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FIU women’s basketball will hold their home opener Nov. 20 at 4:30 p.m. when the Panthers (1-2) welcome Eastern Kentucky (1-1). This is the first-ever meeting between the two squads, and the Panthers are 24-11 all-time in home openers. FIU picked up its first win of the season last weekend when the [...]
The top Haitian entrepreneurs of 2010 sharpened their business skills as part of a CEO retreat at FIU’s Modesto A. Maidique Campus Nov. 10-12. Twenty-four finalists of Digicel’s Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 program attended the three-day workshop, organized by FIU’s Office of Executive and Professional Education and the Pino [...]
Name: Martin Luytjes MBA ’91 Hometown: The Hague, The Netherlands. I’ve been in Miami for 39 years. Job Title/Department: Participating Faculty, Department of Management and International Business, College of Business Administration Campus: Modesto A. Maidique Campus In a nutshell: I teaching classes, primarily in entrepreneurship, and serve the department and [...]
Bill Cosens ’02 heard about the auditions for Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen the night before the show held auditions at Biscayne Bay Campus Nov. 16. The former air traffic controller and owner of the Wing Commander mobile food truck says he just had to check it out and try his [...]
Rudolf Jaffé, environmental chemist at FIU, has been named the first George Barley Professor in Everglades Research. FIU recently established the professorship to recognize an educator within the College of Arts & Sciences dedicated to research that focuses on the preservation of America’s Everglades. Jaffé is a professor in the [...]
FIU is celebrating global learning and global citizenship with a week of activities highlighting the benefits of international education programs. International Education Week, held Nov. 15-19, is a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education to promote educational programs that prepare students to [...]
Tip-Off Tailgate begins at 5:30 p.m. with game time 7 p.m. Come out and cheer on the Panthers as the men’s basketball team (2-0) takes on the FSU Seminoles Thursday, Nov. 18, at 7 p.m. at U.S. Century Bank Arena. A Tip-Off Tailgate with music, free food, games and giveaways [...]
The museum’s newly formed Visionaries group organized a fabulous birthday bash at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach Nov. 12 to mark The Wolfsonian-FIU’s coming out in style. More than 300 dressed-to-the-nines guests were on hand to help The Wolfsonian-FIU celebrate its milestone 15th anniversary on Nov. 12 at the Fontainebleau Miami [...]
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum will host a talk by Wayne Clough, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Friday, Nov. 19, at 8 p.m. Clough will be speaking on “New Perspectives at the Smithsonian.” As the 12th secretary of the world’s largest museum and research complex, Clough has focused on [...]
A weekend update from President Rosenberg: Dear FIU family: What a glorious weekend we just had! On and off-stage, on the field, the court and in the pool Panthers were busy this weekend engaging with our community and showing how Worlds Ahead we truly are. I would like to share [...]
