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The Miami Herald recently featured the video below. Mitchell “Micky” Wolfson, Jr. shows off some of his massive collection of early 20th century artifacts in the Wolfsonian-FIU secret annex. The collection, he says, is his autobiography, with each piece a small bit of a puzzle.
Name: JoAnn Bova ’99, MPA ’02 Hometown: Mt. Holly Springs (Carlisle), Pa. Job Title/Department: Paralegal, University Compliance Office Campus: Modesto A. Maidique Campus In a nutshell: I assist the university compliance officer, participate in New Employee Experience training and maintain UCO policies and procedures library. Number of years at FIU: [...]
The summer film series debuts Aug. 6 with “Neptune’s Daughter” in The Wolfsonian auditorium. The Wolfsonian-FIU’s film series, “Guilty Pleasures: Love & Carnage on the Beach,” celebrates classic summer flicks every Thursday evening in August at 7 p.m., with an encore presentation the following Thursday at 1 p.m. in The Dynamo [...]
Blue-and-gold football season tickets are now available, as well as a fall sports packages for men’s and women’s soccer, volleyball and other sports. For more information, call 305-FIU-GAME. As the 2009-’10 academic year fast approaches, FIU is getting ready to welcome new and returning Golden Panthers and the university’s student-athletes [...]
By Susan Feinberg The groundbreaking work of faculty and staff at FIU’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC) to raise public awareness of HIV/AIDS will be showcased in a one-hour program on WPBT/Channel 2, South Florida public television. The program will air at 10 p.m. on October 15, National [...]
The stage musical is being performed at Modesto a. Maidique Campus through Aug. 9 as part of the FIU Alternative Theatre Summer Festival. FIU is presenting “Reefer Madness: The Musical,” a stage production based on a 1936 movie, July 22-Aug. 9, as part of the FIU Alternative Theatre Summer Festival. The [...]
Professor James Webb will host a Star Party at 8 p.m. on Friday, July 24, at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. Guests meeting in CP 145 also will be able to see Jupiter and Saturn through 12” and 10” telescopes, as well as enjoy light (non-alcoholic) beverages. The astronomy professor has [...]
Professors to investigate whether treated reclaimed water can be used in the restoration of coastal wetlands in southern Biscayne Bay. By Susan Feinberg Gary Rand, professor in the Department of Earth and Environment, and Piero Gardinali, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, recently received $2.75 million from the Miami-Dade County [...]
WHAT: Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties have been selected as one of six national sites to help field test an alternative to the fuel tax. Florida International University’s Lehman Center for Transportation Research will host a news conference to announce the launch of the study, which is being conducted [...]
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