How many points for a field goal? We can almost hear the roar of the crowd at the game! Less than two weeks until the start of the 2010 FIU football season and opening game vs. Rutgers on Sept. 11. As we count down to kickoff, we decided to have a [...]
Japanese ambassador addresses students during FIU visit
08/31/2010 By
Japan’s Ambassador to the United States Ichiro Fujisaki presented a handwritten cipher to a standing-room only crowd of FIU faculty and students on Monday during a presentation filled with economics, humor and some personal reflection. Decoded, his cipher showed how Japan still ranks right behind the United States in a [...]
Students re-imagine open spaces on FIU’s campus
08/31/2010 By
WHAT: Florida International University’s first Open Space Design Charrette will bring together members of the university community to discuss the future of four key locations on the Modesto A. Maidique campus. The charrette is intended to open a broad discussion regarding the creation of attractive, engaging areas that are conducive [...]
Youth organizations invited to FIU football games
08/31/2010 By
MIAMI – Florida International University is inviting kids to its football games through its Community Partners Kids Club, which gives free tickets to organizations that work with children. Elementary and middle schools, youth sports leagues, and non-profit organizations are eligible for the program, which allows school-age children to attend games [...]
Celebrating 11 days to FIU football
08/31/2010 By
The news.FIU.edu team is celebrating 11 days to FIU football! Please note: The cake, baked by JoAnn Adkins – the biggest football fan on the news team- has the correct number of laces as we learned on day 78 of AJ Walking.
Founding Faculty Fellow Bruce Hauptli passes Big Shoes to Fill to John Stuart
08/31/2010 By
On Aug. 17 Bruce Hauptli’s tenure as Founding Faculty Fellow in the Office of the Provost came to an end. “Bruce set a very high standard. He helped a great deal in enhancing the linkages between the faculty and my office,” said Provost Douglas Wartzok. “I am particularly grateful for [...]
Google Research Award goes to Vagelis Hristidis
08/31/2010 By
Vagelis Hristidis, assistant professor in FIU’s School of Computing and Information Sciences (SCIS), has won a Google Research Award in the amount of $70,000, the first award of its kind earned by SCIS faculty. Hristidis, who will share the award with his collaborator, Panagiotis Ipeirotis at the Leonard N. Stern [...]
Incoming freshman agroecology student wins Future Farmers of America competition
08/31/2010 By
Joey Tardanico, an incoming freshman, won first place in the zoology category in the science competition at the annual state-wide Future Farmers of America (FFA) conference in Orlando in June for a research project sponsored and funded by FIU’s agroecology program. Tardanico’s project was part of a unique high school [...]
FIU’s first study abroad program in West Africa a success
08/30/2010 By
Twelve FIU undergraduate and graduate students led by Professor Jean Rahier, director of the African & African Diaspora Studies Program (AADS), recently returned after a month of studying and touring in Senegal and The Gambia from FIU’s first study abroad program in that region. The five-week program provided the students [...]
A.J. Walking: 12 days to football
08/30/2010 By
