News at FIU - Florida International University
News at FIU is the official news site of Florida International University
FIU’s Masters’ Mystery Art Show will take over the Ritz-Carlton, South Beach beginning at noon. Stop by and purchase a card, an original creation by an FIU student or faculty or, perhaps, a well-known artist or celebrity and support the university’s MFA in visual arts program. Art Basel Miami Beach [...]
Bowl officials look at more than play on the field when deciding which teams to invite. The FIU football team has proven itself on the field this season and is guaranteed its first bowl appearance. Now it’s time for Panther fans to show what they’re made of. The only thing [...]
Cheer on your colleagues at the second annual Faculty and Staff talent show Thursday, Dec. 9. The show starts at 6:30 p.m. in the Graham Center Ballrooms at the Modesto A. Maidique Campus. The audience will enjoy a light meal, free of charge, and a cash bar. There will also [...]
Every December, in celebration of Art Basel Miami Beach, The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum hosts an official Art Basel-sponsored event, the Breakfast in the Park, at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. The event draws hundreds of art enthusiasts, patrons, collectors, gallery owners and artists from around the world, many of [...]
The challenges facing the global community are not small: world poverty, health care coverage amid vast disparities, and global environmental sustainability in the 21st century. To address these issues, FIU’s second Geopolitical Summit, which took place Oct. 18-19, gathered some of the world’s foremost minds for a forum that fostered [...]
FIU football clinched the Sun Belt Conference championship with a 31-24 victory over the Arkansas State Red Wolves, Nov. 27 at FIU Stadium. The come-from-behind victory was sparked by an 11-play game-winning drive capped off by a touchdown from a familiar face. With the Panthers down by one and less [...]
FIU football will play in a historic home game Saturday, Nov. 27, which, with a win, could clinch the Sun Belt Conference Championship and earn the team its first bowl bid. Kick-off is set for 3:30 p.m. at FIU Stadium against Arkansas State University. With a 5-1 SBC record, FIU [...]
Grzegorz Nowak will lead the FIU Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a Dec. 10 holiday concert featuring Handel’s Messiah. The FIU School of Music will host its holiday concert Friday, Dec. 10, at 7:30 p.m., in the Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center Concert Hall at Modesto A. Maidique [...]
Florida International University is offering health care professionals and their families complimentary tickets courtesy of AvMed Health Plans to Saturday’s home football game versus Arkansas State. “On this Thanksgiving weekend, we want to express our gratitude for all that health care professionals do for our community by inviting them and [...]
Three trees designed by CARTA students had their moment in the spotlight at the annual event’s opening Nov. 18. Twenty holiday trees created by leading design firms, as well as architecture and interior design students at FIU, were on display at the opening of the 24th Annual Festival of the [...]
