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Twenty-five College of Engineering and Computing students and one business major were recognized for their work and dedication to the FIU Solar House at a ceremony April 15 at the Engineering Center. The honorees enjoyed an afternoon of camaraderie, drinks and hors d’oeuvres and received a certificate commemorating their efforts from [...]
During Spring Break, advertising senior Lorene Bauduy traveled to her native country to report on life after the storm for Haitian college students. Bauduy is one of only a handful of student volunteers involved in developing a pilot program to use Flip video cameras and blogging to document life after the [...]
William E. Pelham, Jr., a leading authority on child behavior disorders, is bringing his groundbreaking Summer Treatment Program for ADHD to South Florida. The Summer Treatment Program is an intensive eight-week program that focuses on helping children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) improve their problem-solving skills, academic skills, sports [...]
FIU researcher Kirk Gastrich is recuperating after a close encounter with a 6-foot lemon shark Wednesday, April 28. Gastrich was bitten around his elbow by a shark he was measuring during a routine research trip. Gastrich, along with a team of researchers, were working near the mouth of Shark River [...]
Name: Darrel Elmore Hometown: Louisville, Ky. Job Title/Department: Instructor, Undergraduate Writing Program, English Department Campus: Biscayne Bay Campus In a nutshell: I teach ENC 1101 and 1102, as well as Professional and Technical Writing (ENC 3213) and special topics courses such as The Coastal Environment in Rhetoric and Literature. Number [...]
WHAT: Executives from Florida International University affiliate hospitals and other partners are coming together at FIU on Wednesday to discuss the possibility and benefits of creating a health information exchange – a seamless system for doctors to access patients’ records across a network. “Ideally a doctor anywhere should be able [...]
Oleta River State Park to benefit from the collaboration By Karen Cochrane It’s Earth Day and the students of Alonzo & Tracy Mourning High School Biscayne Bay Campus are hard at work in the greenhouse that sits on the edge of campus. It’s a smaller group than usual — this [...]
More than 100 alumni celebrated their graduation milestone by being among the first to receive an official FIU Ring April 23 at MMC. By Martin Haro ’05 They are 106 of thousands of recent FIU graduates. Each hails from a different area of the state, the country, the world…each has [...]
Team sweeps SBC weekly awards FIU softball, 32-16 on the season and 13-6 in Sun Belt Conference action, will host SBC foe Louisiana-Monroe at the FIU Softball Complex this weekend, May 1-2. The team plays a double header Saturday at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Bring your dog out for [...]
FIU’s student-run radio station, WRGP Radiate FM, broadcasts 24 hours a day from a ‘chilly room lit with blue lights’ in the Graham Center (GC 210) at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. On the playlist: independent rock, hip-hop, electronic, classical and much more. The station also carries live coverage of FIU [...]
