Health [...]
Alumni galvanized at annual meeting
05/28/2009 By
FIU’s Alumni Association rallied the troops and saluted President Maidique during its annual gathering held at the Ronald W. Reagan Presidential House on May 21. By Sissi Aguila FIU Alumni Association President Jose M. Perez de Corcho ’93 says alumni need to be ambassadors for the university with their family, [...]
LACC to host book presentation on Cuban revolution
05/28/2009 By
Who truly organized the 26 of July Movement? Who was responsible for the guerilla forces led by Fidel Castro in the Sierra Maestra? In his book, “Frank País: Architect of Cuba’s Betrayed Revolution,” author José Alvarez contends that Frank País was the real mastermind of the Cuban Revolution and was [...]
Catch Danny Pino ’96 on stage
05/27/2009 By
The alumnus and star of TV’s “Cold Case” is co-starring in the Actors’ Playhouse production of “Havana Bourgeois” at the Miracle Theater through June 7. Golden Panther Danny Pino ’96, one of the stars of TV’s “Cold Case,” currently is starring in the Actors’ Playhouse production of “Havana Bourgeois” playing [...]
Contemporary artist Carlos Estevez to speak at UP
05/27/2009 By
The internationally renowned artist will deliver a lecture titled “Theatrum mundi: A Journey Through 17 Years of Work” on June 3 at the Frost Art Museum. By Sissi Aguila The Latin American and Caribbean Center in partnership with the Cuban Research Institute and the Department of Art and Art History [...]
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