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The service will be interrupted intermittently during the Labor Day weekend Sept. 5-7. As part of the process of upgrading FIU’s telephone system, the service will be interrupted intermittently during the Labor Day weekend Sept. 5-7. The upgrade is needed to continue with the manufacturer’s technical support. In order to [...]
Olsen’s “Miami Paintings” will be on display through Oct. 4, while “Poet’s Room. Teorema,” a co-presentation between the Frost Art Museum and the Centro Cultural Español, will remain on view through Oct. 2. Both exhibitions open on Sept. 2 at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum’s [...]
The School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) received a $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (DCHA/OFDA), to implement a 3-year risk management program for Latin America and the Caribbean. Launched Aug. [...]
The FIU volleyball team’s No. 16, freshman Jovana Bjelica, was the picture of dedication, studying while conditioning at the U.S. Century Bank Arena recently. The Golden Panthers were predicted to finish first in the Sun Belt Conference (SBC) East Division on Aug. 25. Bjelica’s fellow student-athlete, senior Yarimar Rosa, earned [...]
Associate Vice President for Risk Management and Environmental Health and Safety Jennifer Mwaisela passed away Aug. 15, 2009, after a year-long battle with cancer. Jennifer was well known for her good humor, her quick wit and her passion for environmental health and safety and emergency preparedness. Jennifer created from scratch the award-winning [...]
MEDIA ADVISORY WHAT: Florida International University will celebrate a new era when it installs Mark B. Rosenberg as the university’s fifth president on Friday. Rosenberg, the first FIU faculty member to ascend to the presidency of the university, took the reins from President Emeritus Modesto A. Maidique, who led FIU [...]
Florida’s Gay Adoption Ban Among First Cases Heard MIAMI – The Florida International University College of Law has become temporary home to the Third District Court of Appeal through November 2009 as their main courtroom in southwest Miami-Dade County undergoes renovations. Two cases have already been heard that have generated considerable [...]
FIU rolled out the welcome mat Sunday, Aug. 23, for nearly 2,000 of its newest family members, the freshmen of the Class of 2013. For highlights of the event, check out the video below.
FIU welcomed nearly 3,000 student residents to MMC and BBC this past weekend. By Sissi Aguila Traveling in crammed cars packed with everything needed to survive the school year, hundreds of students descended on Modesto A. Maidique Campus on Friday, Aug. 21. Anxious to move into FIU’s residence halls, they [...]
Response to our Aug. 11 post inviting members of the FIU community to submit their questions to FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg was overwhelming. So much so that FIU’s fifth president couldn’t get to all of your questions in this first installment. The good news is that there’s more to come. In the weeks [...]
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