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FIU rolled out the red carpet for its faculty and staff at the university’s first annual talent show Dec. 10 at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. Ready for their moment in the limelight, performers wowed the audience with comedy skits, original music, opera, a magic show and a surprise performance by [...]
Interior Design assistant professor Sarah Sherman assigned a unique project for her Sustainable Interior Design Practices course: Students would work with representatives of the Seminole Indian Tribe to evaluate a traditional Seminole building type and propose new, sustainable building designs while maintaining the cultural value of the original structure. The [...]
Name: Valerie Patterson ’81, MS ’85, Ph.D. ’95 Hometown: Miami, Fla. Job Title/Department: Clinical Associate Professor, Public Administration Campus: Modesto A. Maidique Campus In a nutshell: I teach undergraduate and graduate students, serve on university committees and present at symposia and conferences. I also serve on local community boards, task [...]
A lip dub is a type of video that combines lip synching and audio dubbing to make a music video. It’s made by filming individuals or a group of people lip syncing while listening to a song or any recorded audio then dubbing over it in post-editing with the original [...]
More than 3,100 students participated in six graduation ceremonies held Dec. 14 and 15 in the U.S. Century Bank Arena at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. FIU photographer Ivan Santiago captured the unforgettable moments – degrees conferred, parents cheering and inspiring guests – at the College of Arts and Sciences’ ceremony [...]
The Global Energy Security Forum within FIU’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) is offering six-week internships in the Dominican Republic and Panama in late spring 2010. Students will contribute to a U.S. Department of Education-sponsored project researching the potential for small businesses in Florida to export alternative energy [...]
The School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC) at Florida International University has created a program of Hispanic Communication Studies to address communication trends and issues relevant to the U.S. Hispanic community. The new program builds upon an already-existing set of courses taught at the FIU SJMC covering Hispanic market [...]
By Melissa Saegert Elicker Analysts and executives—along with those working in the marketing trenches—agree: The profound shift in the global economy has triggered a reset to a lower baseline of commercial activity. People borrow less, save more and spend with much greater caution. This is “the new normal.” The big [...]
In an audio slide show, Carol Damian, director of the Frost Art Museum, reflects on the museum’s first year in its new home. MIAMI – Amid Art Basel fervor, The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum celebrated the first anniversary of its new building with the opening of The Dahlia [...]
By Sissi Aguila When Michael Zecca left the Army and announced he was going to college, his mother asked, “So you’re going to be an astronaut?” A veteran and a practical man, Zecca was amused. That was something he’d said in kindergarten. After an adolescence spent barely scraping by, often [...]
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