By Melissa Saegert Elicker In the current economy, companies know that it is anything but business as usual. With an ever-increasing gap between income and sales versus expenses, professionals are forced to evaluate what they and their organizations need to do to survive—and yes, thrive—in the coming year. Such a [...]
Biology professor’s research focuses on impacts of climate change
03/24/2010 By
Steve Oberbauer’s extensive research supports the belief that man is precipitating climate change around the world. By Martin Haro FIU biology professor Steve Oberbauer spends about three months of the year in the Alaskan tundra, the Costa Rican rainforest and the Florida Everglades, researching climate change and focusing on plant [...]
FIU appoints Ruth Ann McEwen Director of the School of Accounting
03/24/2010 By
MIAMI – Joyce Elam, executive dean of the College of Business Administration at Florida International University announced today the appointment of Ruth Ann McEwen to the position of Director of the School of Accounting, effective July 1, 2010. “Dr. McEwen is highly regarded in her field and brings a wealth [...]
Cuban-American’s achievement a milestone for Hispanic-American artists
03/24/2010 By
MIAMI – Florida International University Art History Professor Juan Martinez is ensuring that Cuban American artists get the credit they deserve for their contributions to American art. A committee of experts in art and art history commissioned Martinez to write a monograph, a book that compiles an artist’s achievements and [...]
Interactive campus maps available
03/24/2010 By
Finding your way around campus just got a bit easier. FIU’s online campus maps offer users many of the same interactive features available on Google maps. The maps cover Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Biscayne Bay Campus, the Engineering Center, Pines Center, the Metropolitan Center downtown, and Wolfsonian-FIU. Here are some [...]
FIU co-sponsors presentation on “Guantánamo: A Working-Class History Between Empire and Revolution”
03/24/2010 By
WHAT: The revealing story of the women and men who worked on the U.S. naval base in Guantánamo Bay comes to life through a book presentation “Guantánamo: A Working-Class History Between Empire and Revolution” by Jana K. Lipman, assistant professor of History at Tulane University. Detailing a new perspective on [...]
Conference on Islam in Latin America at FIU
03/24/2010 By
“City Island,” starring Andy Garcia, now in theaters
03/24/2010 By
Today marked the arrival in selected local movie theaters of City Island, the new movie starring and produced by Andy Garcia. In the movie, the Academy Award-nominated FIU alumnus plays a lifelong resident of the tiny, tradition-steeped Bronx enclave of City Island, a family man who works as a corrections [...]
FLIP hosts Career Day for high school students
03/23/2010 By
Fifty students from three Miami high schools received advice and toured MMC March 19 as part of an event produced by FIU Leaders in Practice. By Martin Haro Since its inception last October, FIU Leaders in Practice (FLIP) has been dedicated to developing business alumni into leaders by actively engaging [...]
My SoBe, Pt. 7
03/23/2010 By
