FIU in the News: 07/07/2009


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In Defense of Palin and Sanford – Stanley Fish Blog
Stanley Fish is the Davidson-Kahn Distinguished University Professor and a professor of law at Florida International University, in Miami, …

FIU in the News

UCF Ready to Welcome First Medical School Class
The Jacksonville Observer 
Florida International University’s School of Medicine will also welcome its first class this fall. Additionally, FIU opened its College of Law just seven

Earth Pulse
Malaysia Star
lack the scientific infrastructure to assess the loss, said Prof James Fourqurean of the Florida International University and a co-author of the study.

Baptist Hospital and other institutions form affiliation with …
Beacon Newspaper (subscription) – Diana Jordan
“I think that Baptist is an amazing establishment in this community and that fiu’s partnership with them will provide our students with invaluable

Diet Detective is on to you
CharlotteObserver.com – Fred Tasker 
He earned a master’s in public health from FIU and is working on his Ph.D. Platkin’s motivational techniques can be hard on dieters.

PantherSoft: view only mode until July 12
Beacon Newspaper (subscription) – Jorge Valens 
Both instructor-led and online training for the new system will be available on the PantherSoft website at http://panthersoft.fiu.edu/financials.

Athletics

New leader for DT Richard Ash
CycloneSportsReport.com – Yancy Porter 
“I went to the FIU and Tennessee camps too. I learned a lot at the FIU camp. I learned to stay lower and something to help me out with my spin moves.

What’s in a Schedule?
Tiger Sports Digest – Ben Garrett ‎
Alabama opens the season with Virginia Tech, but follows with two Sun Belt schools (FIU and North Texas), and FCS opponent Chattanooga at home.

Golden Panthers have Hilltoppers to climb
Beacon Newspaper (subscription) – Jonathan Ramos 
Western Kentucky defeated FIU last season en route to their fourth conference tournament title of the decade, the most of any Sun Belt team.

Kennedy Shriver clan grows by one
MiamiHerald.com – Lesley Abravanel – ‎5 hours ago‎
Jason Taylor (Miami Dolphins) and Isaiah Thomas (FIU Panthers coach). Spots range from $1000 to $4000 and benefit Alonzo Mourning Charities.

Recession vs. College Athletics — Game Over?
Politics Daily 
Florida International University will pare both its nationally ranked cheerleading squad and its marching band. Quinnipac will no longer have a men’s indoor

Higher Education 

Slam dunk for NCAA lobbying dollars by higher education institutions
Examiner.com 
The University of Oklahoma and the University of Miami both have current presidents who were former politicians, and received campaign contributions from

Florida President Fights Brave, Futile Battle Against Alcohol …
SportingNews.com – Spencer Hall 
Bernie Machen is the president of the University of Florida. He wants the City of Jacksonville, host to “The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party” (aka

A Hospital’s Hard Switch to Paperless Health Care
The Ledger – Lauran Neergaard 
The University of South Florida announced in March that it aims to help doctors with paperless e-prescribing by teaming with a company called Allscripts to

Five New Swine Flu Cases At UCF
WFtv.com 
The University of Central Florida has confirmed five new cases of swine flu on campus Monday. So far, a total of seven cases have been confirmed at UCF.

FAU puts brakes on capital campaign, blames economy
TCPalm – Kimberly Miller 
Florida Atlantic University has put the brakes on a long-sought capital campaign and is blaming the crippled economy for delaying the fund-raising push.

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